Protecting Your Home While You’re Away

It’s that time of year when we look forward to gathering with friends and family, celebrating our blessings, and sharing them with others. Unfortunately, in addition to love and good cheer, the holiday season can also be a time of stress. As we gear up for traveling, we worry about what’s happening back home and feel an unease settling around us as we consider leaving our house sitting empty for days. 

It is, after all, the time of year when porch pirates enter into full swing and thieves look for unoccupied dwellings. FBI data shows that past Decembers have experienced over 70,000 burglaries nationwide. 

So, how do you put aside your fears and enjoy traveling this holiday season? The answer lies in smart security. 

Simple Control Meets Great Sound

Multi-room audio systems used to mean expensive, complicated installations that seemed to require an engineering degree to operate. Thankfully, those days are in the past; today's multi-zone audio solutions give you complete control over your home's soundtrack through intuitive interfaces that actually make sense.

Modern systems let you stream different music to each room or sync everything together for parties. Want jazz in the kitchen while your teenager studies to classical music upstairs? Done. Need to silence the home office during a conference call while keeping background music flowing in the living room? Easy. The best part is managing it all from a single app, voice command, or wall control—no more hunting for different remotes or trying to remember which speaker connects to which service.

Create the Perfect Entertainment Hub for Any Season

Football season is here, and holiday gatherings are already beginning to fill your calendar. As the weather gets cooler, you’ll find yourself heading inside to spend more time with friends and family.

Your media room should be able to handle the influx of indoor activity perfectly—but does it? You may find your current setup disappointing when you host game day parties or plan holiday movie marathons. The pile of remotes just seems to grow, and the sound cuts out during crucial plays. Worse, someone always complains they can't see the screen.

The gap between a basic media room and an exceptional one comes down to strategic upgrades that work together. You don't need to gut your space and start over. Instead, consider smaller, mightier improvements to audio, video, and control systems. Doing so can turn your existing TV room into a versatile family-friendly entertainment hub that adapts to whatever you're watching. Want to learn more? Keep reading!

Improve Your Workplace Efficiency and Employee Experience 

The static office environment no longer serves dynamic workforces. Commercial automation technologies create intelligent environments that adapt in real time to changing needs to boost productivity, cut operational costs, and improve employee satisfaction.

Hybrid work models and flexible scheduling require office spaces that adapt quickly. Commercial automation delivers this flexibility by responding quickly to business and employee needs, and making it easy to manage all your office technology. 

Intelligent Systems Create Responsive Work Environments

Essentially, a commercial automation system brings your separate technology subsystems together to get them working together for greater efficiency: 

Intelligent lighting systems automatically adjust brightness and color temperature based on natural light levels and room occupancy. These systems reduce eye strain during extended work sessions while cutting energy consumption.

Climate control automation maintains optimal temperatures throughout the day without constant manual adjustments. Sensors detect occupancy levels and adjust HVAC systems accordingly. If a conference room is empty for two hours, heating or cooling is automatically reduced, and the room returns to comfortable levels five minutes before the next scheduled meeting.