What Is Smart Lighting Control?
Your Home’s Lights Can Do Much More Than Turn On & Off
In the world of home technology, lighting control is the new frontier. It’s been cited with multiple benefits, including improving your home’s safety, ambiance, and energy usage. But what exactly is smart lighting control? You may be wondering, don’t I control the lights already with an ‘on’ or ‘off’ switch? But by integrating your lights into a smart home system like Control4, you can use your lights to achieve so much more.
In today’s blog, we’ll dive into the possibilities lighting control can bring to your Dallas, TX home. Continue reading to learn more!
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What Lighting Control Can Do
After incorporating your home’s interior and exterior lights into a control system, you can manage every individual bulb from your smartphone, tablet, control panel, voice-activated speaker, or remote. If it’s time for bed, you’ll turn every downstairs light off in one straightforward command and dim your bedroom lights to your favorite setting. Lights can be adjusted remotely, too, so if you leave the house in a hurry and forget to turn off the kitchen lights, you can flick them off from miles away on the Control4 app.
The possibilities don’t end there. Create schedules and settings for your lighting so that (for instance) every evening at eight o’clock your exterior lights will turn on and by dawn, they will automatically turn off. After installing tunable LED lights, you can save fun settings like “Party Mode” that will instantly transform your lamps into the colors of the rainbow. Or select “Dinner Mode” for subdued relaxing hues like an atmospheric restaurant.
How It Works
Smart lighting can be added to your home in two ways: by running cables to a centralized location, or with wireless dimmers, switches, and keypads. If your house is in the new-build stage or undertaking a remodeling project, it’s the perfect opportunity to add wires through the walls to a dedicated space like a utility closet. You’ll eliminate the clutter of switches on the wall and replace them with a tasteful keypad. If you would prefer not to cut open your walls, wireless lighting devices are an option that an integrator can help you with.
Experience the Benefits
Not only is smart lighting control convenient, but it can also help elevate your mood and increase your home’s safety. How? With tunable LED lights, you can set the hue of bulbs to adjust from bright blue-tinted light in the morning to warm, amber tones in the evening to mimic natural sunlight. This will regulate your body’s circadian rhythm, so you’ll sleep better at night and feel happier during the day. And right from your Control4 app, you can tune the brightness in each room so that no area is too bright or too dark at the wrong time of day.
Smart lighting control can also assist your household’s security system. If you’re going away on a trip, it’s a telltale sign to burglars that your home is vacant if the windows are dark all week. But by accessing your system from your phone, you can toggle lights on and off and schedule outdoor lights to activate so that it looks like someone is home. And with motorized shades, you can raise and lower the blinds to fake the appearance of an occupied house.
Interested in adding smart lighting to your Dallas-area home? Integrated Lifestyles is your smart lighting expert ready to help. Give us a call at (214) 272-8678, message a member of our team below, or fill out our contact form for a quote.
