IIS Home Integration Fact Sheet

Today Homeowners expect more from their home than just living space. Today, it is necessary to look at the future of "The Electronic House". Residential housing and multi-family dwellings are under going major changes in the market place. Due to technological advances in home electronic technologies and the demands for high-end specialized and multi-platform applications professional communications integrators will be required to support these systems. Existing wiring systems are based on 25 year-old technologies and place unrealistic demands on current phone and cable systems. The proper choice of materials is not the only issue. The design of the residential cabling system historically has also been inadequate. Many systems today do not conform to standard requirements of ANSI/TIA/EIT-570-A Residential Telecommunications Cabling Standards.

To meet the requirements for current and future telecommunications technologies including residential networking applications, IIS recommendeds that a RSCS (Residential Structured Cabling Systems) design procedure be followed. This will allow structured cabling professionals to provide proper benefit to your homes telecommunications system including.

Appropriate testing, labeling, and documentation followed and provided to builder/homeowner

Today there are four primary low voltage system systems in the home telecommunications, security, entertainment and automation systems. Due to the fact most individual homes represent a fraction of the revenue opportunity, most builders and owners desire a single source subcontractor for all integrated solutions. Industry professionals in this market must be capable of designing, installing and supporting the following systems.

Telecommunications - High performance structured cabling systems (twisted-pair, coaxial and fiber optics) for voice, data, and video (VDV) applications, networking and telephony, residential gateways and video distribution devices.

Security - Security systems which monitor your home with audio and closed circuit camera through dial-up and cable modem can protect both family members and belongings from a wide range of hazards.

Entertainment - Ceiling, and in-wall speakers, home theater, whole house audio systems, and satellite communications and television system. The ability to deliver audio and video to any location in the home is becoming increasingly important.

Automation - "Smart Devices" such as lighting controls, heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems increase fuel efficiency and reduce usage costs while providing convenience to the owner.

The demand for these services is centered around the owners work, learning, and lifestyle. Currently a large percentage of the American workforce now call their home their office (small office, home office [SOHO]), while millions more work at least part-time from the home.

In terms of learning many school age students are being home schooled which is driving the demand for internet access as a primary learning tool. Distance learning for college students and the work force graduates has made the home a lecture hall, group study portal, and class room combined in one.

For the past 5 years, marketing experts have been waiting on a single application to spark interest in this thriving market. However, the growth and demands have not resulted from one single application. Instead, the market has grown because the broad spectrum of mature applications consumers want in their homes.

IIS takes pride in our designs and installations. We design our systems to meet all applicable standards and requirements for today and tomorrow. IIS can future proof your home systems without depleting your bank account. IIS feels that standards based systems are important to your investment therefore we guarantee builders and homeowners on all our systems.

Did you know that security can do more than just protect you and your home?

Controlling Interest
Securing Whole-House Control
Today’s security systems are doing more than keeping intruders out as manufacturers design

Did you know that the Consumer Electronics Association is adopting a rating systems to help in appraising the value of a "Smart Homes capabilities"?

Did you know that Class Action Law Suits have taken place due to misrepresented and or inferior wiring practices concerning residential inside wiring?

FCC -99-405A1 Document Inside Wiring Quality Standard

Did you know that The Internet Home Alliance and CompTIA have joined to create one of the first Home Integrator Certification programs?

Internet Home Alliance Announces Plans to Establish Home Installer Certification Program
Alliance Joins Forces with CompTIA to Support Channel Development

The goal of the Internet Home Alliance/CompTIA Certification Program is to establish a baseline of technical understanding that an individual must have to service networks in the home. The certification program will test participants on the fundamentals of residential networking architecture, integration and installation to the intricacies of residential network design and engineering. Nearly 25,000 installers are expected to be certified by the end of next year, providing consumers with a substantially greater availability and choice of expert residential integrators than currently exists.

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