According to leaders in home automation, the smart home is poised to become more accessible than ever before. As technology advances and major players like Apple and Google step into this market, more consumers are going to start demanding products that can integrate and function in a smart home system. And as consumers start to expect more from their HVAC equipment, they’ll also expect more from their contractor.
According to Bill Alderson, director of marketing, Rheem Mfg. Co.: “Home automation has been around a long time, but now you have mega players stepping in like Google, Apple, AT&T, and Comcast. In the past, you needed to be a real computer nerd to set up home automation, but now it’s becoming very simple for anybody to do. So that barrier of entry for the consumer is much lower than it used to be, but it creates a much broader level of complexity for the HVAC contractor.”