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Easy to use touch screen controls, home health monitoring equipment such as blood pressure and blood sugar monitors from GrandCare
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here will you live when you retire? More and more of us are saying, “I’ll live at home.”
Staying in your dream home GrandCare Systems offers aging seniors and their families comfortable and safe alternatives to nursing homes, and a chance to stay in the dream home they love.
Systems are automated, integrated so there’s no guess work. It’s peace of mind made easy. GrandCare merges smart home technology, internet communications, and wireless medical monitoring into flexible, affordable automated systems. Digital Interiors is now a GrandCare dealer. “We’ve been offering home automation for 16 years,” says Mark Hardy, Digital Interiors.
Technology for peace of mind “The family caregivers are typically already users of technology and will accept the technology and utilize it to the fullest,” says Mark. Like other Digital Interior’s systems, GrandCare is easy-to-use and integrate, making it ideal for aging in place. For more information, visit www. grandcare.com or call Digital Interiors for more details.
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Aging in Place .....................2 News & Notes.............................2 Vendor Spotlight: Generac.......3 Partner Spotlight: Masterpiece Lighting............3 Calendar: ................................4
Builder News: Aging in Place
A Home for Life
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igital Interiors is looking ahead to your–and your home’s–golden years.
Bringing Aging in Place expertise is a win-win for homeowners and Atlanta builders and remodelers.
George Ide, Vice President of Digital Interiors, has earned Certification as an Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) from the National Home Builders Association (NAHB).
“Aging in place is about staying safe, comfortable and independent in your home as you mature,” adds Chuck Schlick.
Homeowners have the assurance, the confidence to call a house a “home” ... for a lifetime.
People love their homes, have spent years investing in them, and don’t want to forfeit those comforts and freedoms for a health care environment.
“We’re the experts, we’re happy to work with Atlanta’s top builders and remodeler, to share what we know about home technology,” says Digital Interiors’ George Ide.
Digital Interiors works with homeowners and remodelers to make the improvements, install the technology such as
Freedom and Comfort George Ide, Digital Interiors, is now a Certified Aging in Place Specialist
GrandCare systems, that make a home the ideal place for aging gracefully. Please contact Digital Interiors for details at 770.844.5800. q
News & Notes • Digital Interiors will host the 2nd Annual Atlanta Housing Rebound Summit in October. • George Ide, Vice President of Digital Interiors and CEDIA Registered Outreach instructor, will be teaching “Planning for Residential Electronic Systems” Thursday, Sept. 23rd for the 2010 CEDIA EXPO at the Georgia World Congress Center. • Digital Interiors is now a certified GrandCare Health Systems installer. • Digital Interiors is now a certified Generac power generators dealer. • Digital Interiors was featured in the March/April issue of Luxury Home Quarterly. • Atlanta Home Improvement magazine featured Digital Interiors and the Atlanta Housing Rebound Summit in its January/February issue. Digital Interiors was also part of its Amped Up home electronics cover story, November 2009. To read the articles, visit the Digital Interiors Facebook page photo albums. • As seen in the Atlanta Business Chronicle: CE Pro, the leading consumer electronics trade publication, selected Ron Rimawi of Digital Interiors, as one of 100 invited experts and VIP guests for the 2009 CE Pro 100 Integrators Summit. Ron was Georgia’s only home theater and home automation representative at the threeday event in Los Angeles last November.
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Generator Benefits for Home and Business 1. Never Lose Power 2. Automatic Switching 3. Security 4. Climate Control 5. Refrigeration
Vendor Spotlight: Generac Emergency Generators
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hat happens when the power goes out in an emergency?
Forget scrambling for a flashlight, looking for picnic coolers. Home generators are becoming an important feature of today’s integrated homes. “That’s why we’re now a certified Generac dealer,” says Chuck Schlick. Residential standby power sit outside like an A/C unit. Installed power generators offer numerous advantages over portable generators, including increased safety and faster start up.
Digital Interiors is now a certified GENERAC dealer for home and business.
power returns, so there is no need to monitor the unit during an outage.” • Easy value
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• TruePower Technology provides smooth operation of sensitive electronics, appliances. • Quiet-Test mode
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“They provide protection 24/7, whether you’re home or away, and they turn themselves off when utility
Auto Transfer Switches: Automatic transfer switches constantly monitor utility power. If there’s a voltage sag, surge or outage, the switch will turn the generator on as automatically as needed. When power is restored, the ATS turns off the generator.
Partner Spotlight: Tom Wichman Masterpiece Lighting
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alk into a dark room and the first thing anyone does: turn on the lights.
More than a basic feature, home lighting is important part of how people live in and with their homes. Tom Wichman, Masterpiece Lighting, has designed lighting concepts for more than 450 homes in the Southeast.
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He uses his experience to help designers, builders, architects and home owners select the lighting features and fixtures that best fit their lifestyles. “As a Certified Lighting Consultant, I know how lighting affects your emotions, your security, and even your every day decisions,” says Tom. “New technology, such as LEDs and CFLs, have ignited public awareness towards new, innovative trends in lighting,” he adds. With three showrooms in metro Atlanta, Masterpiece Lighting provides distinctive, trend setting fixtures from manufactures worldwide. Call (404) 897-9977 or visit them online at www.masterpiecelighting.com. q Tom Wichman, Masterpiece Lighting
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AMDS: Next Big Media Server
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igital Interiors is excited to work with Crestron to offer the ADMS Intermedia Delivery System. “We’ve championed media server technology for years,” says Ron Rimawi. “This system may be the best one yet.” The Crestron ADMS delivers not only the media content you have, but anything else you want. Your movies, TV, music and Internet are connected at central hub, putting everything within reach. For music the ADMS plays all the popular formats like Windows Media and iTunes. For movies there is a built-in BluRay and an optional 200 disc changer. Crestron’s ADMS Intermedia System with wireless keyboard
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If you shoot your own HD movies, just plug your digital camcorder directly into the ADMS to import and manage your own movies, says Scott Smith.
September: George Ide teaching at the 2010 CEDIA EXPO at GWCC
Going beyond your content, Crestron offers its exclusive WorldSearch which searches beyond your own media to find things on the web.
October: The 2nd Annual Atlanta Housing Rebound Summit by Digital Interiors
Using the wireless keyboard, “type in Batman, it’ll call up the BluRay, The Dark Knight on the DVR, then go out to the web for YouTube, Hulu and other internet content,” adds Scott. Pulling content from multiple sources, everything is in a centralized location, accessible in other rooms of the home. For more information, visit www. crestron.com or contact Digital Interiors for integrating a media server into your own home entertainment system. q
DII hosts Lunch and Learns, offering CEUs approved by the NAHB, AIA, AIBD and ASID. For details, contact Chuck Schlick at 770844-5800. Look for your next issue of DigitalInk.