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Read More ►CRAN: Improving Health and Safety Through Smart Home Enabled Windows & Doors

October 15, 2026
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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American Cedar & Millwork Showroom (N. Bethesda)
5614 Randolph Road
N. Bethesda, MD 20852
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This course will explore recent trends in smart home technology for residential construction looking at a wide range of options available to architect designing a smart home. It will also review the benefits of collaboration with smart home integrators.
Schedule:
- 5:00 PM - Happy Hour & Networking - Learn about latests products and trends and speak with experts and installers. Refreshments will be provided.
- 6:00 PM - Program: Improving Health and Safety Through Smart Home Enabled Windows & Doors
Event hosted by American Cedar & Millwork.
Credits: 1 LU|HSW
Learning Objectives:
- Review the history and the current state of home automation – Looking at the advancements that laid the necessary foundation for our modern smart home systems.
- Apply aspects of biophilic design for bringing in more air, light, and views into residential designs thru smart home technology.
- Describe how home automation options in windows, doors and skylights can support health, safety, and wellness needs.
- Explain how smart home integrators can collaborate with architects to integrate home automation into their designs
Provider: Marvin Windows and Doors, Provider # J044; Course #SmartHomeWD25
Organized by the AIA Potomac Valley Custom Residential Architecture Network (CRAN) committee.

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