Get wired for the influx of smart gadgets
Smart home automation can be found in many houses. People control their home’s temperature, lighting, window treatments and security at the touch of a button.
An easy, affordable way to start on your smart home journey is with smart plugs, which you can switch on or off using an app on your phone or a voice command to Google Home or Amazon Echo. You can turn on a lamp when you’re not home to make it look like you are, or you can triple-check that you switched the iron off by checking the app.
To take things to the next level, you can either pre-wire high-quality cables in a new build or retrofit smart wiring if you’re updating your current home. Pre-wiring means that whatever home automation features you choose can be visible in one single interface or control panel. This makes it much easier to coordinate, manage and automate all your heating, lighting and security options. one single interface or control panel. This makes it much easier to coordinate, manage and automate all your heating, lighting and security options.
You also can add additional systems at a later stage and run conduits to the areas in your house where you may want to access video, in-wall or in-ceiling speakers and data in the future.
In the kitchen, smart devices can be retrofitted to existing appliances, such as smart stove knobs for fire prevention, or a camera system attached to a fridge that reorders food and controls other smart home devices via a front-of-fridge control. Or, you could start planning your installation of a robotic kitchen, like this one from London’s Moley Robotics.