Tips From The Top

The pandemic has changed our homes – quite possibly in ways lasting beyond the health situation.

We’re now working and learning from home, exercising at home, and entertaining more outdoors. Since March 2020, home theaters have increased in complexity and comfort; many home owners are expanding their outdoor home entertainment options, even in cold weather. People are buying larger smart TVs for their home gyms, so they can participate in group exercise without squinting at a tiny screen. And homes are needing more bandwidth and more devices so that kids can go to school in the living room.

But perhaps biggest change for many of us is that we’re now working from home. Not just one day a week, not just when the kids are sick; everyday, all day, doing everything we’d do at work, but from home.

And the home office needs to become smarter.

Over the past ten years, home offices weren’t a big area of development, according to John Clancy, head of the global residential business unit for Crestron Electronics. In a recent article, he outlines how a robust home office has become a necessity for many of us.

Before the pandemic, says Clancy, “integrators who supported commercial installations may have had exposure to video conferencing and collaboration technology.” Now, however, home office upgrade projects are a lot more common. Integrators – like Jackson Hole A/V – are the front line for home owners wanting top-notch communications technology.

We are able to introduce, design, and install a frontier of home office technology that can make your work and home life easier and more streamlined. There are the obvious solutions, like the new Samsung monitor, and increased bandwidth, but there’s even more to improve your work day environment. Lighting scenes like those offered by Savant and Lutron can give you the optimal lighting for your work experience, while also following your natural circadian rhythms to support your overall health. Smart thermostats allow you to warm up the office just before you arrive and reduce temperatures at night for overall energy savings. Smart home security can enable you to see what’s going on in your home without leaving your desk, and even let in a maintenance person or a delivery at the front door.

To learn more about how smart home tech can make your work life easier, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.