During the holiday season a lot of people pack up the kids, the dog and the presents to head to their families house to celebrate together. It is very easy to tell what families are home and which ones are not. Here a few tips on how your smart home can help!
1: Schedule your z-wave lights
While you are away make your home look occupied with smarts light ability to turn on and off.
With your smart lights powered by Alarm.com you can set schedules and control them from any location.
2: Forget to shut the garage door?
Driving down the road you start going over your checklist; kids check, dog check, presents check, garage door, not sure.
Take some worry away from your checklist. Before heading out of town enable a reminder in your Alarm.com app. Should you for get to shut your garage door or arm your security system, Alarm.com will send you an alert to remind you to secure your home with one touch.
2: Give access to someone you trust.
If you want a trusted person to check in on your house when you are gone give them their own security code. With your Alarm.com app you’ll know that they checked up on your home, how long they stayed, and when they left.
3: Save energy with your smart thermostat
You don’t want to waste energy heating your house while you’re away, but you don’t want to come back to an icebox either. In your Alarm.com app, you create a geo-fence: a ring on a digital map around your home. When you (and your smartphone) cross the geo-fence, Alarm.com switches your thermostat to ‘Away’, turning down your heating to save money. When you cross the fence on your way back, your thermostat will switch to ‘Home’ for a warm and comfortable welcome.
Have a safe holiday season!