Get Smart with Windows, Doors and Skylights!
Home automation goes to the next level as homeowners and builders ride the wave of new technology
Sponsored by Marvin
This presentation will explore recent trends in automation in new home residential construction. We will look at the wide range of options available to the architect designing a “smart home”, and how these choices can impact the health, safety and well-being of occupants. Specifically, this presentation will dive into recent innovations in fenestration automation. Home automation can help increase security and safety of occupants by allowing homeowners total control over all points of access from anywhere, at any time.
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Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in June 2024
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Assess the current state of home automation/smart homes for residential construction and its history.
- Apply recent trends of bringing in more air, light, and views into residential designs to home automation.
- Explain current offering of home automation options featuring windows, doors, skylights; how to design and plan for home automation in custom residential design.
- Relate the role of the smart home integrator, how they can help the architect, what they do, how they can help architect and compliment their work; practicalities of wiring, jamb depth, control panels; how can architects incorporate home automation into their design process and how integrators can assist design process when brought in early.
