How do my trades get the devices?

The pre-configured multi-sensor kit is delivered to the builder 'installation-ready' at the time of purchase. The package is divided into 2 parts: Rough-In and Final. Each compartment is clearly labeled and organized by vendor with appropriate installation documentation.

How do my homeowners get the system & turn it on?

The HomeVault ships pre-configured and paired to the address. Once powered, it runs the home and starts collecting data locally, with no internet required. When the homeowner's internet is on, the HomeVault syncs an encrypted backup and RIoT Home works away from home. Homeowners sign in to RIoT Home with the code in their closing packet.

What is the HomeVault?

A mini home server installed at final that runs the home: devices, automations, history and documents, stored locally with an encrypted cloud backup. It pairs to the property, so it transfers with the house.

Does it need the internet?

No. Devices, automations, local history and the optional wall tablet keep working. Backup, remote access, updates and your read-only feed resume when the connection returns. Weather data, push alerts and additional features require an internet connection.

What benefits do my homeowners get?

Protection: leak, freeze and air-quality problems caught early, with automatic water shutoff. Efficiency: energy and water use they can see and act on, with time-of-use and EV scheduling where their utility offers it. Ownership: a home that runs itself locally, stays with the house at sale, and never sends them a monthly bill. Their documents, warranties and maintenance schedule live in RIoT Home.

What does white-label branding look like?

RIoT provides customizable marketing materials, allowing you to seamlessly launch our technology under your brand with minimal development and marketing resources. For an example of this white label branding, you can visit https://riot-technology.com/abrazo-intelligence to see how Abrazo Homes in Albuquerque, NM branded their RIoT Technology, Inc. product offering.

We don't have a warranty problem.

Every builder carries a warranty accrual line, typically 0.5–1.5% of revenue. RIoT is built to cut water-related claims by 30–50% over the first three years and to document every event along the way.

We already do HERS and ENERGY STAR.

HERS is a model of how a home should perform. RIoT gives you measured performance from occupied homes: every home, for years after closing.

Pricing depends on volume and community size, and it is a one-time cost per home: the kit and the HomeVault, installed at construction. There is no homeowner subscription. Book a demo and we'll run your numbers with you.

The homeowner. Your access is a read-only, anonymized health feed to deliver personalized service, with their consent, and they can review or switch it off in RIoT Home.

Can homeowners add their own devices?

Yes. The HomeVault speaks Z-Wave, Zigbee, Wi-Fi and Matter, and any device with a certified RIoT integration. The kit is the standard; the home is open.

What happens if RIoT goes away?

The HomeVault keeps running the home from inside the home, and approved integrations keep working. Your homes do not depend on our cloud to work.

Building intelligent home performance

The check engine light
for new homes.

Cut warranty costs, see every home after closing, and prove performance to buyers.

Installed by professional trades
No monthly fee

Three hurdles
every production
builder is up against.

Warranty exposure you can't see

Warranty accrual runs 0.5–1.5% of revenue¹, and a single mold remediation costs $8,000–$22,000². After closing, most builders learn about a problem when the homeowner calls.

Homes that look alike on paper

Every competitor sells the same finishes and energy ratings. HERS is a model of how a home should perform; buyers and regulators increasingly want measured performance from occupied homes. And buyers want the technology: 78% rate a programmable thermostat essential or desirable, and 16 of 19 home-technology features clear 50%⁸.

Rules that keep moving

Energy codes, indoor-air expectations and defect-claim exposure keep rising. A documented performance record for every home is the defense.

Home performance
diagnostics, not a
smart-home gadget.

Our diagnostics system doesn't just turn on the lights and lock the doors. It tells you what's wrong before something breaks.

A persistent, read-only diagnostic connection to every home you build: water, power, air and HVAC.

A complete system that runs the whole home, not a gadget.

Built for new construction, not retrofit. Wired at framing, no batteries, always on.

Built in, not bolted on

Built into the house. Stays with the house.

Your trades install it while the home is being built. The RIoT HomeVault, a mini home server inside the home, runs everything locally, so the system works before the internet does and keeps working when the internet doesn't.

