Smart Home Tech and Blinds

Here at Budget Blinds of Scottsdale, we love innovation just as much as the next person. ‘Smart’ devices permeate our homes and offer hundreds of new ways to live our lives better, easier, and much more conveniently, honestly, it’s great! This time on the Budget Blinds of Scottsdale blog we are looking at all the smart home tech available and how we’re helping our customers live smarter!

Smart Home Tech - More Than Motorization

We’ve talked about one form of smarter blinds before when we discussed motorization and blinds in a previous blog. To be clear, motorization is a huge first step in making window covering solutions smarter. Giving users the ability to control their blinds and shades with a remote control or tap of a button makes for an even more comfortable experience in your home. But what if you didn’t even need the button? That’s where automation comes in.

Automation

Automation is the next step above motorization, it’s taking not just the physical effort of adjusting the blinds but even the mental effort needed to decide to adjust them. You likely are already using some form of automatic blinds in your home now, albeit just in a much simpler form. For instance your AC unit may have pre-programmed settings to turn on at certain times on certain days, or to keep your home within certain temperature ranges. When it comes to shades and windows, here at Budget Blinds, we make automation simple!

Automation With Budget Blinds

Take our Lutron® automated shading systems as an example. We’ve talked about how much we are proud to offer them, and their automated shading systems is another stellar reason why! Here are just a few of the benefits of using this automated shade system.

• Control your smart shades, lights, temperature and more from any mobile device by using the Lutron app.

• Program Lutron shades to automatically open and close for peace of mind and energy savings.

• Automated and cordless smart shades are ideal for homes with children and pets.

• Control and schedule the positioning of your Lutron smart shades with your smart device.

• Lutron cellular and roller shades are child-friendly, energy-efficient, and are available in a wide variety of colors and materials.

• Monitor and control lights from your smart device no matter where you are, or create personalized lighting schedules that change with the seasons.

• Programmable features allow you to use heating or cooling only when you need it for maximum energy efficiency.

• No new wiring required.

Every component in your smart home set up can integrate seamlessly with your smart home device of choice from Amazon® Alexa, Apple® HomeKit™, Google® Assistant, Nest®, Sonos®, and more.

Here’s an inside scoop: We recently learned at our national convention that Lutron® is going to be introducing even more automation features including blinds that use the direction of the window, the geographical location of the home, and solar phases to automatically tilt blinds throughout the day to maximize light while stopping direct sunlight! Things are getting that smart!

Interested? No reason to delay whole-home automation for your Budget Blinds shades can begin with just a single window or room! Lutron® automated shading systems are designed for modular expandability, so start small, try it out and build a more robust smart home automation system when you’re ready! And of course, smart shades come with the beautiful style and expert service Budget Blinds of Scottsdale is known for! We do it all for you. 

Rarely is something so smart, so easy.  Ask us about Lutron smart home automation today!