Home automation is exciting and cool. You may have thought that it is little more than a toy, a set of tech tricks designed to save you a small amount of time and amaze your guests. Right? Actually, there’s a lot more to a home automation than that. A connected home or smart home can play a big role in protecting the health and safety of the home’s residents. In this post, we’ll go over three big ways that home automation can save lives or prevent injuries.

To avoid becoming a victim of home burglary, it’s helpful to understand what happens during a robbery. When a burglar looks at your home, does he see himself sneaking away with mounds of easy loot? Inversely, does it look like too much work, too much time and possibly a quick ride in the back of a black and white car? Read on to consider what puts your home into one of these two categories.

Without an alarm monitoring service, your residential or commercial alarm system has very little effectiveness. Alarm monitoring is a must, but what kind of monitoring technology should you chose? When you purchase an alarm system and sign up for 24/7 monitoring services, our company often recommends wireless alarm monitoring first – and here’s why.

This can be an exceptionally busy time of year, filled with family gatherings and a myriad of thoughts and activities that preoccupy our minds. With all that needs to be done, basic safety concerns are easily overlooked: