2 Reasons Why Your Smart Home Needs an Energy Management System

Having a smart home automation system in your Pacific Palisades home is a fantastic way to control all your house’s devices from the palm of your hand. But shouldn’t advances in technology be not only about making your life more convenient, but also about increasing the quality of your life?

This is where having the ability to manage your home’s energy consumption by integrating all your home’s tech and appliances becomes essential, especially for those living in Southern California.

By installing a smart home energy management system, you’ll be able to view the energy consumption of each device in each room. This will allow you to conserve energy by managing which devices and outlets are activated and choose those you want to shut down.

If you’re interested in saving money, being environmentally sustainable, and ensuring your home has electricity during a power outage, at Vision and Sound, we can install an energy management system that can achieve these goals.

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1. Continuous Monitoring of Energy Consumption

Using smart home technology, you will be able to view the energy usage of each area of your home.

This will help you identify which appliances and devices are being used the most and at what time, so you can make your energy usage more efficient.

And depending on how your city sets energy prices, our smart home technology can identify times when energy use is high and can program your system to automatically shift back and forth between energy sources.

You will also be able to manually switch to using your solar battery, which may be charged from solar panels, during peak hours. Or you might switch to a variable use mode that uses both energy from the grid and the battery, acting as a hybrid system, and thus lower your energy bill.

2. Managing Your Home’s Energy During a Power Outage

When we first set up your energy management system, our engineers will help you determine which appliances and home systems are considered “critical,” and which are not. This is especially helpful during a power outage.

When your home’s energy is off the grid, your power system can be switched to this critical mode so that your home’s battery or generator is activated only to power those essential systems.

Some examples of critical uses of energy could be your refrigerator, your HVAC system, and your water heater. Other uses of energy you might decide are not critical are the lights in certain rooms or your entertainment system.

When going to the homepage of your energy management app, these categories are highlighted and give you an easier way to choose how to conserve energy by powering down areas of your home you have already decided are less critical.

But at the same time, if you decide you do want to use the entertainment area during an outage, your system will notify you whether there is sufficient energy backed up in the battery or generator.

See How We Can Integrate Your Electricity Into an Energy Management System

If you’re ready to save money and take care of our environment at the same time, let us design a smart home energy system that is specific to your needs. Contact our installation professionals by calling 310-545-6500 or send us a message in the chatbox below. We would love to hear from you.