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BEST WHOLE-HOUSE SMART HOME OVER $1M | GOLD
Tech Tsunami Flows Smoothly Across Estate
LAST MONTH, CE Pro profiled Global Wave Integration and how its well-trained staff
manages to handle VIP clients and mega-scale projects. Considering the scope of this
award category, this project exemplifies the integrator's prowess.
The project was all things sophisticated and highly complex, as Global Wave's Kelsey Gallery
explains, and naturally very extensive. The main performance objective was to provide a fully
intuitive automation system that allowed the family to easily operate their expansive estate.
" Knowing this was a luxury residence in every regard, we deployed a full Crestron experience
that allows them to feel like they are living in a world-class resort, while simultaneously being
able to simply and intuitively navigate their home, " she says, noting voice-control capabilities too.
Among the many systems are a Crestron Digital Media NVX system with 33 sources and 28
endpoints in the main house alone; a " Fun Zone " for the kids, featuring a Planar video wall as
well as a custom-designed VR/AR gaming system; Lutron HomeWorks QS lighting in addition
to 234 Lutron shades, which are programmed based on the time of day; and a Crestron Sonnex
audio system that serves 90 zones inside.
As an illustration of GWI's programming, Gallery describes the shades system, in which:
East-facing shades rise automatically in the morning to allow morning light; West-facing shades
drop automatically in the afternoon to protect artwork and bespoke furniture and rugs from
harsh sunlight and UV rays; and a massive 22-by-22-foot tall single Roman shade driven by a
Somfy motor in the living room opens automatically each morning to reveal breathtaking beach
and ocean view and closes automatically each evening to provide privacy for entertaining.
Even the IC Realtime video camera system enables additional functionalities. It includes 29
marine-grade, top-of-the-line IP cameras on the main house with 13 more for the guest house.
One camera in the dining room " allows the personal chef and staff to monitor dinner parties
and enhance dining experience with unparalleled service and attention to detail, " Gallery says.
The GE Interlogix alarm system includes over 200 discrete points in main house and nearly
100 more in guest house. Five Holovsion-integrated DoorBird door station units across both
properties control four driveway gates and one pedestrian gate to control access to the houses;
Crestron integration allows for a DoorBird press to not only ring the client's cell phone, but also
touchpanels with video popups to allow staff to handle deliveries or guests.
AV is impressively and innovatively designed and implemented throughout. Outdoor audio
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