Advice & Opinion Archives - Essential Install

Future Homes Standard: Building Future Homes Requires Future-Ready Infrastructure

Daniel Camm, Group Environment & Sustainability Leader at GTC, the UK’s largest independent provider of multi-utility networks and infrastructure to the ne...

Does AI Music Matter to the Smart Home/AV Installer?

Tidal has taken a stand on ‘protecting’ its subscribers and the artists present on the platform from AI-generated music, but should the companies designing and...

Is Water The Next Utility The Smart Home Needs To Manage?

For years, the smart home industry has focused on making homes more intelligent through lighting, heating, security, entertainment and, more recently, energy m...

The gaming PC has left the bedroom – and it’s heading for your next project

Christian Giraud, Partnerships Manager of Chillblast, the UK’s most awarded PC builder, hails the continued journey into the install sector of the gaming PC. ...

Creating Smarter, More Responsive Living Spaces

Amit Ravat, Managing Director of Retrotouch Switches & Sockets, examines the opportunities in lighting and shading. Lighting and shading have become fun...

From the Home Office to the Boardroom

Crestron UK Residential Sales Director Phillip Pini explores how the rise of hybrid working is creating new opportunities for integrators. As organisations str...

Collaboration in the Age of AI

Adam Bootle, Market Development Manager for Collaboration & Conferencing at Shure, explains why audio and video now matter more than ever. Few would...

Matter of Opportunity: Why Integrators Should Be Paying Attention

The Ultamation team offers some insight into the opportunities around the Matter smart home standard. For many residential integrators, we follow a familiar...

Is It Time More Installers Took Gaming Seriously?

One of the questions EI has been asking recently is whether the custom installation industry is overlooking one of its biggest growth opportunities, gaming. ...

Ryan Bardach: Building the Smart Home Industry’s Research Engine

For years, the smart home industry has relied on a combination of market reports, regional studies and anecdotal evidence to understand where the market is hea...