Meet Abvolt Automation: The Smart Home, Security & EV Charger Company Serving the North Shore from Lake Bluff, Illinois

There's a fragmentation problem quietly draining homeowners and property managers across the North Shore. You hire one contractor for security cameras, another for smart lighting, a third for your EV charger, and a fourth for the network that ties it all together. None of them talk to each other. Nothing works as a true system. Abvolt Automation was built to end that problem entirely — and the two men leading it, operating out of Lake Bluff, Illinois, have the combined expertise to back up that claim.

One Smart Home Installation Company Serving the North Shore. Every Layer of the Stack.

When we sat down with Marco and Orlando at Abvolt Automation, what struck us immediately wasn't any single service — it was the deliberate, architectural thinking behind how every service connects. This is not a security camera company that added EV chargers to its website. This is a company designed from the ground up to handle the entire technology ecosystem of a modern residential or commercial property — and based right here on the North Shore in Lake Bluff, IL.

Their full offering covers seven distinct domains — a combination that eliminates the contractor coordination nightmare most North Shore property owners know all too well:

They also offer professional gas detection systems — a capability that most smart home integrators don't touch — because Orlando's deep background in this area makes it one of Abvolt's strongest and most differentiated disciplines.

The Co-Founders: Two Disciplines, One Vision

Abvolt's edge comes from the complementary expertise of its two co-founders. Marco brings an unusual combination: an Economics degree from the University of Illinois, a background in financial analysis, and a deliberate mid-career pivot into electrical and smart home systems — driven by data, not chance. Orlando brings a highly specialized pedigree in Honeywell gas detection and low-voltage systems. Together, they cover a technical and strategic range that almost no competitor on the North Shore can match.

A Serious Take on Gas Detection — Powered by Honeywell Expertise

Gas detection is the capability most smart home companies completely ignore — and it's the one that can genuinely save lives. Abvolt offers it as a core service, not an afterthought, because Orlando's Honeywell background makes it one of their strongest disciplines. Their systems use three distinct sensor technologies to cover the full range of threats any property might face:

The environments Abvolt protects include parking garages, restaurants, breweries, boiler rooms, residential properties, industrial facilities, battery charging areas, refrigeration systems, and wastewater treatment facilities. Every system runs on wired infrastructure — no wireless gaps, no battery failures — backed by 24/7 monitoring with instant visual, audible, and remote alerts, plus Abvolt's lifetime support commitment.

Why the All-In-One Model Matters for North Shore Homeowners

The smart home installation market on the North Shore is full of specialists who don't talk to each other. Security camera companies. Electricians. Low-voltage contractors. Network installers. Each working in isolation, leaving the property owner to manage the chaos between them. In a market like Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Highland Park, or Winnetka — where properties are significant investments and expectations are high — that fragmented approach is a real liability.

Abvolt breaks that model entirely. When Marco and Orlando take on a project, they're thinking about the whole property: how the network infrastructure supports the cameras, how the electrical work enables the EV charger, how the AI facial recognition system integrates with the access control platform, how the gas detection ties into the overall safety architecture. One company. One point of contact. One system designed from the start to work as a whole.

Two Ambitious Leaders Building Something Rare on the North Shore

What comes through most clearly when talking with Marco and Orlando isn't just technical competence — it's a shared ambition to raise the standard for what North Shore clients should expect from a smart home and safety systems company. Marco's background in economics and financial analysis gives Abvolt a strategic edge that most trades businesses simply don't have: the ability to spot where the market is going and position ahead of it. AI facial recognition cameras, advanced automation platforms, next-generation EV infrastructure — Marco isn't just aware of these things. He's actively learning them and building Abvolt to deliver them.

Abvolt is in its growth phase, and that's exciting from a client perspective. This is the kind of company you want to find before everyone else on the North Shore does. The foundation — the technical depth, the multi-discipline expertise, the integrated approach, the Honeywell-trained safety pedigree — is already firmly in place. The reputation is being built one property at a time, from Lake Bluff outward.

We'll be watching closely. And something tells us the next chapter of this story is going to be worth writing.