For technology-proactive architects, interior designers, and builders, the Home Technology Association created the HTA Technology Partner designation. This differentiates opted-in design and build professionals from their competitors and shows that they understand that their clients' safety and entertainment needs must be determined early. This is due to the fact that the home's technology systems affect space planning, aesthetics, and other trades such as framing contractors, electricians, HVAC contractors, and more. Architects, residential building designers, and interior designers may opt in here, and builders / general contractors and remodelers may opt in here.