The RIoT HomeVault: a mini home server with the RIoT Technology mark

No monthly subscription.
The system is part of the home. No subscription, no app fee, no surprise bill after closing. Just the promise of a better home and the data to back it up.⁹
Works when the internet doesn't.⁶
Leak shutoff, freeze protection and the optional wall tablet keep running inside the home. The cloud is a backup, not a requirement.
Transfers to the next owner.
The home's history, documents and settings stay with the house when it sells. Your buyer's buyer gets the same home, and your brand stays on it.

It talks to any device on any protocol, so the kit you standardize today keeps working with whatever your buyers add tomorrow.

RIoT equipped homes offer something the competitor across the street cannot copy at the design center: a house that takes care of itself and proves it.

How it works Book a demo

See it running in your own communities.Book a demo

It goes in with
the work already
on site.

The kit ships installation-ready in two labeled parts. Your electrician, plumber and superintendent install the right sensors at the right phase. No special tools, no RIoT training, no new trade.

Framed home interior at rough-in, with sensor install locations labeled: water shutoff valve, CT energy sensor and furnace door sensor

The same room finished, with the same labeled sensor locations now built into the completed home

Water, power and HVAC go in with the trades

Shutoff valves, the smart water meter, CT energy sensors and the furnace door sensor install alongside the plumber's and electrician's own rough-in work. The exterior lines are isolated from the main so they can be shut off ahead of a forecasted freeze, and kilowatt tracking, water measurement and filter life are monitored instead of guessed.

Every device in the kit

Build & understand.

Every home reports to RIoT Platform from the day the homeowner's internet is on. Four systems, one view, read-only.

Smart water management, built in

In the home

Smart water meter and automatic shutoff valves on the main and landscape lines detect leaks and freeze risk and shut the water off before costly damage occurs.

For the builder

Fewer water and mold claims, and a timestamped record of every event.

2024 EEBA Building Excellence Award: Excellence in Resiliency

Congratulations to RIoT Technology for their Excellence in Resiliency for their Home Performance Management Systems.

2024 Building Excellence Award Winners →

Construction Tech Review: Company of the Year, Intelligent Home 2024

“As a builder, we knew that the best time to include home automation was during the build phase.”

Read the Article →

Run your own numbers.

0.5–1.5%¹

of revenue, typical warranty accrual

$8k–$22k²

one mold remediation event

30–50%³

RIoT's design target for reducing water-related claims in years one to three

Book a demo

How the categories compare.

How RIoT compares with the other ways a home gets its technology, by category.
Category	RIoT (built in)	Luxury integrator¹	Alarm kit²	Walled-garden assistant³	Open DIY hub⁴	Multifamily lock-and-tour⁵
Installed during construction by the trades	Yes	Custom project	Dealer pre-wire	No	No	Yes (rental)
Monitors home performance and prevents costly damage	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Typical cost to the homeowner	Included by builder	$35k–$100k+⁷	Equipment + monthly	Devices à la carte	Hub + your time	N/A (owner pays)
No monthly fee for the homeowner	Yes	Rarely	No	Optional but pushed	Optional	Owner SaaS
Transfers to the next owner at sale	Yes	No (re-programmed)	No (new contract)	No (personal account)	No (personal instance)	Owner-controlled
Builder portal and warranty diagnostics	Yes	No	Inventory dashboard	No	No	Yes
Runs locally when the internet is down	Yes	Partly	Panel only	Limited	Yes	Hub only
Works with any device on any protocol	Yes	Mostly (drivers)	Z-Wave only	Matter / own	Yes	Z-Wave
Homeowner owns the data	Yes	Vendor	Vendor	Platform	Yes	Owner / operator
Open to third-party devices and services	Yes	Dealer-only	Closed	Certified partners	Yes	Closed
API and connector enabled	Yes	Dealer-only	No	Yes (their platform)	Yes	Operator only
Simple enough for anyone (no technical skills)	Yes	Via dealer	Yes	Yes	No	Via operator

1e.g. Control4, Savant, Josh.ai.
2e.g. Vivint, ADT, Alarm.com; monitoring tiers publicly listed at $24.99–$44.99/mo (Vivint, Sep 2026)⁷.
3e.g. Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home.
4e.g. Home Assistant.
5e.g. multifamily property-technology platforms.

