When building a home that includes home automation or any technology for that matter, it is important to consider the details of those plans from the beginning. ETC designers and engineers work with builders, interior designers and architects from the first phase of the project, so we can create solutions that allow the technology to blend in with the aesthetics for the home.
We plan the wiring for the home components to be placed in ways that integrate several components to create one-touch systems that are out of site, and will accommodate future technology. Soon you may have several internet connections in the kitchen for different appliances, as well as the family room, theater room, game room and garage.
Each project has its own challenges and the last thing you want to do is re-design areas of the house to add the comforts of home automation after you have started building.
Here are five ways we make technology blend into a home seamlessly.
• Trufig: This is a must-have for luxury homes. Following the same trend of trimless light fixtures, this is an installation platform that allows us to make ordinary wall outlets, switches and iPad docking stations, completely flush and trimless. They practically disappear!

Trufig Crestron Touch Panel
• Invisible speakers: As its name implies, these speakers are completely invisible and the sound quality is surprisingly good. They can be mounted into ceilings, or disappear in a custom cabinet.

Stealth Acoustics Image Series
• Custom speaker bars: You hang a TV on the wall in the family room. Where do you put the speakers? We have a solution that creates a speaker system that looks as though it is part of the TV and sounds great! No more fighting for cabinet space.

Leon Speakers
• Precision controlled window treatments: You probably already have a window treatment vendor, but are they experts at controlling them? Motorized systems can be controlled with one-button, or set to open and close at specific times. We can also program the shades to respond to sunlight, and be integrated into the home’s one touch system. We have a variety of offerings in this category.

Lutron Motorized Shades
• Centralized systems: Nothing in view, nothing in the room. No cable boxes, no satellite receivers, no DVD players. Just the TV and a remote. We can centrally locate just about any audio/video component, but we need to plan for this up front since the wiring scheme is different.
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