Having all of your amenities integrating together with easy-to-use touch panels and keypads is what the industry refers to as "home automation" or as a “smart home."

Control Center

Ambiance works with the homeowner to better understand his or her lifestyle. We then program different modes, e.g., entertainment mode, vacation mode, or sleep mode, that represent various sequences of events at specific times. These modes can be set to work automatically, manually, or tandem. With a touch of a button a homeowner can turn back the thermostat, turn off the indoor lights, turn on the exterior lights, make sure all of the video and sound equipment is turned off, close all of the windows, etc. We will create any and all combinations that appeal to you. The choices are as limited or unlimited as you want them to be.

Innovation

Your smart home can be as creative as you want. If you have any specific needs that you want your smart home to be responsible for, please feel free to present it to us. Chances are we will be able to accommodate you with the proper programming and equipment. Ambiance Systems has installed programmed everything from an automatic fish feeder for a state of the art salt-water fish tank, to motorized cupola windows (complete with rain sensors-prompting the windows to automatically close as soon as it rains) to work with a passive cooling system in order to save on energy costs. We have programmed an automatic lawn warming system so that the homeowner’s dogs would have a place to play in the wintertime. Anything you need, let us know and we will try to accommodate you.

The Importance of Prewiring

Most people live in spaces poorly tailored to their needs. The majority of homes are wired with little more than the main electrical circuits, a few phone lines, and a few TV cables. It is time this changed. Electrical and security system contractors should routinely install low voltage communication network cables for a wide range of ‘smart home’ systems. This will allow for installations of systems that utilize these networks like the following: security, home theatre and entertainment, phones, door-phones and intercoms, PC and internet networks, surveillance cameras, driveway vehicle sensors, communicating thermostats, motorized window blinds and curtains, entry systems, and irrigation systems.

By properly prewiring your home before the insulation and drywall process begins, the homeowner will easily save approximately 25% on their overall smart home project. Retrofitting is routinely done in preexisting homes but the time saved by planning ahead for a future smart home project adds up quickly. Ambiance should be contacted in the early stages of new construction. We can help plan and design for short term needs and future wants. We work with architects, builders, interior designers, and homeowners. The earlier we are contacted the better.