A deep Indiana winter can quickly reveal problems in your facility. Old camera weather seals may fog up and stop working. Unmonitored utility closets can freeze, causing pipes to burst. Sometimes, managers even have to drive through dangerous snow just to make sure the building is locked and the heat is set right.
Getting through winter means salting the parking lot and using systems built to handle tough weather.
Our security and automation systems are built for Indiana winters. You may manage a big facility, or you may just want better tech at home; commercial-grade hardware and automated schedules help keep you safe, warm, and efficient.
Hardening Your Business Operations
Your business security system needs to protect your assets from the weather and reduce your utility costs.
Winter-Rated Exterior Technology: As winter approaches, we install IP-rated, commercial-grade hardware. Our cameras don’t use internal heaters that can often fail. Instead, they work well across a wide temperature range. For example, the Alarm.com Prism Series 5MP Fixed Dome Camera (ADC-VC8295P) keeps working even in temperatures as low as -31°F (-35°C). You can also adjust your video analytics so heavy snow or moving snowbanks don’t trigger false alarms or block your virtual tripwires. Our cameras are built for the sub-zero temperatures and winter weather changes that consumer-grade cameras and basic keypads can’t handle.
Automated Climate Control and Environmental Defense: If the temperature drops and no one is there, especially during a long holiday weekend, it can cause problems like freezing pipes. By adding Alarm.com environmental sensors to your main security panel, your building can watch itself.
Temperature & Water Alerts: We put small temperature and water sensors in places like server rooms and uninsulated warehouse bays. If the temperature drops below 45°F or a pipe starts leaking, the system sends a critical alert to your phone right away, before any major flooding happens.
Thermostat Automation: Heating an empty building wastes money. With Alarm.com Commercial Smart Thermostats, you can lock the dials so employees can’t turn up the heat themselves. Even better, when you arm the security panel at the end of the day, the HVAC system automatically switches to energy-saving eco-mode.
Business Automation and Exception Schedules: Winter often brings bad weather and sudden closures. If the county issues a travel advisory, you or your facility manager shouldn’t risk their safety just to lock up and turn off the lights.
With unified business automation, you can manage your facility from your smartphone. Set a "Snow Day Exception" schedule with one tap. The system overrides the usual morning routine, keeping the doors locked, the alarm on, and the HVAC in eco-mode until it’s safe to travel again.
Bringing Commercial-Grade Power Home
As a Business owner, you spend all day thinking about your facility, but after a long day, you shouldn’t have to deal with unreliable consumer technology at home. You deserve the same awareness and control at home as you have at work.
Get a commercial-grade Alarm.com system at home for top-level automation for your family’s daily life.
Smart Home Schedules: In winter, the sun sets before the workday ends. When you have automated schedules, your home gets ready for your family’s arrival. Set the porch and driveway lights to turn on at sunset every day. If your kids get off the school bus at 3:30 PM, they use their unique PIN to disarm the alarm, and you get a push notification at work so you know they’re safe inside.
Smart Scenes for Instant Comfort: While schedules run in the background, Scenes let you control several devices at once with one tap in your app.
"Arrive Home" Scene: When you pull into your driveway on a cold evening, you tap one button on your dashboard. The garage door opens, the security system turns off, the hallway lights come on, and the smart thermostat raises the temperature to a comfortable 70°F.
"Sleep" Scene: When it’s time for bed, you don’t need to check every door. Just tap "Sleep," and the system locks the front and back doors, arms the sensors, turns off all the lights, and lowers the heat for better sleep.
Winter-Proof Your Security and Comfort
Security shouldn’t depend on luck. It depends on solutions that work when you need them. It may be that you’re trying to prevent a pipe from bursting at your facility or want your family to come home to a warm, well-lit house; the case doesn’t matter. We find the right solution. We offer it at a fair price. We keep our promises.
Upgrade your tech in prep for winter!
Is your business ready for the cold? Want to upgrade your home to commercial-grade reliability? Fill out the form below, and our staff will review your needs.