Lighting Control

A lighting control system is an integrated network of dimmers, keypads, touchscreens, and mobile devices that provide easy selection of scenes, pathways, and dimming levels throughout the home.

A lighting control system provides aesthetic benefits, energy savings, enhanced security, and convenience. It adds the finishing touch to architectural elements and interior design. Proper dimming can bring out a softer illumination from the light source, whether it’s a recessed fixture, cove lighting, or floor lamp. Removing the harshness of full illumination flatters facial character and brings out the natural beauty of skin tones. With a lighting control system, a row of light switches can be replaced by a single keypad; enhancing the beauty of the room by reducing wall clutter. Dimming a light fixture significantly reduces energy use, lowering your monthly electric bill. In addition, lamp life is greatly extended, keeping toxic materials out of landfills and saving the cost and hassle of frequent lamp replacement. Nobody should come home to a dark house. With a lighting control system, you can remotely light up your entryway and turn on an interior scene. When you are away, a vacation mode can simulate your light usage patterns, giving the appearance that someone is home. A wall-mounted keypad provides one- touch access to your lighting scenes and pathways, allowing you to conveniently set the mood for an evening of entertaining. When the evening is over, one button can light a pathway to your room. When you’re ready to call it a night, one button can turn off all the lights and trigger an automation system to turn off the house music, TVs, adjust thermostats, and arm a security system. Lighting control maximizes your investment in lighting, providing enhanced beauty, ambience, energy savings, security, and convenience.

Motorized Shades

Motorized window shades and draperies provide convenient, automated control of natural light throughout the home, using beautiful fabrics to enhance the décor.

Motorized window treatments provide aesthetic benefits, energy savings, enhanced privacy, protection from UV rays, and convenience. Motorization options are available for a wide variety of window treatments. Shades and drapes appearance of your home, adding the finishing touch to architectural and design elements. You may choose from a broad selection of beautiful fabric styles and colors created especially for the interior design community. Motorized window treatments help to reduce energy usage by allowing residents to manage solar gain. They provide privacy and help to protect furnishings by filtering out damaging sunlight while preserving the view. You can combine a motorized shade and a drapery track for the same window, allowing varying levels of filtration for different situations. A dual roller shade can also accomplish this, using one roller for a blackout shade and the other for a sheer shade with the desired level of light filtration. The treatments can be automated based on time of day, occupancy, or sunlight levels. Motorized shades can slowly lower as the sun sets, accurately tracked for every season by an astronomic clock. They can be controlled from mobile devices or wall-mounted keypads. Integration with a home automation system would allow the shades to be part of a whole-house scene that turns off the lights, sets the thermostat, arms the security system, and closes all the shades and drapes.

Energy Conservation

Energy and resource monitoring provides the feedback necessary to efficiently manage your usage and production.

Energy monitoring systems measure usage and production, providing you with timely information to help you conserve energy and resources. Historical usage data can help you analyze long-term trends, allowing you to plan future behaviors to reduce cost and environmental impact. Accurate feedback from your solar panels will alert you when maintenance is required to keep them at peak performance levels. In certain areas energy costs can be reduced by using appliances in off-peak hours. Monitoring systems empower home- owners to make conscientious decisions about their energy and resource usage.

Climate Control

Climate Control allows you to set, monitor, and schedule the temperature throughout your home. This can be controlled from your smart phone or iPad whether you’re home or away.

AUDIOVISIONS Solutions offers remote and centralized control of climate of residential and commercial properties. AUDIOVISIONS climate control products allow precision environment control and provide superior benefits in comfortable living and energy conservation. Conveniently monitor and manage AUDIOVISIONS climate control systems through connected thermostats, using keypads and apps on Apple IOS devices. AUDIOVISIONS climate control remote sensors allow for resourceful automated temperature management that can help to lower utility costs and maximize energy efficiencies throughout a building. Create a climate control schedule based on time of day, month of year or annual events including season change, temperature and humidity.

Acoustics

Acoustics is the science of controlling the sound of the room through various construction techniques and surface treatments to dramatically improve the sound. 

