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10 home office projects (42%) were installed for less than
$5,000. On the flip side, 8% of home office projects were more
than $50,000, with 1% even being more than $250,000.
The most common equipment installed in these home office
setups is a combination of larger displays (43% of home office
projects) and enterprise-grade network routers and wireless
access points (42%) primarily. Another common equipment for
WFH setups includes unified communications/collaboration
equipment (24% of home office projects) such as microphones
and cameras for teleconferences.
Some of the more unique gear deployed for home offices
include motorized shade controls and lighting fixtures. Many

people who previously might have only used their home offices in the evenings suddenly found themselves working all day
at home. That situation meant they discovered the lighting
that might have been OK at night was not suitable for daytime
activity also. Thus, 23% of home office projects included lighting control and 18% included motorized shade control.
Even though many Americans found themselves with multiple family members at home for both distance-learning for
school and WFH scenarios, it was very rare for an integrator to
be hired to install more than one home office inside a home.
The average project was an upgrade of just a single workstation in a home; however, just under half of all integration companies (47%) report that they did at least one project in 2020
that involved setting up more than one home office location
inside a residence.
Not surprisingly, the most common room inside a residence
where integrators deployed a home office setup was in a dedicated office space. In all, 37% of all home office projects were done
in a dedicated office inside a house. About 20% of home office
setups were in family rooms or dens, while 16% were in basements, 16% were in living rooms, 14% were in bedrooms, and 10%
were for outdoor patios. Amazingly (or maybe not), 7% of projects
were designed to bring better connectivity to the bathroom.

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