5 Creative Home Automation Ideas For Fort Collins

One of the advantages of choosing a Vivint home security system in Fort Collins is that you can sync it with home automation. Items like a smart thermostat will make your home more comfortable and eco-conscious. Smart locks empower you to remote control your doors. And you’ll never leave the garage door open again with an automated garage door sensor.

However, as great as these devices are on their own, they can have an even greater impact when employed together with your security system. Here are just 5 incredible home automation ideas for Fort Collins that will make your living space much more attuned to your lifestyle:

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

Along with a bedtime routine, you can designate your automation systems to activate when your house is vacant. With the Vivint App, you can protect your house through an easy button tap. Now you can be sure that every entryway is locked, every light is turned off, the alarms are set, and your cameras are activated. You can even shut the garage door through the app if it’s accidentally left open.

You don't need to keep your home locked up the entire day. Unlatch the doors for returning family or service workers with the mobile app. Or place your home on alert without even pushing a button. By installing a geofence around your house, your system turns on each time you roll down the driveway. Then when you come home, your alarms disarm, and your doors unlock when you pull up to the garage.

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

Your bedtime schedule has become routine: shut off all the lights, lock the front door, set the thermostat, and arm your security system. However, how many times have you woken up to see that you forgot to lock the back door or left the kitchen light burning? And once you forget to do one thing on your nightly checklist, it's easy to forget it the next evening, too. Without realizing it, your neglected ritual becomes commonplace.

But you can ensure that your house is set for bed every evening when you automate your bedtime ritual. Through your Fort Collins home security system, you can craft rules that set all your tech without you going around the house. With a touch of a screen, you can secure the doors, turn off the lights, change the thermostat, and set your security devices. Or don't worry about not remembering to touch a button. Designate your automation to turn on at a specific time -- such as 11pm.

Home Automation Idea #3: Keep safe during a fire

While your home automation tech makes your life easier, it will aid in a fire or other situations. If your smoke detectors sense excess smoke, your home automation system can spring into action! Program your smart thermostat to instantly switch on the ventilation fan to hinder the spread of hazardous smoke. Then have it switch on all your smart bulbs to show the way away from the fire, and open all the doors for emergency specialists.

In fact, you can calibrate automated protocols to any emergency situations. Turn on every light when a glass break detector trips. Sound your high decibel sirens when the medical panic pendant is pushed. Or get video clips sent to your mobile device when your smart locks trigger. Almost all of your systems can be interconnected to work together in any way you think will help shield your home and loved ones.

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

Always keep abreast of what's going down in your house through automated updates delivered to your mobile device. Whenever a motion sensor on a surveillance camera detects unwanted activity, you'll hear about it through a text or push notification. Fire and carbon monoxide alarms will show an alert so that you'll never come home to an unexpected situation. Or have your smart locks alert you when your kids arrive home from school. Once you read a notification, you can judge how to respond.

Speak with delivery workers through the doorbell cameras to direct them where to hide a parcel. Watch your outdoor cameras to see if the strange movement warrants a call to the authorities. Or remotely trigger your smart lighting to scare away any unwanted trespasser.

Home Automation Idea #5: Match moods for watching tv and everything else

Exiting the house and going to sleep may be just one setting on your home automation system. You can also make rules for all sorts of moods. Change the lights just a smidge while lowering your motorized shades for the penultimate movie watching atmosphere. Create a dimly lit trail from your bedroom to the fridge for a nighttime snack.

You can program a ”fun” setting that seamlessly dims the lights and temperature to account for the extra body heat. Then when a new visitor knocks at your door, you can inform them to come on in via your doorbell camera. And if you find you need another futuristic Vivint component you don’t already own, you can seamlessly add it to your current ecosystem.

Turn your home automation ideas into reality with your Vivint system

When you need a security network that makes the most of home automation, trust the experts at Vivint. They’ll help you determine your needs and design a system that surrounds your house and makes it more efficient. Simply call (970) 703-0718 or complete the form below right away!