"BeHome" for the Holidays: How to Keep Energy Costs Down and Your Home Secure While You Travel

The holiday season is in full swing, and for many people that means traveling out of town to visit family and friends in distant places. One of the things that can put a slight damper on your holiday travel is having to think about how to keep your home safe and your energy costs down while you’re not there.

You could just shut all the lights off, but that’s a dead giveaway that nobody’s home, making your house a prime target for would-be intruders. It’s not wise to go the other route either by leaving several lights on 24/7, because then you’re wasting all kinds of energy. And what about temperature control? You could keep the thermostat set at the same level the entire time you’re gone, but since you don’t have any control over the weather, what if the temperatures really drop and your heater stays on the whole time? Simply put, you would be heating the house for no reason, since nobody would be home to enjoy the warmth. All of this wasted energy adds up to quite a bit of money being thrown out the window.

Well, that’s what the BeHome247 home automation system is all about; it offers you a much better way to control the different aspects of your home’s energy usage and security while you’re away. Using nothing more than your smartphone, tablet device or laptop, you can monitor and control all of your smart home devices including lights, thermostats, door locks, home surveillance cameras, motion sensors, water sensors, and more, all from an online interface that enables you to make quick and easy adjustments with the tap of a screen (or click of a mouse). BeHome247 puts you firmly in the driver’s seat when it comes to keeping tabs on the status of your home while you’re away, giving you more peace of mind and keeping more money in your pocket.

Using the BeHome247 online portal, you can create separate lighting scenarios for the daytime and nighttime hours to mimic the appearance of an occupied home. This enables you to throw any would-be burglars off, while doing it all in an energy efficient manner. You have much more flexibility when it comes to maintaining the temperature of your home at a desirable level, which will keep you from running up your utility bills while you’re away. You have complete control over the keyless locks in your home, so you can ensure that your house will stay secure at all hours of the day and night.

In addition, should you need to grant access to a friend or neighbor to check on things or feed a pet, for example, you can unlock your front door from anywhere there’s an Internet connection, or give them their own temporary access code to use on your keyless lock for the times you have established. On top of all this, you can monitor the video feed of your surveillance cameras to ensure that all things are well both in and around the perimeter of your home.

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