Shades & Windows

Electric windows, blinds and curtains are able to be integrated into your smart home. Automated blinds and shades evoke a sense of luxury. They can be controlled by switches, remotes, phones and touchpanels. We expertly plan out your automation system to make sure control is always quickly within reach. Being able to control groups of shades at once provides massive convenience and time saving – just press one button on your room’s switch and all of the shades will adjust together. Or use your touchpanel to control them individually. You can even close or open all the shades in the house at once. Compare that to the time it would take to walk around and manually adjust room by room. You could also create schedules to open your shades at a certain time on certain days. Automated blinds means there will be no messy cords around your windows. Automation is all about refined living and effortless control.

Your dream backyard can greatly benefit from automation. Eliminates the need to have various switches or remotes for things like outdoor lighting, fans, heaters, audio-visual, irrigation and pool control and instead brings everything into one system. Including your external blinds, louvers and awnings in this system increases convenience and makes for the ultimate in outdoor entertaining areas as your guests will be comfortable and weather-protected, not to mention impressed. You will be able to set schedules throughout the year for the louvers or awnings to adjust at certain times, or opt for a weather station which can set the louvers to track sunlight and automatically alter the angles throughout the day. Weather monitoring tied into your automation system means your home will be prepared and adaptive. We install the GIRA Weather Station Plus. It measures different meteorological parameters – brightness levels, wind speed and direction, precipitation, temperature, twilight, relative humidity, and air pressure, and then transmits that data so devices can react accordingly – shades, louvers, awnings, HVAC etc. Weather stations are particularly useful for climate control and energy efficiency, as the position of the blinds can be used to provide heating or cooling support.

An automation system should bring everything together to work cohesively. The more integrations you choose, the more unified your home will feel. By integrating your blinds and curtains, you can combine them with other elements for added convenience. For example, a ‘Watch Movie’ scene in your living area can instantly transform it into a home cinema by closing the blinds, dimming the lights to off, dropping down the projector screen and setting the AV up. One smart remote controls the blinds and everything else in the room, even the climate. The scenes and schedules throughout your home are completely up to you – so you can customise your smart home system to perfectly suit your family. Automated blinds are one of the most commonly integrated features, as the modern home will often have too many electric windows, blinds, curtains, awnings and louvers for them to be controlled manually or from separate remotes and apps. A Ryelec smart home system brings everything together with stylish, user-friendly control for luxury living.