Your 21st Century Home Series: Who Said Comfort Is Expensive? Find Out How Window Automation Increases Comfort and Decreases Costs

You’re sitting on your couch watching your favorite TV series. Game of Thrones, perhaps. A calm breeze comes in through the window. You can hear birds chirp and children playing outside. You welcome the smell of freshly cut grass as an unexpected pleasure. That calm breeze, remember? It’s starting to itch a little bit. It’s getting really hot. So, you take the remote control and close the window. Problem fixed.

Yes, you close the window with a remote control. That is exactly what I said. No more pausing Game of Thrones and having to sacrifice your comfortable position on the couch to close that annoying window. I’m talking about window automation, windows that open and close on their own.

So maybe you’re not as lazy as the rest of us and you don’t mind standing up to close the window. However, I’m sure you like cutting costs just like the rest of us. Yes, cutting costs. You can adopt a natural ventilation system by installing automatic windows and lessen the use of your regular air conditioning system. Natural ventilation can help reduce the cost of your electricity bills because you don’t have to rely on your energy-draining air conditioning system. You’re probably not lazy but I’m sure you despise expensive electricity bills. I mean, come on, who doesn’t?

Window automation can provide great benefits for you and your home. Besides comfort and cost-effective temperature control, automatic windows can provide protection for you and your home. So, first we need to know how window automation works, and then we’ll go into how it could be a great addition to your 21st century home.

How It Works

How does the magic of automatic windows happen? No magic, I’m afraid. Window automation uses a device called actuator that enables a window to be opened and closed automatically. You no longer need to operate your window manually if an actuator is attached to it because this device pushes and pulls the window open and closed. The actuator is the device you operate with the remote control when you are lying on the couch watching Game of Thrones.

The actuator can simply be controlled through an open-close function, and that would be the end of the story. Yet, there are still more exciting things automatic windows can do. The use of sensors can make window automation much more beneficial for you. Attached to the actuator, sensors provide more functions through which the window can be open automatically. Sensors are essential to achieving the primary purpose of window automation, which is to promote natural ventilation and smoke ventilation. So, what are those, anyway?

Natural Ventilation and Smoke Ventilation

Natural ventilation refers to the good, old-fashioned way: opening the windows to refresh ourselves. It’s funny how as we advance technologically we go back to the way we used to do things in the past, but that is besides the point. When it comes to natural ventilation, you can decide whether you want a full natural ventilation system through the use of window automation or a hybrid of natural ventilation and regular air conditioning.

Even if you decide to keep your regular air conditioning, you can create a system where the air conditioning and the natural ventilation work together to maximize energy savings. For example, the windows would close at a certain temperature and then the air conditioner would kick in. A hybrid system would still be much more cost-effective than only having the air conditioner drain your home’s energy. Also, you would still enjoy your dose of fresh air at certain times of the day.

On the other hand, smoke ventilation happens when windows open automatically upon detection of smoke. Smoke ventilation can facilitate escape in case of fire by providing an escape route and letting smoke out of the house’s environment. Basically, automatic windows can save your life. For real, though.

These type of sensors can also monitor carbon monoxide levels and open the window to let in fresh air. The monitoring of carbon monoxide levels can help improve air quality in the home. So, automatic windows can keep you healthy. Overall, you can feel safer in your own home. Think about it.

Automatic Windows Are The Way To The Future

What makes window automation a real catch are the many functions through which the windows can be automatically opened or closed. It doesn’t stop at opening and closing windows with a remote control. Window automation has given the concept of the window a whole new meaning. Some automatic windows can also close upon detection of heavy rain or strong winds. If it rains, you’ll never have to hurry to close the windows because it’s already been done for you.

I know what you’re thinking. “Why don’t I have automatic windows?” Don’t worry, there is still time to make your home a smart home. Your phone is smart, you are smart, then why can’t your house be, too? Give yourself the chance to build the modern home you deserve. So, to recap, this is why your 21st century home must have window automation:

• You can open and close windows with a remote control.
• You can save on energy costs with natural ventilation.
• You can facilitate escape in case of a fire with smoke ventilation.
• Your windows will close automatically when it rains.
• You won’t have to pause Game of Thrones to close the window.

We hope we have made a strong case in support of window automation, but, if you still have doubts, don’t hesitate to leave a comment below.