Running a business is never easy. Whether you have to stay in touch with clients, manage employees or keep track of expenses, you don’t want to be distracted by the simple things like controlling your office spaces. With an office and boardroom control system, you can stay in command of every aspect of your workspace: from staying comfortable and productive to saving on energy costs. Smart technology offers benefits to keep you and your employees working hard to make your business successful. Read on to find out how commercial automation can make running your business easier and more dynamic. 

Lower Costs With Energy Monitoring

It’s a simple truth: your business needs energy to run. From the lighting in every office, to the computers that keep you connected, every aspect of your company requires electricity to keep going. But that doesn’t mean you have to waste money on excess consumption. Keep track of how much energy you’re using throughout the building with smart technology. When it’s time for a meeting, light up the boardroom and turn on the necessary components, like the video monitors and in-wall audio system, to conduct an informative presentation. When you’re done, turn it all off with the touch of a button so you don’t waste a cent on a space that’s not in use. By monitoring your office’s energy usage, you can keep overhead low without sacrificing performance.

Stay Comfortable with HVAC

A comfortable employee is a more effective employee, and as the days get hotter, you’re employees are going to want to cool off while completing their assignments. A heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system can keep your workers content during every season of the year, and the simple, one-touch controls give you complete command of the climate in every room of the building. Lower the temperature in the office if someone gets too warm, and raise it in every office that’s not in use.

If you’re upgrading your smart home, you’re going to want a smart lighting control system. It can help improve your home security, save energy and augment the beauty of your interior design. But it can do more than that. It can also enhance your daily life, make your entertainment more enjoyable and create usable spaces out of ones that you may have previously neglected. Read on to find out how a smart lighting system can upgrade all aspects of your home life. 

Enhance Your Home Theater

When you go to the movie theater, you don’t watch the clerks go through the room, flipping off light switches and turning on the projector. It’s all done in one fell swoop, seamlessly putting you into the cinematic experience. The same can be true for your home theater. Integrate lighting into your home theater controls and you can turn off the overhead lights, lower the screen and projector, turn on your surround sound system and start the film – all with the touch of a button. Plus, by adding floor lighting, you and your family can see where you’re going without disturbing anyone else. All of these elements combine for the perfect viewing experience.

Wake Up to the Perfect Scene

Your morning routine is so familiar to you, you probably don’t even have to think about it. But with a home lighting control system, waking up becomes even easier. By programming “scenes” into your control device, you can have one touch controls that set the perfect mood for any situation. So before you go to bed at night, set the “wake-up scene”, and in the morning you’ll be awoken by gradually rising lights that give your eyes time to adjust. You can also integrate other features of your smart home into the scene, so that the shades slowly rise, the thermostat turns off and your favorite morning music can gently flow through the in-wall speakers of your whole home audio system to make getting up just as pleasant as going to bed.

There are few things more irritating at your small business than being distracted by the sun while you’re working. Whether you are trying to conduct a meeting, serving your favorite customers or healing patients, motorized widow treatments are the perfect solution for your business. Avoid distractions and increase productivity, keep your spaces cool and comfortable and add privacy and security to your rooms with smart shading. Read on to find out how smart shading can enhance your business.

Set the Scene in the Boardroom

Smart automation is one of the best investments you can make in your office boardroom. Audio and video systems can help you keep in touch with your coworkers and clients both in and out of the office, while smart lighting can draw attention to a specific area and highlight a particular speaker. Additionally, you can keep the distracting sun out with motorized window treatments. By integrating smart shading into your boardroom’s automation network, you can set the scene for a compelling and productive business meeting.

Keep Customers Comfortable in Your Retail Space

It’s simple really: a comfortable customer is likely to spend more time in your store. As customers trickle in to your shop this summer for a mid-day shopping spree, keep them cool as they browse the merchandize with motorized window treatments. Integrate climate control and in-wall audio with your system to adjust the shading, temperature and playlist all from a single smartphone or tablet. And when the sun goes down and you want to show off your elaborate window displays, raise the shades and the lighting to emphasize your store’s beauty.

Just because you’re home from the office doesn’t mean you’re done with work for the day. Running a small business or private practice means you’ll need a dedicated space in your Woodlands, TX home for working on everything you need to wrap up a project or close a case. Smart home automation can transform a room in your house into a productive working environment by helping you stay connected with everything you’ll need. Take a look at how smart automation by Relative Home Systems can enhance your home office space.

Utilize Audio/Video for Telecommunications

Working from home doesn’t mean that you have to break off all communications with the outside world. Stay connected with the employees, co-workers and even overseas clients with a strong telecommunication system. See clearly with UHD cameras streaming pristine images to your 4K monitor or television. Hear everything with in-wall speakers throughout your office space, so you don’t have to be glued to your desk if you need to speak to someone. And when you’re on the go, have the video and audio streamed right to your tablet or smartphone.

Create an Automated Waiting Room

If you regularly have clients or patients coming to your house, you’ll need some way to address them when they arrive, and smart home automation offers a solution. An HD intercom will tell you exactly when they arrive and allow you to speak to them without even leaving your office. Combine your HD intercom with outdoor audio to stream music onto your porch, and turn it into a functioning waiting room. And unlock the door from your desk with an automated entry system to give yourself an added sense of security. With smart home automation, your clients and patients will be happier and safer when they visit your home office.