3 Ways Motorized Window Treatments Improve Your Home

When envisioning the greatest benefits of a smart home, it is easy to be wowed by high-tech, entertainment features such as custom home theaters while ignoring some of the more practical aspects of home automation. Motorized window treatments may not have the hi-tech appeal of other systems, but they provide some of the most immediate benefits to your Austin, TX home.

Relative Home Systems can design a custom-made motorized shading system that will become a great investment for your family and property. Below are some of the biggest perks of adding Lutron shading solutions to your space. 

Enhance Your Privacy

The biggest reason to add blinds to your home is the most basic, protecting your privacy by blocking the view from the outside. How many times have you come out of the shower to realize you’ve left the shades open? No longer do you have to walk straight to the window to close the blinds. With motorized shades you can use a handheld remote, smartphone or tablet to close blinds without having to approach the window.

Incorporate scenes into your system that anticipate your needs. A ‘morning’ scene can progressively open your shades when you wake up to ease you into your day while an ‘away’ scene makes sure all blinds are closed when you leave the house. In modern homes, these kinds of motorized window treatments are becoming a necessity, especially if you want to add shades to large windows that are inaccessible manually.

Prevent Sun Damage

Don’t worry about having to shuffle around your home’s interior design to place items such as photographs or delicately upholstered furniture away from windows to keep them from fading over time due to sun exposure. No longer will you have to guess the hour when the sun will be the strongest or have to check back throughout the day to see if valuable items are being hit directly. Sun sensors can communicate with your shades, closing them when sunlight is the harshest, freeing up your time and giving you peace of mind.

Save Your Resources

More than any other feature in your smart home, motorized window treatments offer a direct return on investment. For many homes, especially larger properties, the central A/C system quickly becomes the biggest energy expense. Maintaining a stable temperature over a large space is a taxing task for any HVAC system. Shading solutions can help by responding to outside conditions to help regulate your home’s thermostat.

During the summer, shades close to cool the house down when temperatures peak while remaining open most of the day to maximize natural light. During the cooler months, shades are optimized to let in the most heat throughout the day while special fabrics insulate the home from the cold conditions outside.  

Do you want to incorporate motorized window treatments in parts of your home or integrate a full shading solution throughout your Austin, TX property? Contact Relative Home Systems for a system designed to meet your needs.