5 Amazing Home Automation Ideas For Milwaukee

One of the benefits of installing a Vivint home security system in Milwaukee is that you can sync it with home automation. Items like a smart thermostat will make your house the ideal temperature and eco-conscious. Smart locks grant you the power to remote control your entrances. And you won’t forget that you left the garage door up again with an automated garage door sensor.

However, as great as these devices are alone, they can have an even more significant effect when utilized in tandem with your home security system. Here are just 5 incredible home automation ideas for Milwaukee that will make your living space much more responsive to your wishes:

Home Automation Idea #1: Go on guard when you go for work

Along with a before bed procedure, you can program your automation parameters to activate when your house is vacant. With your Vivint App, you can defend your home through one button touch. Now you can guarantee that every entryway is locked, every light is off, the alarms are armed, and your cameras are on duty. You can even batten down the garage door through the app if it’s accidentally left up.

You don't need to keep your house locked up the entire day. Open the doors for returning friends or service professionals through the smartphone app. Or set your house on alert without even lifting a finger. By setting a geofence around your house, your network of devices arms every time you roll down the driveway. Then when you come home, your alarms switch off, and your doors unlock when you come up to the house.

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

Your before bed habits has become routine: turn off all the lights, lock the front door, adjust the thermostat, and arm your security system. However, how often have you woken up to discover that you neglected to lock the front door or left the kitchen light burning? And after you fail to do one section of your evening routine, it's simple to forget it the next night, too. Without realizing it, your neglected ritual becomes commonplace.

But you can make sure that your home is ready for bed every evening when you automate your bedtime ritual. Through your Milwaukee home security system, you can generate scenarios that set all your devices without you going around the house. With a touch of a screen, you can secure the doors, turn off the lights, adjust the thermostat, and arm your security devices. Or don't fret about forgetting to touch a button. Designate your automation to trigger at a set time -- such as midnight.

Home Automation Idea #3: Stay safe during a fire

While your home automation system makes your life easier, it can also aid in a fire or other hazardous situations. When your smoke detectors find intense heat, your home automation system can dive into action! Tell your smart thermostat to instantly turn on the ventilation fan to curb the spread of harmful smoke. Then have the system turn on all your smart bulbs to light the way away from the fire, and unlock all the doors for emergency crews.

In fact, you can calibrate automated reactions to several emergency events. Power on your smart lights if a glass break sensor goes off. Blare your high decibel sirens when the medical panic pendant is pressed. Or get video segments sent to your phone when your smart locks activate. Virtually all of your devices can be networked to operate in tandem in any way you think will help protect your home and family.

Home Automation Idea #4: Get alerts to your smartphone

Always keep abreast of what's going down in your house with automated updates sent to your mobile device. Any time a motion sensor on a surveillance camera picks up unusual motion, you'll learn about it through a text or mobile pop-up. Fire and carbon monoxide alarms will trigger an alert so that you'll never return home to an unknown emergency. Or have your smart locks alert you when your kids arrive home from school. Once you receive a notification, you can judge how to move forward.

Speak with porch visitors through the doorbell cameras to direct them where to hide a delivery. See through your smart cameras to judge if the strange activity warrants a call to the police. Or remotely power your inside smart lighting to deter any suspicious trespasser.

Home Automation Idea #5: Set moods for watching tv and other activities

Exiting the house and putting your house to bed may be just one setting on your home automation system. You can also make rules for all types of activities. Change the lights just a dash while dropping your motorized blinds for the ultimate movie theatre atmosphere. Light a dimly lit path from your living room to the pantry for a nighttime snack.

You can program a ”entertaining” setting that automatically dims the lights and thermostat to account for the additional body heat. Then when someone new knocks at your door, you can tell them to let themselves in through your doorbell camera. And if you determine you need another cutting-edge Vivint device you don’t already own, you can seamlessly add it to your existing ecosystem.

Get started automating your home with your Vivint system

When you want a security network that takes full advantage of home automation, turn to the experts at Vivint. They’ll discuss your needs and tailor-make a system that protects your house and makes it work for you. Simply call (414) 409-5889 or send in the form below right away!