The Role of Motorized Shades In Your Smart Home
There Is a Lot More to Motorized Shades than Rolling Up and Down!
Investing on things we love is always a rewarding experience, which is why motorized shades for your place in Southern Ontario, Canada will be worth every penny. But don’t just take our word for it! Hundreds of local homeowners have already trusted us with their smart homes, making Balaklava Audio the most trusted technology integrators in town.
In this article, we will show you more about how automating motorized shades leads to better energy efficiency, comprehensive climate control, and even protects your home against sun damage.
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Energy Efficiency
Lutron and Q-Motion, two of our trusted brand partners, are among the leading industry names in lighting control and motorized shades. Their products, which seamlessly integrate with other smart devices and technology systems, are designed with automation and energy efficiency in mind. What does that mean for you? To give you two examples, by automating shades across your home, we could program them on a schedule to reflect your daily routine and sleep cycle. Or, we could program them to roll up and down at particular times, minimizing the amount of sunlight coming in and significantly reducing your reliance on HVAC systems.
Climate Control
Motorized shades play an important role in home automation, and nowhere is this more evident than in climate control. Whether you are there year-round or not, integrating shades, lights, and smart thermostats is the best way to always keep your home at the perfect temperature. If it is ever too cold outside in the winter, or too bright and sunny on a summer day, the shades’ advanced insulation technology will reduce heat loss or gain, keeping the thermostat from kicking into gear.
Ultimate Protection
Privacy is one of the main reasons why our clients reach out to us regarding smart window treatments, but there is a lot more to motorized shades than meets the eye! For example, security and damage protection are two features often overlooked by homeowners when considering motorized shades.
On the one hand, smart shades can be programmed to work at random intervals when you are away from home for a while, giving potential intruders the illusion that someone is home. On the other hand, both Lutron and Q-Motion engineer their shades with specialized fabrics that minimize UV damage, saving you the trouble of having to replace furniture, finishes and other products in your home.
For the untrained eye, shades are nothing but fabric hanging above a window, a perception that changes quickly once people learn about the latest shading solutions. Contact us if you’d like to find out more about industry-leading window treatments and how we can install them at your home.
