Make Your Space Energy Efficient with Whole Home Automation
Use Smart Home Technology to Reduce Energy Waste on Your Property
Did you know that Americans spend a combined $130 billion a year on wasted energy? If that made your jaw drop the same way it made ours, don’t worry. We’re here to help, and we know exactly how you can reduce the amount of energy wasted in your Lahaina, HI home.
Whole-home automation can increase your property’s convenience and security, but did you know that it can make your house more energy-efficient, too? It’s an added benefit that puts your mind at ease while making a small difference for the environment and your monthly electricity bill.
In this blog, you’ll learn how to use whole home automation to reduce your carbon footprint and make your living space energy efficient. Let’s get started.
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Climate Control
Now that we know homeowners tend to overspend the most on utility bills and electricity usage, it’s time to uncover exactly where that overspending happens—the heating and cooling of your house.
Whole-home automation gives you total oversight into the climate control of your property. You can schedule temperature changes throughout your home to meet your needs and match your schedule.
Plus, you can coordinate your temperature changes with other automated technology, including lights, fans, and shades. For example, the bright Hawaiian sun shining through your windows in the afternoon can be very taxing on your AC. You can program your shades to close at specific times of the day to keep your home cool and operating at peak efficiency.
With whole-home automation, you won’t have to deal with the frustration of forgetting to lower the heat or raising the air conditioning after leaving your home. Though, if you decide you want to change your home’s temperature while you’re out and about, you can easily control it from your smartphone.
Lighting Control
How many times have you left a room, forgotten to turn the light off, and not realized it until hours later? Lighting control is a simple solution to this predicament and can help you reduce energy usage.
Motion sensors enable the lights to turn on when you enter a room and then turn off when they are no longer needed. Whole-home automation also allows you to program your lighting to automatically dim as the sun sets to create a relaxing evening atmosphere. Plus, you can use your mobile device to change your home’s lighting mode at any given point from anywhere in the world!
Smart Plugs
Automating climate control and lighting are great, simple ways to increase your home’s energy efficiency. If you want to take it a step further, we recommend considering smart plugs to reduce phantom energy drain.
Phantom energy drain is an increasingly common term and refers to the power drain through appliances left in “energy-friendly” modes or turned off. These appliances can include your computer, television, dryer, and even your toaster oven. The energy used when they’re turned off but still plugged in represents up to ten percent of your monthly electricity bill. Talk about wasteful!
Before whole-home automation and smart home technology, the only way to combat this extra expense was to unplug appliances when they weren’t in use. Now, your whole home automation system can undo the appliance standby modes without you having to go and unplug them.
Are you ready to see consistent savings in your electricity bill every month? We’d love to give you more information on whole-home automation and get you started today. You can call our office, fill out our online contact form, or chat with one of our experts by using the box on the bottom right of your screen.
We look forward to strategizing with you!
