// Partnership · HTA Design Partner

Independently vetted. Certified Luxury.

The Home Technology Association is the independent body that certifies home technology integrators against more than sixty standards. WH Technologies is HTA Certified at the Luxury tier and holds the HTA Design Partner designation. For you it means one thing: the skill, the service and the honesty were checked by someone else before you ever picked up the phone.

HTA Certified Design Partner. Design, deploy, maintain.
Certification tierHTA Certified Luxury
DesignationHTA Design Partner
// Why the certification exists

Anyone can call themselves a home technology integrator. Very few can prove it.

Unlike architecture, law or medicine, there is no licence required to open an integration business. The Home Technology Association was created by industry insiders to change that: an independent certification, built with input from more than twenty-six industry experts, that identifies technically skilled, service-driven and trustworthy firms and classifies them by the size and complexity of project they are equipped to deliver.

Technical skill

Only firms with a demonstrated history of technical competence are certified, because only they can deliver a system that works as designed.

Responsive service

Technology changes and occasionally fails. Certified firms must show a track record of high-quality aftercare and ongoing support.

Trust

A history of fair and honest dealing, verified through references, endorsements, insurance and financial checks.

Source: Home Technology Association, Why the HTA was created.

// What every HTA Certified firm has proven

The standards behind the badge.

Certification is application-only and reviewed by the HTA. These are the published requirements every certified company in the United States and Canada meets, and the ones we met to earn the badge.

Ownership and management with three or more years of successful business performance
A stellar reputation in the marketplace
A demonstrated history of technical competence
A demonstrated history of high-quality aftercare service
No significant litigation history and no bankruptcy in at least the past five years
At least $1M of liability insurance, plus workers' compensation where required
Background checks on all new employees
A copy of the control system programming code provided to the client
The ability to deliver high-performance, professional-grade networks
Endorsements from at least three manufacturers
Endorsements from at least three local industry professionals
Endorsements from at least three design and build professionals
Luxury and Estate tiers add
  • Engineering documentation and as-built drawings
  • High-performance theater acoustical design
  • A demonstrated history of high-quality home automation

Source: HTA Certification Defined, Home Technology Association.

// Three tiers, one fit

Where WH Technologies sits.

The HTA classifies certified firms by the scale and complexity of the projects they are equipped for, so a homeowner or architect can match the firm to the house. WH Technologies is certified at the Luxury tier.

Tier 01

Foundation

Simpler homes and needs
  • Residences of 5,000 sq ft and under
  • Projects that take days or weeks
  • Technology budgets generally under $50,000
WH TechnologiesTier 02

Luxury

Advanced systems, high-end design
  • Luxury residences of 5,000 to 10,000 sq ft
  • Professional-grade automation, high-performance theater and audio
  • Collaborates with luxury architects, builders and interior designers
  • Documents every system in an engineering plan set
  • Technology budgets generally $50,000 to $250,000
Tier 03

Estate

Large-scale, multi-structure
  • Residences of 10,000 sq ft and up, often several structures
  • Concierge-level service, domestic staff, multiple residences
  • Projects that take months or years

Tier definitions are the HTA's general guidelines, quoted from its certification standards. Most projects do not fit one category exactly; the HTA recommends reviewing a firm's profile for its actual project range.

Home theater with a star ceiling and acoustic panels, a Luxury-tier WH Technologies project in Dallas-Fort Worth
Living room with a concealed display over the mantel and lit shelving, WH Technologies
Custom home at dusk with landscape and facade lighting by WH Technologies
// The Design Partner designation

Certified to sit at the design table.

HTA Design Partner is a separate designation, available only to HTA Certified firms, for integrators that offer technology consultation and design and collaborate with the architect, builder and interior designer to integrate technology into the home in the best way possible. Only a small percentage of integrators provide design and engineering documentation at all.

In practice it means we join your project early, resolve technology in the drawings rather than on site, and issue the documentation below to your design and build team.

  • Technology drawingsSpeaker, display, keypad, camera, shade, panel and head-end locations for coordination with other trades.
  • Space requirementsHow much room the equipment and panels need, so the design team can allocate it.
  • Electrical requirementsPower loads, outlet locations, dedicated circuits and grounding for every technology system.
  • Thermal requirementsBTU loads and ventilation for equipment head-ends, confined spaces and dedicated theaters.
// Service commitments on record

What our HTA profile promises, and we deliver.

Our aftercare commitments are published on our HTA listing. They are the same on this page, and on every project.

24-hour phone supportA support line answered around the clock, every day of the year.
Same-day emergency serviceEmergency issues are addressed the same day, with 24-hour emergency on-site service available.
Remote monitoring and supportSystems are monitored and most issues are resolved remotely, without a site visit.
Dedicated aftercare staffA service team whose job is looking after installed systems, not selling new ones.
Non-emergency visits in 1 to 2 daysTypical time to address a non-emergency service issue on site.
Background-checked teamEvery new employee is background checked, as HTA certification requires.

See the full listing, including brands carried and service statistics, on our HTA profile. Membership plans are described on the Support page.

// Next step

Work with a firm that has already been checked.

Book a consultation, or verify our certification and read our client statistics on the HTA directory first. Either way, the homework is done.

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