You’ve made the decision to build a home, now where do you start? 

The process of building a new home is exciting and often overwhelming. You may feel pressure to perfect every inch because after all, you will be the one living in it. While planning the layout, exterior and interior design are crucial factors, the overall functionality of your Texas home is just as important. Identifying your technology needs is the first step to creating a smart home that will complement your lifestyle, rather than complicate it. Once you have outlined your needs, knowing the right questions to ask will lead you to the most efficient and automated home for you and your family. Hiring a specialist like us, to explain home automation topics to guide you through technology options will ensure you have all the answers to questions you didn’t know to ask, as well as help you achieve your smart home goals. Below are our recommendations for our most requested home technology features. 

Lighting

Creating a custom lighting scene is an essential part of improving productivity, security, and relaxation in your home. While most often, people focus on the overall design and look of their lighting scheme, we focus on the control of those lights. The ability to control your lights from your phone, a touch panel, remote, or the old-fashioned switch on the wall is the first of many automation controls in your new home. In this phase of planning, we recommend beginning in the most used areas of your home: family room, kitchen, hallways, etc… These areas of your home with the most traffic will be where you will want to have the most control on a daily basis. 

Installing control switches from Lutron or Control4 will allow you to turn the connected lights on and off and in most cases dim to the desired output. Although, many clients expand to include all the lights in their homes to be connected to one control system. We often hear how much of a relief it is to our clients that with the touch of a single button on the way out the door, they know that every light is turned off, even the kid’s closet! 

The Advantages of Incorporating Motorized Shades Into Your Interior Design

Many new and luxury homes are built with smart home automation in mind. When you’re designing high-end residential and business spaces, you’ll want to be sure to incorporate the latest technology to make your customers say “Wow!”

Not only can their stylish appearance match the decor of any room, but they can also enhance the intended atmosphere of their design, especially when a client’s space is defined by large, customized ceiling windows.

Our team in University Park, TX prides itself on being HTA certified and has been working with interior designers and architects over the years to install the most up-to-date smart home automation and window treatment technology. 

The Power of Control4’s OS 3

In over half a million smart homes across the globe, Control4 has provided effortless command of audio-visual components, lighting devices, window shades, climate control, as well as in-home camera surveillance systems.

As the smart home revolution continues to grow, the clients of Evolve Technologies in Dallas, TX, expect their home automation system to be fully updated with all the latest innovations.

This is one of the central reasons we choose Control4 operating systems to integrate and monitor all of your personalized smart home technology from a single device, whether it be from your smartphone or tablet.

To empower homeowners and make their busy lives less complicated, Control4 has introduced OS 3.

Make Your Clients Happy With a Comprehensive Lighting Plan that Showcases Your Hard Work

Everything is bigger in Texas, including your clients’ homes. From project start to finish, you want to make your clients pleased with every room of their new home, and we can help you do that. By working with a residential lighting design expert, there’s no need for you to become a lighting design or wiring professional to complete a project.

Our team works with architects and builders such as yourself and are proudly HTA Certified. We have decades of proven technical expertise and are continually educating ourselves on the latest products in the industry to help clients futureproof their smart homes.

Keep reading to learn about the types of lighting we work with to achieve the ultimate ambiance when working on your Highland Park clients’ lighting design projects.

Get Cozy, Energize, and More With the Right Lighting in Your Texas Home

Lighting shapes our world, helping us feel specific ways. Think about the lighting in your University Park, TX home. It can provide guidance along hallways, illuminate areas where you need to complete tasks, and create the perfect ambiance for a romantic meal.

Ketra lighting has completely changed the game of tunable white lighting because it's found a way to offer homeowners a variety of lighting options to make their homes more welcoming, productive, engaging, or relaxing - really, whatever mood they desire. Ketra products go beyond the typical smart lighting product you can simply turn on and off without flipping a switch.

This LED lighting gives homeowners a dynamic spectrum of light to incorporate into their homes. From the company’s humble beginnings in Austin to the 2018 Lutron acquisition, Ketra’s mission has always been to make light an integral part of the human experience.

Read on further to learn about a few of the innovative lighting features Ketra offers in its products.