If you have an aging loved one, you probably have thought a lot about all of the options that can help them stay in their home longer and more safely, such as home health aides or having a family member move in to help manage daily tasks. In some cases, though, these options are just not available or affordable. With options limited, some who might otherwise be able to live at home longer go to assisted living much earlier than anticipated. Others, without help or resources might stay home alone doing tasks that are increasingly difficult as well as increasingly dangerous for them to accomplish.

If you have already implemented smart home technologies, you probably based your decision on one of the top two reasons people opt in to smart home technologies: Improved security or increased energy savings. At the core of those energy savings is the smart thermostat, which alone can be responsible for significant annual savings and more when coupled with other smart home technologies, such as smart lighting and enabled appliances.

If you are new to smart technologies, you likely have questions about the smart thermostat and how the technology can help you reduce energy consumption and increase your savings related to cooling and heating. Here is a brief explanation to get you started on your smart home journey.

What guy doesn’t love the idea of a man cave? It is a space totally dedicated to meeting needs and providing creature comforts. A man cave is an escape from the craziness of the world and a place to let the stress of the day fall away. And that is exactly why guys should opt in to home automation—it has the power to make the whole home, rather than just a corner of the garage, a high-tech haven of awesomeness.

Don’t believe us? Here are just a few of the many ways home automation can transform your home and make it the ultimate man cave.

Seriously, it’s hard to not want to be like 007. There is just something super cool about the character that he has remained popular for over 50 years. So, what is it about him that makes him so universally popular? Maybe it is that he is always impeccably dressed, or that he remains completely calm and never even flinches in the face of danger. For us, it is his unreserved use of high-tech devices even before it was popular to do so that has the cool factor totally dialed in. So, we don’t have “Q Branch” supplying us with jetpacks and cars equipped with missiles, but Bond has nothing on us when it comes to truly incredible smart security and automation technologies.