Benefits

It isn't even "home automation" anymore. It's saving energy, making your home more secure and enhancing your family's home theater experience.
It's adding home control capabilities to your smartphone. Vera now makes all of this easier, more convenient and affordable.

Family Security

Home Control

Save Money

Home Theather

Vera keeps your home and family safe and secure. Pay no monthly fee, receive immediate notifications of events, see live video footage on your smartphone and more. Integrate with your existing security system and create a system tailored to your needs.


	See your child get home safely from school, even when you're at work. Check in on the babysitter anytime. When your child gets home from school and unlocks the door, Vera will send you an email. You can view a still image or live footage from your computer or smartphone to be certain that your kids are home safe and didn?t bring home unwelcome guests. View live footage inside your home to check in on the babysitter while you are out. Hardware: Z-Wave door lock, Z-Wave motion detector and IP camera.

	Touch one button to shut down, lock up and arm your house. No more running around to turn off every light, set the alarm and thermostat and check that the doors are locked. Simplify your morning routine. As you rush out the front door, touch one button and know all the lights are off, the thermostat is set, the doors are locked and the alarm is armed. Relax when you get home after a long day. Get out of the car and touch one button to unlock the door, turn on the lights, disarm the alarm and kick down the temperature. Hardware: Z-Wave door lock, Z-wave light modules, Z-Wave thermostat

	Protect your independent elderly loved ones by staying connected. Vera will notify you if there is no motion in your loved ones' home, so you can check in and get help. Vera will turn on lights when motion is detected, so there is no more fumbling for the bathroom light in the middle of the night. Hardware: Z-Wave motion detectors, Z-Wave lights.

	When you get home from vacation, be confident that your home was secure the entire time. Stop the intruder before the window or door is broken. Make your motion sensitive flood lights smarter by arming them only when you are away. Add a surveillance camera to take footage for the duration of the light. If the light is tripped two times in a row, Vera will turn on interior lights so the intruder thinks you?re home and awake. Hardware: Z-Wave motion sensing light, IP camera, Z-Wave light module.

Vera puts you in control of your home or business from your internet-enabled phone. Be notified when the basement floods, thermostat is changed, window is left open, light is left on and more. Staying connected to your home or business reduces reaction time.


	Vera lets you run your vacation rental from anywhere. No more giving a key to renters and staff, use a keypad door lock to track which codes are active and when the property was entered. After your renters spend the weekend at your ski cabin, use Vera to change the door lock code, check that the windows are closed, turn down the thermostat and turn off the hot tub and lights. You can give renters a code to unlock the door that expires when they leave. Give a different code to the cleaning crew and be notified when the code is entered so you can call to give special requests to staff. Managing a remote rental property from the convenience of your smartphone has never been easier. Hardware: Z-Wave door lock, Z-Wave window sensors, Z-Wave thermostat, Z-Wave appliance module for hot tube and Z-Wave light modules.

	Get reliable Z-Wave installations in spacious homes or offices. Bridge multiple Veras seamlessly acting as one network to control every floor of your office building or house. Use one Vera on the first floor of the main house, a second Vera on the second floor and a third Vera in the pool house. These Veras will act as one network, and allow you to create scenes using a node from each network. For example, create an Energy Saving scene that turns off all lights, the pool pump and turns off the thermostat. Hardware: SmartSwitch for the pool pump, Z-Wave thermostat and Z-Wave light modules.

	Taking off work to wait around for the cable guy is a hassle. You can let him in without leaving your office. Ask the cable guy to call you when he arrives. With Vera, you can let him in the front door, watch live video footage while he works and lock the door behind him. Vera saves you time by enabling you to do all this from your smartphone or computer. Hardware: Z-Wave door lock, IP camera.

	Rest easy knowing that your business is closed properly each night. Let Vera keep a record of when employees arrive. Take out the "human error" factor. Each night at the same time, Vera will send you a status report so you know your business? security system is armed, office and doors are locked, lights are off, ?Closed? sign is on and appliances are in energy saving mode. Give each employee a different door code so Vera can track when each employee arrives. With Vera, no one but you needs a key to your building. Hardware: Z-Wave door lock, Z-Wave light modules and SmartSwitch.

Cut your energy consumption and power bill. Vera pays for itself by saving you money while also saving the planet. Decrease your power bill and increase your contribution to society by going "green" with Vera.


	Vera?s energy tracking lets you compare past and present usage of all the devices in your home. See which device is costing you the most so you know where the biggest saving potential is. Plug any device, like your refrigerator, TV, dishwasher or pool pump, into the SmartSwitch for about a week to capture how much energy that device uses. Vera will tell you how much that device will cost you to keep using over the next year. Now you know exactly which device is consuming the most energy and money. Maybe that new refrigerator will pay for itself by lowering your energy bill. Hardware: SmartSwitch.

	Vera continuously tracks how much energy your using giving you real time energy reporting by device, room, day of the week, etc. Energy prices fluctuate. Vera calculates how much energy any Z-Wave device is using and works with whole-house power meters to automatically build an energy consumption profile from all your devices. Vera knows how much you are paying per kilowatt and will notify you when energy prices are high. You can turn off your thermostat and lights, even while away from home, to avoid spikes in energy prices. Hardware: Z-Wave thermostat, Z-Wave light modules.

	Stop cooling an empty house, but still come home to refreshing AC. Many people waste energy and money leaving the air conditioning running all day when no one is home. Vera lets you turn on your air conditioner 20 minutes before you get home during your evening commute. If you won't remember to turn on the AC yourself from your smartphone, Vera can turn on your AC at the same time each night for you. See how much money you save by turning the AC off instead of turning it up during the day. Hardware: Z-Wave thermostat.

Have you ever had a hard time watching TV in the afternoon because you had too much glare from the sun? Using a simple IR transmitter or dongle, Vera integrates your home theater equipment with your blinds, heating/cooling system, lighting, security system and more. Use one controller for your whole home.


	Simplify set-up before settling in to watch a movie with one button. Vera lets you press one button to dim the lights, lower the blinds and start the movie. Lower the AC without pausing the movie, you don't even have to leave the couch. Control all your A/V equipment and any device in your Z-Wave network from one remote. Hardware: Somfy blinds, Z-Wave light modules, IR transmitter.

	Turn your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch into a universal remote. Customize the remote by picking the buttons, functions look and feel. Replace the 5 remotes sitting on your coffee table with a sleek and attractive iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch as your whole-house universal remote. Now you can control your home theater system, satellite radio, lights, thermostat while surfing the web from your couch. When the doorbell rings, see live footage of who is outside and unlock the door to let them in all from your custom universal remote. This feature, typically offered only by high-end, high-dollar systems, is now made affordable with Vera. Hardware: IR transmitter, IP camera, Z-Wave door lock, Z-Wave light modules, Z-Wave thermostat, iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.