Tag: multi-family housing
Evolving connected home market requires new strategies, experts say
January 15, 2026Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — As smart home energy management becomes a cornerstone of the connected home, platform providers must cater to a diverse and growing client base, said Mary Nitschke, director of strategic accounts for Public Grid, during the recent Parks Associates Smart Energy Summit.
“If you just focus on the inhabitant, you’re going to fail, and if you focus on the owner, you’re going to fail,” she said.
With solar incentives expiring and other...
Alfred International Smart Locks gain INTEREL certification
November 18, 2025SSN Staff
TORONTO — Alfred International has announced that its ML2 Smart Mortise Locks and DB2S Smart Locks with Zigbee have achieved INTEREL certification, enabling seamless integration with the EOS 2 all-in-one thermostat hub for smart building deployments.
Alfred said the certification positions it as a key partner for property management companies seeking cost-effective, scalable access control solutions across multi-family properties.
The integration eliminates the need for dedicated Zigbee...
Allegion, Comfort Technologies implement mobile credentials
July 17, 2025SSN Staff
CARMEL, Ind. — Artisan Apartment Homes, a luxury apartment complex in Dunedin, Florida, recently transitioned from mechanical keys to electronic locks and centralized system software with support from Allegion US, and Comfort Technologies.
The upscale 65-unit multi-family apartment property previously issued all residents a fob for perimeter access and a key to access the mechanical lock at their apartment door. Between legacy fobs and keys, patchwork infrastructure, and a steady flow of...
Parks discussing modernizing multi-family in a slow market
June 16, 2025SSN Staff
PLANO, Texas —Economic pressures and high costs have seen a slow down for new constructions in the multi-family residential market, but a white paper released by Parks Associates for Kwikset shows owners and operators examining enhancing their properties through technology upgrades.
Encompassing things like modern access control solutions, the white paper discusses the popularity of housing improvements to existing properties.
“Retrofitting is gaining momentum in multifamily...
Industry sees opportunity in multi-families
April 9, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
LAS VEGAS — After years of enduring a soft housing market with rising costs, material shortages and a lack of available inventory, the security industry is betting big on retrofitting multi-family units with access control and smart solutions.
During ISC West, Parks Associates released new research, "Modernizing Multifamily Housing: Retrofitting Access Control," in partnership with Kwikset, that revealed nearly 72% of multi-family owners and operators have reported plans...
ADT working with real estate developer HHHunt
February 17, 2020SSN Staff
BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT is partnering with real estate development company HHHunt to install smart home and property automation technology into new and existing HHHunt multifamily and student housing communities, adding another prominent real estate company to its list of partners.ADT will work with HHHunt to install more than 7,700 apartment homes in 19 communities across four states with smart hubs, smart locks, smart thermostats and integrate into industry-leading property management software....