The purpose of the audio system is to recreate the sonic impact envisioned by the film’s director. The acoustics play a critical role in achieving this objective. Proper room dimensions are specified to avoid common acoustic problems. Surface treatments are employed to control reflection, diffusion, and absorption properties. During the architectural planning phase we provide construction techniques to minimize sound intrusion into adjacent spaces. We can prescribe techniques to reduce noise from common sources such as lighting transformers and air conditioning systems. Modular acoustic systems provide a cost effective improvement in sound, utilizing pre-engineered components selected for your unique conditions. When the highest possible audio performance is desired, we collaborate with an acoustic engineer to implement a custom solution with uncompromised acoustic performance. The visual benefits are equally exciting. A wide variety of beautiful fabrics combined with clever concealment techniques enhance your décor. AUDIOVISIONS integrates exceptional audio performance with beautiful visual design for a sensational movie experience.

Theater Seating Solutions

The Seating discipline includes sofas and chairs specifically designed for entertainment spaces.

Entertainment-specific seating provides luxurious and comfortable accom- modations, in a variety of shapes and sizes, while positioning you for optimum audio and video performance. Seating can be designed with extra width or height to custom fit your needs. Seating options include chairs, love seats and custom sofa arrangements. Motorized recline gets you to a comfortable position with ease and convenience. Motorized controls give you infinite position options compared to manual recliners which have a few fixed positions. In rows where limited clearance is available to recline, an incliner can provide a zero-clearance solution. To take your movie watching experience to the next level, motion actuators can be integrated into the seats to simulate the motion of the movie you are watching. Movies are coded for 3 dimensional movements that insert you into the middle of the action. Motion simulation can be added to any seating option. Seating can be personalized to your tastes and décor. You may choose from a large variety of leathers and fabrics. Cup holders, piping and hardware details can be added to provide a custom solution for your theater. Custom-built, entertainment-specific seating is the final accoutrement for enhancing your entertainment venue.

Racks & Cabinetry

A professional rack system provides the ideal solution for organizing, cooling, and protecting the valuable electronics in your home. 

Equipment racks house your audio, video, and automation equipment in a neat and organized fashion. Custom faceplates give you a professional look on the front of the rack, and skilled technicians meticulously dress and label the wiring in the back of the rack to ensure quick and efficient access to component connections. Thermostatically-controlled fans circulate air to provide a stable operating temperature for components. Equipment life is extended, and reliability is enhanced. Equipment racks come in a variety of configurations to accommodate the space allocated for the components. Racks can be mounted on casters or have the ability to slide out on rails when mounted in cabinetry. In areas where a rack isn’t feasible, a purpose-built cabinet with adequate space, ventilation, and cable management provides a good alternative for component installation.

Power Management

Power management utilizes power conditioning, surge protection, voltage stabilization, and battery backup to insure clean reliable power for your valuable electronics.

Electrical spikes and power surges can wreak havoc on electrical components. Utilizing state of the art equipment we can protect your equipment from these damaging voltage fluctuations, often referred to as “dirty power”. Spikes and surges are not the only form of “dirt” that can affect your power. Household electrical current can be affected by many common items such as hair dryers, refrigerators, and light dimmers. Voltage to your system can fluctuate when these items are turned on. This in turn can affect the quality of audio and video that your system produces. The most common symptoms of dirty power includes popping, clicking, and humming through your speakers and annoying artifacts in your TV picture. An engineered power management system can help to reduce these problems. To increase reliability of critical systems, we provide an uninterrupted power supply (U.P.S.) to electronic components. A U.P.S. contains a large battery to temporarily maintain power to connected components in the event of a power outage. If power is not returned before the battery is exhausted, components can be powered down properly. To further increase reliability we have the ability to remotely monitor and control specific outlets.

Pool & Spa Control

Pool and spa control adds the next level of convenience and control to any automation system.

Pool and spa control provides remote abilities to control your aquatic leisure spaces from your smart phone. Do things like; Warm your spa when you leave the beach, have a mood that allows you to turn on water features, outdoor lighting and music with the press of one button. By integrating your swimming pool and spa you will be able to put the control of your equipment into the palm of your hand.