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Bringing technology into everyday living ASAP Electrical & Security Systems has been a very successful Central Coast electrical contracting business founded by Managing Director, David Freers some eighteen years ago. But like all businesses, particularly those in the building and construction industry on the Central Coast, there have been the ups and downs in recent years. So three years ago, with a passion for technology, and being an engineer, he took the decision to combine this knowledge and years of experience seeing so-called ‘automation’ companies in Sydney striving, and often failing, to satisfy the high end residential market he established a new business, Living Automation. Living Automation is a technology based company that focuses on integrating electrical, security and audio visual equipment for the residential and commercial markets. “My belief was always that our trade background, trade skills and a understanding of the building industry would allow us to provide a more complete service than those just focused on “home automation” alone,” he said. “In just three years we have become quite accustomed to designing and building electrical/electronic systems for multi- million dollar projects that focus on technology.” “Our approach is to focus on those systems that leverage off network solutions rather than those requiring their own dedicated infrastructure,” says Freers. “This is for a number of reasons but one of the main reasons is my belief that systems focused on Internet / Cloud services will
Living Automation staff, Brendan and Daniel Potts and Julia Henry with David Freers far right
become much more popular over the next few years, particularly with the NBN rolling out and the ability to tap into cloud services will become much more practical.” “Following extensive research and looking closely at all the systems that are available we came upon a system known as the Savant SmartSystem. Savant ticks all the boxes and provides the technology that I believe will become the foundation of automation and simple “lifestyle” systems of the future,” he says. “The ability to control all services in the home along with other features such as energy management facilities and remote site functionality make this one of the most amazing products in the market place. And on top of all that is the fact that Savant has leveraged off the Apple solution and made our everyday devices such as a iPhone or iPad the main interface devices for control.” Having completed basic and advanced training in the product
Living Automation has been appointed the sole Savant distributor on the Central Coast, one of the first companies in Australia. Freers says, “My vision is to become a leading supplier of technology products and services to the Central Coast.” “While we are a small area we have many projects here that either have or are considering this type of technology and yet despite the skills being available locally from companies such as ourselves and others, there is still a trend for this type of work to go to Sydney contractors. “We find ourselves very successfully competing against Sydney contractors over the years we have worked on many and varying projects from large residential houses on Sydney Harbour to commercial projects such as the development of the “Financial Energy Exchange” (FEX) to large multi million dollar residential projects on the Central Coast.”
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