Top 4 Features of Crestron Systems You Need to Know About

Enjoy Effortless Living in a Crestron Smart Home

Crestron entered the home automation sphere in 1972, long before any other smart home platform. In that time, they established themselves as leaders in customization and personalization, requirements for today’s luxury homeowners. 

As always, they’ve continued to advance, creating systems that enhance everyday living. Here, we’ll explore some of their top features—the game changers in Crestron home automation.

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The Digital Lighting Platform

In 2023, Crestron developed its Digital Lighting Platform, enabling our automation experts at Audio Video Experience to add any lighting device to the Crestron Home system. All your lights are managed through the intuitive platform, letting you select the hue, color temperature, saturation, and intensity.

Once you have the ideal lighting for an activity, such as entertaining or relaxing, you can set a scene that calls the lighting back to the precise settings for that occasion. With one touch or voice command, all your lights adjust to your preferences. 

Their lighting system can also replicate natural light. The Crestron SolarSync photo sensor detects the color and intensity of the light outside your windows, replicating it indoors. In response, your body naturally realigns, promoting a healthy sleep-wake cycle. You also experience the beauty of morning lights that resemble the dawn and a soft sunset glow at night.

One Intelligent Platform

A Crestron Home is all about simplified luxury. You manage your entire home from the same intelligent platform, including lighting, motorized shades, thermostats, and security. And you can control your entire home from a single app no matter where you are. Is the dog sitter stopping by unexpectedly? You can speak to them through two-way audio and remotely unlock the door.

Enhanced Energy Efficiency

A Crestron smart home lets you monitor your energy consumption in real-time. You can see which devices use energy even though they are technically “off.”  Through the energy management system, you can turn off this circuit, ensuring it’s not in use unless you want it to be. 

To take it to the next level, you can integrate solar energy and a battery storage system, ensuring your home has power no matter the state of the grid or the weather outside. If a power failure occurs, your smart home distinguishes between essential electrical load and non-critical, diverting the backup battery power to where it’s needed the most.

All aspects of your smart home work together to conserve energy. For instance, during the heat of the day, the shades lower to reduce solar heat gain. When everyone leaves a room, the lights turn off.

Smart Security

Knowing your family and home are safe is one of the greatest benefits of living in a Crestron smart home. When you’re on vacation, your smart home continues its routine, raising and lowering the motorized shades and turning the lights on and off. To an outsider looking in, it appears that you never left. 

Smart surveillance cameras ensure you receive an alert if something unusual occurs. And your smartphone app lets you pull up a live video feed instantly. 

We’ve only scratched the surface of what living in a Crestron smart home means. To learn more, contact Audio Video Experience today.