As technology continues to advance, we are gifted with new ways to make our lives easier. From being able to adjust the thermostat from our smartphones to electric cars that may one day help us reverse the damage fossil fuels have done to our planet, technology has helped us to improve everything from everyday tasks to large-scale projects. Another great innovation is smart lighting. Smart lighting allows us to adjust the lights in our homes from smartphones, utilize technology to … Read More
Use Lighting to Update Your Home
One easy and cheap way to update your home is to change your outdoor lighting. Your home may look beautiful during the day, but what about at night? Even the nicest home can’t be seen in the dark. Outdoor lighting is a way to ensure that your home is viewed the way it should even at night. Having the proper lighting helps to accentuate specific focal points of your home, and it can help provide extra safety to your home … Read More
The Luxury and Convenience of Smart Home Systems
Smart home systems have grown in popularity over the years, and for good reason. With so many options in automation, there is plenty of convenience and power to make the home more comfortable and safe. When it comes to these new smart home options, there is very little limit as to what is available. Imagine if you will that you can pull out your phone or tablet and control your lighting, home security, entertainment, kitchen, air conditioning, heating and more. … Read More
Go Green This Summer With Window Treatments and More!
If we take a look around us, we’ll see just how many ways we can help benefit the Earth. From recycling to using reusable shopping bags and coffee cups, there are many steps we can take to going green, especially around our house. Caldwell Electrical Contractors can help you turn your home green so you can give back to our home planet. These tips can take your home to the next level. Tip #1: Smart Lighting Are you like us … Read More
Smart Lighting is the Future of Your Home
If you are interesting in creating ambience as well as increasing your energy efficiency, smart lighting should be your next home improvement. The luxury and convenience will take your lighting to the next level. At Caldwell Electrical Contractors Inc., we utilize Lutron Lighting Control systems, the leader in smart home products. Expert installation matched with quality products will deliver the results you are looking for. What Exactly is Smart Lighting? Smart lighting is a customizable system Caldwell Electrical Contractors Inc. … Read More
How Can Window Treatments Help the Environment?
From coral bleaching to decreasing amounts of freshwater throughout the world, global warming, pollution, and the constant misuse of resources are all damaging the Earth beyond repair. It’s important to stop and ask ourselves: how can we stop this? How can we give back so future generations can live as we have lived? Well, there are many things we can do, from big things like converting to renewable energy to smaller tasks like recycling. One thing you can do that … Read More
Staying Safe During the Holidays With Outdoor Lighting
When burglars find a home or business they want to burglarize, there are only a few things that can deter them from going through with the burglary. One thing you should know about burglars is that statistics show they choose places with the most opportunity and the least number of deterrents. That being said, if you want to protect your home, there are many things you want to do so your home is layered with protection, including outdoor lighting. Outdoor … Read More
Going Green With the Right Window Treatments
Do you know how much energy the average household uses on a monthly basis? Well, the average American uses about 911 kilowatt hours a month. This costs them about $114 a month. Kilowatt hours are used to measure units of energy, so they can illustrate just how much energy a month one might use. The state of Texas uses about 1,158 kilowatt hours a month, well above average. You may be thinking this is because Texas is so huge and … Read More
Why Smart Home Systems are Gadgets of the Future
Just about a decade ago, the idea of smart home systems sounded out of this world. Nowadays, people all over the world are implementing smart home systems into their homes. A smart home system essentially unifies all of the appliances and electronics in your home, making them accessible from a central location, such as your cellphone or the internet. So if you’re worried you left the oven on, you can turn it off at the touch of a button–even if … Read More
Getting Creative With Outdoor Lighting
You spend a lot of time maintaining your home’s landscaping. From planting flowers to trimming bushes, you do a lot to make it look nice, but what’s the point if it essentially disappears at night once darkness falls? With outdoor lighting, you can keep your home illuminated, showing off your landscaping even at night. There are actually many ways to get creative with outdoor lighting. Here are some of our favorites. Idea #1: Landscape Lighting First and foremost, work with … Read More