Learning Objectives • Define home automation/ systems integration • Define how home integration influences convenience, comfort, and safety in the home • Identify commonly-held misconceptions related to home automation and systems integration • Discuss home technology, gy, home automation,, and systems integration talking points to use with clients • Recognize how systems integration works • Define D fi th the value l off id identifying tif i and d working ki with ith an Electronic Systems Contractor (ESC)
Home Integration for Convenience, Comfort, and Safety
Technology in Everyday Life
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Home Integration for Convenience, Comfort, and Safety
System Integration: What it Does Systems integration simplifies control of one room
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Home Integration for Convenience, Comfort, and Safety
System Integration: What it Does Systems integration simplifies control of the entire house • It is intuitive • Creates aesthetically pleasing space • Can be programmed for “scenes”
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Home Integration for Convenience, Comfort, and Safety