4 Ways Motorized Shades Go Beyond Added Convenience
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Ranking the benefits of upgrading your home with automated window treatments isn’t easy as this smart solution has much to offer, but one benefit that seems to unite nearly every motorized shades owner in the Clarence, New York area is convenience.
The ability to automate a repetitive task, such as lifting and lowering your window treatments at the touch of a button, saves you time during the day and eliminates the frustration of finicky cords and strings. But convenience is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the benefits of utilizing motorized shades in your home. Read on to learn four more ways this smart solution can add to your lifestyle.
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1. Get More Use Out of Your Home Spaces
The right motorized shades paired with individual room control can make several spaces in your home more versatile. For example, consider your living room. With motorized blackout shades and one-tap control, you can instantly transform this bright, window-filled space from an ideal reading area to a dark theater room for enjoying your favorite movies—without even leaving the couch.
You can also extend your time spent outdoors when you add motorized shades to your patio. Instead of neglecting your patio during seasons of hot sun and annoying bugs, motorized shades can instantly transform your outdoor spaces to make them more comfortable for longer periods without hindering your views. A simple button tap can lower your solar shades to block UV rays, keep out insects, and cool down your patio furniture so you can continue enjoying the outdoors.
Enjoy single-room control of your shades from the convenience of a wireless controller that performs as a handheld remote, tabletop control, or wall-mounted control. You can also manage your shades from room to room with your smart device of choice via a home automation system app like Control4 or by voice with a voice command assistant like Alexa.
2. Live Better by Optimizing Daylight
Our bodies crave natural light. The changing intensity and color temperature of sunlight throughout the day not only helps to regulate our energy levels, but it also helps prepare our bodies for rest. If you find it difficult to stay focused at work and stay asleep during the night, lack of exposure to natural light could be a contributing factor.
By setting the motorized shades in the rooms you use most often to an astronomical timeclock, you can take advantage of natural light during the times you need it most. For example, when the sun rises in the morning, the shades in your bedroom can be scheduled to rise in tandem in order to flood natural light into the space and help you get your day started. Likewise, as the sun goes down in the evening, your shades can be programmed to lower at sunset, too.
Of course, you’re not limited to automating your shades to rise and fall with the sun. You can program any and all the motorized shades in your home to lift and lower around your daily routines, for maximized energy efficiency, or otherwise. It’s up to you.
3. Give Your HVAC System a Break
As the weather gets colder, energy bills get higher. Extreme temperatures during any season can wreak havoc on your HVAC system. With motorized shades, you can significantly lower your dependence on your heating and cooling systems by automating your shades to rise during peak sunlight in order to help warm your western New York home. Likewise, in the summer months, automate your motorized window treatments to lower during peak sunlight in order to help keep your home cool.
Motorized shades help warm and insulate your home during winter and block out solar heat gain during summer so you can better conserve energy. What’s more, you can integrate temperature sensors with your motorized shades that trigger your shades to lift or lower once the sensors detect a specific temperature in the room. You’ll enjoy automatic energy savings with complete hands-off control.
4. Increase Security with Whole-Home Scenes
Creating one-tap scenes that adjust every window treatment in your home not only saves you time, but it also grants you peace of mind knowing you didn’t miss a window before leaving for work or vacation. If you forget to lower your shades after leaving the house, you can always access all your shade scenes directly from your smartphone.
Add an extra layer of security while you’re away by using a whole-home “Mockupancy” scene, which adjusts your shades at different intervals throughout the day to simulate that someone is home. Potential intruders will think twice before attempting to break in if they notice any movement inside the house. With a home automation system like Control4, you can also integrate your lights and AV to adjust with your shades while you’re away so that an outside passerby thinks there’s someone inside watching TV and adjusting the lights.
Take advantage of the many benefits of motorized shades with help from our team at Sound & Theater. From consultation to design, installation, and service, we’re your go-to team for custom automated window treatments. Get started today by contacting us here or sending us a live chat below. We look forward to serving you.
