Verizon Launches Home Automation, via Z-Wave

Verizon opens a new front in the home energy automation wars — and sets up potential competition for utility home networking tech favorite ZigBee.

Verizon has become the first major U.S. telecom provider to launch a commercial-scale home automation line of business — and it’s picked the proprietary Z-Wave wireless mesh technology to enable it.

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Z-Wave Alliance Member Evolve Cuts Hotel Energy Use by 25-40 Percent

If it can save the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas millions of dollars, it can help you save on utilities in your home. See the following article for some interesting information.

Z-Wave Alliance Member Evolve Cuts Hotel Energy Use by 25-40 Percent

Tools of Entry, No Need for a Key Chain

July 3, 2011 

By MATT RICHTEL and VERNE G. KOPYTOFF

REPRINTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

SAN FRANCISCO — Front pockets and purses are slowly being emptied of one of civilization’s most basic and enduring tools: the key. It’s being swallowed by the cellphone.
New technology lets smartphones unlock hotel, office and house doors and open garages and even car doors.

It’s a not-too-distant cousin of the technology that allows key fobs to remotely unlock automobiles or key cards to be waved beside electronic pads at office entrances. What’s new is that it is on the device more people are using as the Swiss Army knife of electronics — in equal parts phone, memo pad, stereo, map, GPS unit, camera and game machine.   The phone simply sends a signal through the Internet and a converter box to a deadbolt or door knob. Other systems use internal company networks, like General Motors’ OnStar system, to unlock car doors.

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Automation Sale!

VERA 2 Ultimate

 

Get Energy Management, Home Security and Home Automation in one installed package.  Expandable package includes a Trane Comfortlink Remote Controlled Thermostat, a Schlage or Kwikset  Z-Wave-enabled Deadbolt or Lever Lock,   2-Cameras, 2- plug-in appliance modules, 4-plug-in lamp modules, 3-door/window sensors, 1-Motion Detector and the  Vera 2 automation controller.

Monitor your home from anywhere in the world.  Receive text and/or email notifications when a door or window is opened.  View your property online with two interior cameras.

Installed Price: $2,999

System Integration

If you have been researching home automation, you have found that the individual components are readily obtainable over the internet.  But...

Which components? Which brands? Which controller?...X-10? Z-Wave? Insteon? Zigbee?...Camera systems? Security systems? 24 hour Monitoring?...Email Alerts? Text Messages?...Wired or Wireless? Connecting to a home network?...Firewalls? Router MAC addresses? IP addresses?

The point is, components are easily found, the knowlege to integrate them is not.  Surgi's can provide you with the applications you desire and a money-back guarantee that they will work as promised.  With a computer engineer on staff, Surgi's can make your automation systems communicate with each other and satisfy your integration needs.  Call Surgi's today at (504) 469-4232 or Email Surgi's.  Let's talk.

Internet Thermostat Introductory Sale!

$100 OFF!!!

Through July 31, get a Trane Programmable ComfortLink thermostat and a remote control plug-in appliance module with Schlage LiNK automation controller for only

$625 Installed! 

Control your home comfort system from your smart phone, tablet, or your laptop from anywhere in the world!  Add lamp and appliance modules, security cameras, remote door locks, motion sensors.  Grow your own energy management system, surveillance system, and home security system.  Surgi's is here to provide complete design and installation services.  Call us today at 469-4232  or Email Surgi's for questions or to schedule your installation.

The Value of Home Automation

Home automation can provide energy management, home comfort, home security and home surveillance.  Each of these features is of benefit to a homeowner but the combination of all of them is a compelling justification for the installation of a system.

Energy Management

Home automation controllers base the use of electricity on your lifestyle and needs.  If you only need a light on in the living room when you are home and it is night, the controller can be programmed to observe that the home is occupied and it is night so it will turn on the light.   If the room is unoccupied for a period of time the system can be set-up to turn off the light.  These simple instructions can reduce electrical usage by up to 5%.  Not a cost justification, but a start.

Vera 2

Meet Vera...

Surgi's is pleased to be an authorized dealer for the VERA 2 home automation system.  This Z-Wave compatible system gives a user a rich set of features to assist you in developing home automation and security without investing in whole house wiring or monitoring.  Expand your system as you wish, including:

• Security: Get alerts via SMS, Email or telephone calls of security breaches and remotely arm/disarm your alarm and open doors
• Home Monitoring: See what's going on in your home by watching your cameras from a PC or cell phone
• Convenience: Control lighting, climate, draperies and a variety of devices using your cell phone, iPhone, iPod or other handheld remote.
• Energy Conservation: Monitor your energy consumption. See how much you're spending on energy, and save money by eliminating vampire energy drains.

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Control Your Home From Your Smart Phone or Tablet!

Let Surgi's make energy management easy.  Save money and increase comfort.  Surgi's now offers Trane Schlage LiNK™ products to put home energy control and home security at your fingertips.

Trane Schlage LiNK™ Home Automation Products

 

Program and access these thermostats from your smart phone internet connection.  Why pay for excess energy usage while you're away?