5 Creative Home Automation Ideas For Buffalo

One of the advantages of choosing a Vivint home security system in Buffalo is that you can pair it with home automation. Components like a smart thermostat will make your living space the perfect temperature and eco-conscious. Smart locks grant you the power to remote control your doorways. And you won’t leave the garage door up again with an automated garage door sensor.

However, as powerful as these gadgets are alone, they can have an even greater impact when used together with your home security system. Here are just 5 amazing home automation ideas for Buffalo that will make your home much more responsive to your needs:

Home Automation Idea #1: Go on the defensive when you leave for work

Along with a before bed procedure, you can designate your automation systems to set when your house is vacant. With the Vivint App, you can protect your home with an easy button touch. Now you can ensure that every entryway is secure, every light is no longer on, the alarms are armed, and your cameras are activated. You can even batten down the garage door through the app if it’s accidentally left wide open.

You don't need to keep your living space on alert the entire day. Unlatch the doors for incoming visitors or service workers via the smartphone app. Or put your house on guard without even looking at your phone. By setting a geofence around your house, your network of devices turns on every time you roll down the driveway. Then when you return home, your alarms turn off, and your doors unlock when you pull up to the house.

Home Automation Idea #2: Put your home down for the night

Your nighttime ritual has become routine: shut off all the lights, lock the doors, adjust the thermostat, and prepare your security system. However, how often have you woken up to see that you forgot to lock the back door or left the kitchen light burning? And after you fail to do one part of your bedtime checklist, it's simple to neglect it another night, too. Without realizing it, your neglected ritual becomes a habit on its own.

But you can guarantee that your house is set for bed every evening when you automate your bedtime ritual. Through your Buffalo home security system, you can craft scenarios that set all your gadgets without you traveling room to room. With a touch of a button, you can secure the doors, turn off the lights, lower the thermostat, and set your security devices. Or don't fret about not remembering to hit a button. Designate your automation to activate at a predetermined time -- such as 11pm.

Home Automation Idea #3: Stay safe during a fire

While your home automation system makes your life easier, it will aid in a fire or other hazardous situations. When your smoke detectors sense a fire, your home automation system can jump into action! Set your smart thermostat to automatically power on the ventilation fan to curb the spread of hazardous smoke. Then have it power on all your smart lights to show the way away from the fire, and open all the doors for emergency responders.

In fact, you can calibrate automated reactions to several emergency events. Switch on your smart lights if a glass break sensor trips. Sound your high decibel speakers when the medical panic pendant is used. Or get video snippets sent to your mobile device when your smart locks trigger. Virtually all of your systems can be networked to function together in any way you think will help protect your home and loved ones.

Home Automation Idea #4: Get alerts to your mobile device

Always be aware of what's going on in your home with automated alerts delivered to your smartphone. Whenever a motion sensor on a surveillance camera picks up abnormal motion, you'll hear about it through a text or push notification. Fire and safety detectors will send an alert so that you'll never return home to an undiscovered emergency. Or have your smart locks alert you when your kids arrive home from the bus. Once you get a notification, you can decide how to respond.

Communicate with anyone at your front door via the doorbell cameras to direct them where to hide a parcel. Check your outdoor cameras to judge if the strange motion is worth a phone call to the authorities. Or remotely turn on your indoor smart lighting to deter any suspicious trespasser.

Home Automation Idea #5: Create moods for watching tv and the rest of your life

Exiting the house and going to sleep may be just one setting on your home automation system. You can also make presets for all sorts of activities. Tweak the lights just a touch while lowering your motorized shutters for the premiere movie viewing experience. Light a dimly lit aisle from your living room to the pantry for a nighttime snack.

You can devise a ”fun” scenario that effortlessly changes the lights and thermostat to adapt for the extra body heat. Then when someone new knocks at your door, you can tell them to let themselves in with your doorbell camera. And if you decide you need another sleek Vivint component you don’t already have, you can simply sync it to your current ecosystem.

Turn your home automation ideas into reality with your Vivint system

When you want a security network that takes full advantage of home automation, trust the experts at Vivint. They’ll help you determine your needs and tailor-make a system that safeguards your house and makes it more efficient. Simply call (716) 567-8226 or complete the form below right away!