Exploring Advancements in Commercial Automation
AI and Automated Control Are Elevating the Workplace in Remarkable Ways
The internet began its evolution toward the World Wide Web over 40 years ago. Companies that jumped on the internet bandwagon, such as Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, obtained trillion-dollar market capitalizations.
Commercial automation and AI are in their infancy, making now the time to integrate this technology to improve operations, reduce costs, and create an engaging, optimized workforce.
Here, we’ll explore some of the latest trends and scalable solutions, from automating everyday operational necessities to creating conference rooms that use today’s technologies to enhance productivity and facilitate seamless collaboration.
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Reducing Costs and Carbon Footprints
Nowadays, many potential employees and clients seek environmentally conscious companies. One way to enhance sustainable practices while also lowering costs is through commercial and office automation.
These smart solutions use sensors to detect environmental changes and send information to the relevant systems. For instance, occupancy sensors send information to smart HVAC and lighting systems, adjusting the climate and turning off the lights when everyone leaves a room.
Natural light and heat sensors trigger motorized shades to lower when direct sunlight creates glare on computer screens and increases heat gain. When the shades lower, the interior lights brighten to maintain consistent illumination. This back-and-forth dance among natural light, artificial lighting, and HVAC systems reduces energy use while maintaining an ideal environment.
Setting the Perfect Scene
A user-friendly commercial automation platform manages the many smart devices and systems that make up your business. Instead of controlling lights, shades, climate, security, and AV systems from numerous devices, you can control everything from an easy-to-use touchscreen, keypad, or remote.
These platforms also allow you to automate routine tasks based on the time of day or your location. Opening and closing procedures, such as adjusting the climate, lights, and AV systems while unlocking doors and disarming alarms, can happen automatically at scheduled times or when the first person enters the office, and the last person leaves.
Remote Access
Commercial automation can also be managed and monitored remotely via a smartphone app. This allows you to check your company’s status from anywhere and adjust automated systems accordingly. You can see when the opening procedures took place and, if the system is integrated with security cameras, view live footage using the same touchscreen.
Supporting Meeting Equity and Collaboration
One of the most significant challenges arising from the hybrid workforce was meeting equity. How do you ensure every team member has an equal voice when some are in the office, and others are at home or on a business trip across the country?
As a result, new video-conferencing solutions emerged, many of which integrate AI. From AI-smart video cameras that capture everyone in a room while also focusing on the speaker to AI-enhanced microphones that ensure everyone is heard, technology suddenly took center stage in conference rooms.
And, as is often the case, technology brought its own challenges, specifically, getting everything to work together. And that’s where office automation came in.
With one touch or voice command, you can lower the shades and dim the lights for a presentation. The system also automatically connects to the remote participants, enabling wireless engagement and using digital whiteboards to create a canvas that everyone can access.
The same in-ceiling speakers that deliver crystal-clear, high-fidelity sound can also provide seamless audio distribution throughout the entire company, playing breathtakingly detailed ambient music throughout the building.
Developing Sustainable, Scalable Technology Solutions
AI-powered systems and commercial automation are no longer rare and unusual commodities. Today, their essential technology defines the success of modern businesses. At Hippo’s, our automation and AV experts create scalable, customized technology solutions designed for today and ready for the advancements of tomorrow. To learn more about commercial automation, contact Hippo’s today.
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