The room nobody sees: planning the equipment room
Where the equipment lives decides how quiet the rest of the house can be. On placing, cooling, powering and servicing the rack room, decided at framing.
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Old Greenwich, CT
Smart Home Integration in Old Greenwich
Old Greenwich is where the town began, settled in 1640, and it was called Sound Beach until 1931. It is still Greenwich's beach village, built around Greenwich Point, Binney Park and the shops on Sound Beach Avenue.
In short · Old Greenwich
Elevated Integration designs and installs smart home, shading, outdoor audio, backup power and home theater systems in Old Greenwich, from Greenwich Point to Sound Beach Avenue, from our office in Armonk. Close to the Sound, we keep equipment and power above flood level and choose outdoor gear made for salt air.
- Based in
- Armonk, NY, since 2012
- Areas
- Greenwich Point, Sound Beach Avenue, Binney Park, Lucas Point, Shore Road
- Our work
- Rooster Hill Cinema
Much of the neighborhood sits low and close to the Sound. Shingled cottages that began as summer houses stand alongside colonials, and on the water there is a steady run of large new houses replacing older ones. Greenwich Point, once the Tod family's Innis Arden estate, is now the town's largest beach.
Being this close to the water shapes every decision. Parts of Old Greenwich are in a flood zone, and in new or substantially rebuilt houses there, the mechanical and electrical equipment generally has to sit above the design flood level. We plan the equipment rack, the network and the backup power with that in mind from the first drawing, rather than putting them in the basement and hoping.
The rest is how life is lived here: on the beach, the boat and the terrace. Outdoor audio and lighting that can take salt air, shades for long afternoons of sun, and a house that can be set from the train or from the boat.
Elsewhere in Greenwich
Rooster Hill Cinema
A fifteen-seat private cinema under a gold-leaf dome, with the sound and picture designed, installed and calibrated by our team.
Architecture
Summer cottage to new shingle
Shingled cottages, colonials and Victorians, and new shingle-style houses on the water built to today's flood rules. The older houses want a gentle retrofit. The new ones want the technology planned before the framing goes up.
Lifestyle
The beach village
Walking to Sound Beach Avenue, summers at the Point, evenings on the porch. Music that reaches the lawn, light for long evenings outside, and a house that rides out a coastal storm.
What Old Greenwich asks for
Power & Energy
Generator and Savant Power battery systems, with the equipment placed above flood level, so the essentials keep running through an outage.
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Coastal Source audio and lighting built for salt air, so the terrace and the lawn sound as good as the living room.
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Shades for Sound-facing glass, set to the sun to cut glare and protect floors and furniture.
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One Savant system for lighting, shades, climate and audio, with the house checked and set from anywhere.
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Landscape lighting in Old Greenwich
In Old Greenwich, we light gardens and porches for long summer evenings with solid brass fixtures made for coastal air, keeping the light low and off the water.
Across Old Greenwich
- Greenwich Point
- Sound Beach Avenue
- Binney Park
- Lucas Point
- Shore Road
- North of the railroad
and across Old Greenwich, ZIP 06870.
Nearby: Riverside · Cos Cob · Belle Haven · Darien · All of Greenwich & Fairfield County
Questions
Old Greenwich, answered.
- Who installs luxury smart home systems in Old Greenwich, CT?
- Elevated Integration designs and installs smart home, lighting, audio, shading, power and home theater systems in Old Greenwich, from our office in Armonk. We work across Greenwich and the Connecticut shore.
- Our house is in a flood zone. Where should the equipment go?
- Above the design flood level, never in a basement that can take water. In new or substantially rebuilt houses in a flood zone this is generally required for mechanical and electrical equipment. We plan the rack, network and backup power around it, with your architect and builder.
- Will outdoor speakers and lighting hold up this close to the Sound?
- Ordinary outdoor equipment can corrode quickly in salt air. We specify speakers and fixtures made for coastal exposure, including Coastal Source, where we are a certified installer.
- What keeps the house running in a storm?
- Surge protection and battery backup on the equipment, and a generator or Savant Power battery system for the house. We decide together which circuits matter most, so heat, refrigeration, the network and the lights you need stay on.
- Was Old Greenwich always called Old Greenwich?
- No. It was the original settlement of Greenwich, renamed Sound Beach in 1872, when the train began stopping there, and renamed Old Greenwich in 1931. The main street is still Sound Beach Avenue.
From the Journal
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What we bring to Old Greenwich
Building or renovating in Old Greenwich?
Let's talk about the home and the system it deserves.
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