Best Smart Home Designers in Florida

A smart home designer, or custom electronics integrator, designs and installs the technology systems that make a home intelligent — whole-home automation and control (on platforms such as Crestron, Control4, Savant or Lutron), lighting and motorized-shade control, home theater and distributed audio and video, structured networking, and the integration of security, cameras and climate into one system. It is a distinct discipline from an electrician (who wires power), a lighting designer (who composes how a space is lit), and a general builder (who constructs the house): the integrator's product is the coherent, controllable system that ties everything together.

Smart-home design carries particular weight in Florida, where much of the market is new construction and high-rise condominiums whose wiring and infrastructure must be planned before finishes go in, and where the climate puts a premium on proper equipment cooling, surge protection and reliable networking. The state's international, design-literate clientele expects seamless technology and integration with the shading and climate control the sun makes essential. The best integrators design the system around how a client wants to live, program it to be powerful yet simple, engineer it for reliability, and support it over time — coordinating with architects, designers and builders throughout. This guide organizes Florida's smart home designers by city, beginning with Miami, so you can find an integrator whose platforms, capabilities and support match your home.