The House of the Future
Remember when that “House of the Future” attraction showed you how houses would get to know their owners needs and meet them, even before the owner thought of it? Well, these types of smart homes are no longer simply a dream of the future. Along with
alarm systems, Calgary, We now have thermostats that learn how you like it and when and anticipate that need to keep you comfortable, apps and controlled devices to open the door, turn on the lights and more when you arrive home from work—and they do the opposite and lock up everything when you leave.
The best part of that is you do not need to build a new house to take advantage of these time-saving conveniences! In fact, there are more older homes become “smart” in one way or another than ever before.
If you, like most homeowners, occasionally forget to close the garage door when you head off to work, or maybe lock the front before going to bed, or similar things you might have gotten a security system. These are fantastic devices to help protect your home when you aren’t there or when you need an extra set of “eyes”.
To prevent such scenarios, home security technology is becoming more high-tech, more user-friendly and ultimately more adaptive to your lifestyle, whatever that may be. Modern alarm and home automation systems let you monitor and control your home’s security no matter where you are, be that at work, on vacation, or even just relaxing upstairs.
Now, it’s even possible to lock that front door or check and see who’s ringing the bell right from your phone. How cool is that!
Smart Home Security
There are myriad smart home products available today to help monitor, comfort and protect your home. Everything from doorbell cameras to smart locks and motion sensors to self-adjusting thermostats can be placed in your house to make it a much more comfortable and secure habitat for your family and you.
What do all these devices have in common? Well, they’re all internet-connected like other so-called smart devices. This means you can safely and securely control them from a smartphone, tablet or computer and keep an eye on your home around the clock. The great thing is that it’s not even complicated. When you contact your alarm company, like Northstar Security, you can choose the extent to which you’d like to automate your home security.
Most folks start our with something simple, like changing their standard deadbolt for a keyless smart lock or a doorbell camera. If you’d rather have everything automated so that you can completely command the house at the touch of a button, you can do that, too.
It starts with the hub, like your primary keypad, that lets you control your smart home from one machine while at home or on your mobile devices when you’re gone. You’ll even get alerts you if something goes awry (among other capabilities).
Remember, though: when you connect your home to the internet, you open the door to other potential dangers like hackers. So, be sure to create strong passwords thus making sure your home’s wireless network is much more secure.
Smart Options for Your Home
- Although smart home security devices can’t force intruders to stay away, they can give you more vision and control with features like:
smart door locks controlled from a smartphone app, and it can even send you notifications when individual family members come home.
- WiFi cameras that let you keep a close eye on your home via webcam. Our most popular camera can capture and send photos or video to your phone to see who is at the door (and talk to them!), though we have other options, too, including high-end commercial security options.
- For larger areas, smart motion sensors detect unusual activity and send you real-time alerts.
- Our smart garage door technology lets you open or close your door with a smartphone app, and tells you when you leave it open on accident.
- Smart smoke and CO (carbon monoxide) detectors tell you when there is a problem and can call the fire department on your behalf, too.
- There is even flood and freeze detection that raise an alarm on your phone when there’s a leak or a deep freeze.
We also have many of these features that you can set up to be remotely monitored so you can pay attention to that lovely vacation you are on. Regardless of what you need, though, insurance companies offer all sorts of discounts to homeowners who protect their home with an alarm and/or automation.
