San Ramon, CA – JUNE, 2026 at 9 AM PST – The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, is showcasing how connected smart home devices are transforming the traditional “vacation light timer” into a more intelligent and interactive approach to home monitoring and protection.
Record summer travel means more homes are sitting empty. AAA projected 45 million Americans would travel during Memorial Day weekend, the highest total on record and a strong indicator of continued summer travel demand. Connected smart home devices are giving homeowners new ways to monitor and protect their properties while away.
While homeowners once relied on leaving lights on or plugging lamps into simple timers before leaving town, today’s connected smart home systems allow users to remotely verify whether doors are locked, garage doors are closed, water leaks are detected, or unexpected activity occurs while away from home.
As connected home technology has become easier to install and use, homeowners can now build simple systems ahead of a trip that monitor doors, garage access, water leaks, and unexpected activity without requiring professional installation or complicated setup.
Z-Wave Certified devices helping homeowners create practical vacation monitoring and protection systems include:
- The Yale Assure Lock 2 Touch Keypad with Z-Wave allows homeowners to remotely verify doors are locked while also supporting temporary access codes for neighbours, pet sitters, or family members during travel. The touch keypad and connected access controls help eliminate one of the most common vacation concerns: wondering whether the front door was locked after leaving home.
- The Ecolink 700 Series Garage Door Controller helps homeowners remotely monitor and control garage doors while traveling, eliminating the all-too-familiar question: “Did I leave the garage open?”
- The Jasco Z-Wave Slim Door/Window Sensor Open Close adds simple door and window monitoring to connected smart home systems, helping homeowners receive alerts if unexpected activity occurs while away from home.
- The Zooz XS Water Leak Sensor and Zooz Z-Wave Long Range Titan Water Valve Actuator work together to help homeowners detect leaks and automatically shut off water before small plumbing issues become major vacation disasters.
All devices highlighted by the Z-Wave Alliance are part of the Z-Wave Certified ecosystem, which requires products to complete rigorous interoperability, security, and standards compliance testing. Z-Wave devices are designed to work together across brands and categories, allowing homeowners and professional integrators to build flexible smart home systems tailored to individual household needs.
Additional information about Z-Wave Certified devices is available in the Z-Wave Certified Product Catalog.
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About the Z-Wave Alliance
The Z-Wave Alliance is an independent member-driven Standards Development Organization (SDO) dedicated to developing and advancing Z-Wave® technology as an open and internationally recognized ITU standard (G.9959) for smart home and IoT solutions. Alliance members continue to shape and drive the future of Z-Wave through open development in the Alliance Open-Source Work Group. With more than 300 million devices installed globally and over 4,500 certified devices in the Z-Wave ecosystem, Z-Wave Alliance member companies provide leading-edge products and systems that deliver increased comfort, convenience, energy conservation, safety, security, and more. The Z-Wave Long Range (ZWLR) specification uniquely enables IoT applications beyond the home. With a range of up to 1.5 miles, ZWLR delivers the performance and scalability required in multi dwelling unit (MDU), hospitality, commercial and industrial deployments, as well as other applications. Learn more at www.z-wavealliance.org.
The Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors is comprised of executives from ADT, Alarm.com, Assa Abloy, BlueConnect Partners, Fortune Brands, Johnson Controls Inc., Nabu Casa, Semtech Corporation, Silicon Labs, Trident IoT, and Vivint.
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