Archive July 2012

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HAI Contest

It's time for you to show off! We want to see how you are using HAI products in your home or business. Send us a picture (cell phone and tablet pictures accepted) and a brief description of how HAI is helping automate your life. Entries can be e-mailed to marketing@homeauto.com or simply posted to our Facebook wall. All submissions will receive a prize. Best entry as selected by our marketing team wins an HAI gift basket. Contest ends July 31, so be sure to send your photos in soon!

HAI Demo Video + Product Guide in Italian Lanuage

HAI Distributors, Domotica Integrata, have translated an HAI demonstration video.  The video, in Italian, explains stand-alone AV control with an iPad.



Click here to download their Italian language Product Guide.

Free CEDIA Registration

Attend CEDIA at no cost thanks to HAI!  Visit http://CEDIA.net/Expo and enter HAI's free passcode: 4564.

Visit HAI in Booth 3449 in Indianapolis, IN, September 5th-8th to see some exciting product developments!

Questions?  Email marketing@homeauto.com

HAI in July 2012 CEPro Magazine

Be sure to check out page 81 of the July CEPro magazine! HAI Five Star Dealer, Netranom Communications, shows off their "Fix It" retrofit jobs. CEPro titled the job "Neat-O!: Turning Over a Pair of Aces". The homeowner wasn't happy with their existing alarm (which failed), so they replaced it with an HAI system. She can now control it all from her iPhone!
 
Many thanks to our dealer, Netranom Communications, for submitting their project to CEPro! Great work on the retrofit!

HAI on Pinterest

Home Automation, Inc. is now on Pinterest!
  
We have some great boards showing off our products as well as some for home design, green living, travel, and interior design. Be sure to check out our pins and repin them to your own boards!
  
Dealers, does your company have a Pinterest? You should be showing off all of your great installations and some products that you offer! If you follow HAI, we'll be happy to follow you in return.
 
View our Pinterest and follow us at pinterest.com/homeautomation. There's also a link to access our Pinterest at the top of every homeauto.com page!

50 Shades of Lighting Control

HAI is featured in this article about the benefits of lighting control!
 
"Residential custom integrators are now realizing the security and energy saving aspects of lighting control in addition to its aesthetic appeal, said Greg Rhoades, associate director of marketing at HAI.
 
'Homeowners love the ability to turn all lights off automatically when typing in their security code on the way out the door,' Rhoades said. 'They love being on vacation and switching up a few lights for a lived-in appearance, or using their iPad from their bed to open the window coverings.'
 
'Many installers are using lighting control just for creation of ambiance. However, lighting is the number-one proven deterrent to crime, so HAI makes sure that when an alarm occurs, all lights automatically activate, and the exterior lights can even flash to alert emergency vehicles.'
 
While HAI manufactures two lighting control product lines, the company’s home control system can integrate with over a dozen other lighting manufacturers. 'Working together ensures that the homeowner gets the exact control necessary or allows an HAI home automation panel to integrate with an existing lighting control system,' Rhoades said.
 
He suggested that as dealers push lighting control–with 'growth occurring in part thanks to better technology which can control LED, CFL, etc.'–they also need to cover natural lighting control and educate the homeowner."
 
Read the rest of the article here.

How Wireless Home Automation Products Can Help Expand Your Security Business

Security Dealer looking to break into Home Automation? Read this article, written by HAI's Greg Rhoades!
 
"Today, many security dealers are searching for all-encompassing systems that can expand much further than a standard security panel.  For these installers, the home automation system with a security backbone has proven to be the best solution for growth. Dealers can now utilize the experience they have installing security systems to increase their income without a significant education hurdle or an unbearable installation time.
 
More often, dealers are receiving requests for features not typically seen during a home security install, such as setting interior lights to flash during every emergency, or preventing the air conditioning unit from operating during a fire, slowing the spread of smoke and fire. Most especially, homeowners are requesting the ability to remotely check up on their home and express the desire to adjust as many home settings as possible from their smartphone, regardless of their current location."
 
Click here to continue reading.

Join HAI for a Webinar on August 15

HAI will discuss all of our remote options for computers, telephones, and smart phones. Get a great recap of how HAI provides total control of your home, no matter where you are in the world!
 
For more information on this event and free registration, click here.

Free 2012 HAI Product Catalog (USA Homeowners)

USA HOMEOWNERS: Want a FREE HARD-COPY HAI Product Catalog? Go to this website, click on our name (one-third of the way down the list), and type in your info at the bottom. HAI will mail out a free guide so you can start planning or adding to your dream home!

Commercial Case Studies

Did you know HAI has ten available case studies for commercial applications? HAI has automated everything from Subway restaurants to greenhouses, to dairy farms, to sports bars all over the world. Want to feature your unique building management project? Email marketing@homeauto.com
 
Click here to review our Building Management Case Histories!

A Visitor at HAI

This Killdeer decided that the parking lot at HAI headquarters in New Orleans, LA was the safest place to lay her 3 eggs.
 

HAI Featured Project: LetsAutomate Project, Australia

Check out this beautiful retrofit project in Australia! They even use a Connectivity Partner's 21" Touchscreen in the kitchen to initiate HAI home controls, browse the internet for recipes, adjust the fireplace, etc. Congrats to LetsAutomate for a nice renovation project!
 


Learn more about the project here!




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