Home Security on Steroids: Maui Villa Gets Complete Security System Upgrade After Break-in with Control by ELAN

For the last two years, technology integration firm Eco High Fidelity and local partner Bailey & Sons Electric have been remodeling a luxury Southern Maui residence to include home automation, integrated lighting, and cutting-edge audio and video. At first, the goal of the project was to build a sophisticated yet seamless system that integrated an ELAN Entertainment & Control System with Lutron and other subsystems to control the home’s lighting, media, shades, pool and climate. That is, until a group of teenagers broke in while the homeowner was away and hosted two massive parties that nearly destroyed the residence.

“Doug Ruppenthal, the owner of Maui Joinery Building, went from wrapping up a successful project to having to overhaul the entire house from top to bottom,” Eco High Fidelity owner Tommy Kissell explains. “The residence was a wreck: the floors and carpets were destroyed, the interiors and exteriors required repainting, televisions were smashed, and the Lutron lighting keypads were quite literally ripped out of the walls.”

Complete Automation Redo

The complete overhaul required Kissell and his team to remove all of the in-wall automation and reinstall it. This time, the ELAN system’s capabilities were to be significantly expanded to control a new comprehensive security system that would provide 24-hour protection and surveillance of the home, in addition to the lighting, window shades, swimming pool, thermostats, and audio/video gear in the original installation. “It was a tough process, but the end result turned out to be an even better system than the original,” Kissell adds. “Luckily, the system was entirely centered around the ELAN platform, so we had a single interface that made it very easy to add new control components.”

Security Update

Kissell’s enhanced security system included the addition of seven exterior cameras and three interior cameras, Kwikset automatic door locks, and a Panasonic phone system with an enhanced Luxul computer network, all of which are integrated into the ELAN system, anchored on one ELAN gSC10 system controller and is operated by multiple ELAN gHR200 remotes, iPads, and smartphones equipped with the ELAN Mobile app. “Now, the homeowner can keep track of the home from anywhere on the island – or anywhere in the world – by accessing the camera feed directly on his phone,” Kissell explaines. “The expanded security system provides a new peace-of-mind that is essential given what had previously happened without it.”

Lighting & Shades Exude Elegance

In addition to the home’s new surveillance capabilities, a Lutron HomeWorks Lighting Control System provides easy control of the lighting and newly added custom automated shades. “This gorgeous beachside home is now completely up-to-date with luxurious technology and is protected like never before,” Kissell says.

After completing the upgrade, the homeowner is thrilled with his new automation system that includes seamless control of all of the home’s subsystems, as well as a new cutting-edge security system that keeps him constantly in-the-know. “Custom integration never goes according to plan, and when curveballs come we have to adapt. The ELAN Entertainment and Control System is the platform and technology to do exactly that,” Kissell says. “ELAN is continually developing and evolving the platform to work with other brands and manufacturers to create a seamless connected home solution.”

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