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March 27th, 2010

Category: Articles

Think Green! – Today’s Home Entertainment and More

 If you are one of the millions of Americans tired of the rising costs of their energy bills, then it’s time to “Think Green”. If you have been to Las Vegas lately, perhaps you were treated to a luxury stay in the one of the 4300 guest rooms of the Aria Resort and Casino and Mandarin Oriental, in the MGM Las Vegas City Center. If so, then you have experienced first-hand, the benefits of Green thinking brought to you by Control4.

As you enter your room, you are greeted by a Control4 automated sequence of events triggered by your room key. Your rooms drapes gently open, your lights gradually brighten, and your flat panel display turns on to offer a host of entertainment and concierge options. Now it’s time to set your own custom preferences including your day and night lighting levels, room temperature, wake up or event reminders, as well as a host of other entertainment and amenities offerings.

At the end of your stay, your room enters a Control4 automated standby mode to await the next occupant. The rooms drapes close, all unnecessary electrical outlets and lighting are powered off, the heating and air conditioning return to their standby settings, and the room awaits the next guest. According to Scott Campbell, Senior VP and Chief Information Officer at MGM Mirage Information Technology, “The Control4 Suite System makes City Center the most energy efficient establishment in Las Vegas”.

Fortunately, what you have experienced in Las Vegas “Doesn’t need to stay in Vegas!” You can affordably bring this Green technology into your own home. Here at Shelley’s Stereo and Video, we can show you how a home automated by Control4 can save you money on your future energy bills, as well as add convenience to your daily life.

Stay tuned for future info posted here on how Control4 and our Southern California energy grid will change the way we think about and use electricity.

 

Lorin Fogel, Systems Designer

 For Control4 in Vegas hotels, visit here: http://www.arialasvegas.com/files/hotel/ARIA%20Room%20Touch%20and%20Remote%20Control%20Instructions.pdf

 Control4 and Green Living, see link:   http://www.control4.com/home-control/green-living/

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