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FC Intégration Monaco: Home Sweet (connected) Home

Devices connected to the internet are now everywhere around us in our homes. Some of them improve
the quality of our routines, whilst others have become essential to our safety. An intelligent home,
connected and automated, a so-called house for the future, has become standard and no longer a
luxury.

Home automation, or domotics, is the the ability which can be significant when you add up the
to oversee and automate the functioning of any different domains of use: lighting, heating, water
electronic device in the home. These objects, or and air conditioning management and optimal
rather mini-computers, are able to gather and electricity use during off-peak, cheaper hours.
share data via a wireless connection, without “Energy efficiency is a key aspect in market
human intervention. This is known as The forecasts for automated homes,” affirms the
Internet of Things, or IoT. When this is set up FC Intégration Monaco CEO.
and properly integrated, it is possible to manage
all domestic systems through a smartphone Steps to a smart home by FC Intégration
or tablet app, making your home comfortable First of all, a free consultation of the site is
and secure. organised in order to assess the physical
environment. “We need to identify the specific
FC Intégration has been the reference in handling preferences of the client, the size of the project,
these new IoT technologies on the Riviera since the timetable and the existing infrastructure.
2011, guiding clients in the planning, design, After this initial inspection, we prepare the
installation and usage of the most efficient quotes for the project and its realisation. Next,
solutions on the market for bringing connectivity the solutions and the selection of materials and
to residences and buildings. Founder and CEO, necessary resources are communicated to the
Frantz Carion, has just opened a branch in client, who is then in possession of all the whys
Monaco, thus moving closer to a large number of and wherefores,” explains the company boss.
his clients. The company’s operational flexibility
speaks for itself: “Our core market is here, all After the client approves the financial aspects
along the Riviera from Saint-Tropez to Monaco and the timetable, the technical team works
but some projects reach as far as New York, on the visualisation of the project and its final
Dubai and Moscow,” explains Frantz Carion. design, before starting the project itself. Finally,
FC Intégration starts the system working,
Domains of Domotics checks that everything is operating as planned
Because of the rate at which these fast network and prepares tutorials covering the operation
connections and cloud computing are evolving of the new intelligent home. Assistance and
and automated home solutions are improving, maintenance contracts are available, with a Frantz Carion, PDG/CEO FC Intégration Monaco
it is becoming easier and less intimidating view to guaranteeing a regular update of the
for end-users. Now, your house can help you, new system and the quick resolution of any longer as expensive as it was seven or eight
remembering your preferences and ensuring possible problems. years ago. We can already observe the growing
your security. It reacts to precise, programmed influence of artificial intelligence. Domotics can
situations – for example when you wake up, There are some low-cost solutions for a smart and is beginning to be of good use to make our
the system will start the coffee machine. home available on the market but those who lives easier and more comfortable, for example
It can put your favourite music on for you, choose that type of option need to be aware managing refilling the fridge, robots that do
manage the ambient temperature, control the of the threats associated, such as the risk of housework and feed pets – the fact is the only
lighting, shutters and windows, not to mention being hacked. Choosing the right equipment limits to domotics are the budget and creative
CCTV cameras and alarms. A connected home is important, as is the expertise of the fitter, in thinking.
will inform its inhabitants of the state of any order to protect your personal data properly.
connected device in real time and in a pleasing Monaco is a place where people really appreciate
manner. What can we expect in the future in this these new technological directions. To conclude,
domain? Frantz Carion says, “At FC Intégration Monaco,
As well as the security and entertainment The internet, being only 32 years old, is still we are not only installers and integrators but
aspects offered by an automated home, there relatively young but it is expanding at a frenetic also responsible educators who pay attention
are also the ecological and economic benefits. rate. IoT technology is progressing and is to a project’s sustainability and who respect
A house for the future means savings on energy, attracting more and more users as it is no the environment.”

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