Rooftop deck overlooking the Sandia Mountains, Ascension community

Reference deployment

Abrazo Homes

166 homes, 6 communities, the full RIoT Kit in every home⁴. Installed by Abrazo's own superintendents alongside the trades and white-labeled to homeowners as Abrazo Intelligence. Abrazo is co-owned by RIoT's founders⁵.

Read the case study See Abrazo Intelligence

Started by builders, for builders.

Brian McCarthy

CEO

22 years in production homebuilding; 5,000+ homes built.

Mackenzie Bishop

Co-Founder

Co-founder of Abrazo Homes; 3,500 homes built.

Shane Austin

Solutions Architect

Bridges Abrazo Homes' build operations and RIoT's platform: cloud, automation, data, and brand.

Your homeowners get the check engine light too.

Leak and freeze alerts, automatic shutoff, air-quality and filter reminders, and a home that stays with the home: its history, documents and automations transfer to the next owner, under your brand.

For homeowners See Abrazo Intelligence

That costly

didn't have to happen.

One home. Two views.

Homeowners live in RIoT Home. Builders watch the fleet in RIoT Platform. Both read from the same HomeVault; only homeowners have control.

For homeowners

RIoT Home

Know: Water, air, power and equipment health in one score, with what to do next.
Control: Lights, scenes, thermostat and valves, locally, even when the internet is down.
Protect: Leak, freeze and air alerts with automatic shutoff before costly damage occurs.
Keep: Manuals, warranties, invoices and the maintenance calendar for the equipment actually in your home.
Move: Sell the house and the house keeps its memory. Your settings come with you.

For builders

RIoT Platform

See every home after closing: Read-only health across divisions, communities and homes.
Catch warranty problems early: Water, air and equipment signals before the homeowner calls.
Prove performance: Measured, timestamped records for buyers, insurers and regulators.
Wear your brand: The homeowner sees your name; Abrazo Intelligence is the live example.

Hand-off at closing

The HomeVault gets paired to the home at final; at closing the homeowner signs in and the builder's view narrows to the read-only feed. Nothing to re-provision, nothing to re-buy.

Book a demo How it works

Builder FAQ

RIoT installation is designed to fit your existing trades. Your electrician, plumber and superintendent install the right parts at the right phase, the same way they install a doorbell or a hardwired smoke detector. No special tools, no RIoT training, no new trade.

Book a demo.

Tell us about your communities and we'll walk you through the dashboard and the kit.

Or reach us directly at info@riot-technology.com.

Notes & sources

Warranty accrual of 0.5–1.5% of revenue is a published homebuilding industry figure, not a RIoT measurement. Source: [insert citation].
$8,000–$22,000 is a published industry range for the cost of a single mold remediation event. Source: [insert citation].
A 30–50% reduction in water-related claims over years one to three is RIoT's design target. It is not a measured fleet result. Measured warranty results from the Abrazo deployment are being compiled.
166 homes across six communities in the Abrazo Homes reference deployment, each carrying the full RIoT Kit.
Abrazo Homes is co-owned by RIoT's founder and CEO Brian McCarthy and co-founder Mackenzie Bishop. Abrazo is RIoT's first deployment.
Offline operation covers device control, automations and local history; cloud features resume when the connection returns.
Cost ranges in the category comparison are published figures, not RIoT measurements: $35k–$100k+ for a luxury-integrator project (Source: [insert citation]); alarm-kit monitoring tiers publicly listed at $24.99–$44.99/mo (Vivint, September 2026).
NAHB, What Home Buyers Really Want, 2024 edition: 78% of buyers rated a programmable thermostat essential or desirable; 16 of 19 technology features were rated essential or desirable by at least 50% of buyers. nahb.org/blog/2024/04/what-home-buyers-really-want-2024
Subscription fees may apply for optional services such as remote cloud backup, security and home services. The core system and the RIoT Home app carry no monthly fee.

The check engine light
for new homes.