Smart homes in Boulder.
Boulder clients are often the most technical we work with. Plenty already run Home Assistant themselves and want it taken from a weekend project to something the whole household can rely on — documented, backed up, and not dependent on one person remembering how it was wired together.
The other constant here is energy. Between rooftop solar, home batteries, EV charging and the city's efficiency requirements, the interesting automation is not turning lights on — it is deciding what runs when, on which power, at what price.
What is different about Boulder
- Solar, batteries and EV charging
- Inverter, battery and charger all reporting into one system means load can follow generation — pre-cooling on surplus, charging the car when the sun is up, holding reserve before a forecast outage.
- Wildfire and air quality
- After the Marshall Fire, air handling stopped being theoretical. Indoor and outdoor particulate sensing can close dampers, switch recirculation and warn the household well before anyone smells smoke.
- Taking over an existing Home Assistant
- We adopt self-built systems rather than replacing them: audit what is there, move it onto supportable hardware, back it up properly, and document it so it survives the person who built it.
- Energy reporting that means something
- Circuit-level monitoring shows where the power actually goes, which is the only honest starting point for reducing it.
Also serving nearby
- Louisville
- Lafayette
- Superior
- Niwot
- Gunbarrel
- Longmont
- Erie
Boulder questions
I already run Home Assistant. Can you take it over rather than start again?
That is a common engagement in Boulder. We audit what you have built, move it onto hardware that will not fall over, fix the fragile parts, add proper backups and documentation, and extend it where you want to go next. Nothing is thrown away for the sake of it.
Can the system work with my solar and battery?
Yes, and it is one of the better reasons to have one here. Once generation, storage, EV charging and the big loads report into a single system, the house can shift consumption to match what you are producing and hold battery reserve when an outage is forecast.
Designing a smart home in Boulder?
Bring us the apps that will not talk to each other, the cameras you do not trust, and the routines that almost work. We will design the rest around how you actually live.