What Can You Control with a Smart Lighting System?

Discover All That’s Possible with Smart Home Lighting 

What if you could press a button on the wall that turns on not just one light—but several lights to your preferred brightness and color settings? It’s possible with a lighting control system that customizes where and how lights are illuminated. 

Unlike plug-and-play smart bulbs, a lighting control system is sophisticated enough to control your entire house. Controllers like Lutron and Control4 can sync hundreds of devices across your property. But what can it control? You may be surprised by how much it can do.

Read on to see what you can incorporate into your smart lighting system. And to bring lighting control to your Highland Park, TX home, contact our team here. 

SEE ALSO: What Is the Circadian Rhythm & How Can Lighting Control Help?

LED Lighting Fixtures 

It’s probably no surprise that a smart lighting system controls lights. But which smart lights? You may already use smart bulbs like Philips Hue, which can be integrated with help from a smart home company like Texadia Systems. But to see the ultimate smart lighting experience, we recommend using Ketra lighting solutions, which was acquired by Lutron and is also compatible with Control4 systems.

Ketra’s intelligent lighting products offer more color and dimming possibilities than any other—16.7 million colors! From pastels to saturated colors to any shade of white, you can fine-tune and save settings for all your lights. Here in Dallas, you can see Ketra in action at the Uchi restaurant. Ketra offers a range of lighting solutions to complete any design, from downlights to slim lightbars to lamps and track lights.

Motorized Shades 

Lighting control applies to natural light, too! With motorized shades in your windows, you can raise and lower shades across the house in unison. Through your smart lighting system, you tell shades and lights to activate together, like a “Movie Time” scene that dims the lights and lowers shades. We can program shades to automatically raise in the morning and lower at night, too, saving you time and helping in hard-to-reach windows. 

HVAC

When you use a smart system like Lutron or Control4 for lighting, you take comfort and convenience even further by integrating your HVAC controls. Air conditioning, heat, and fans can all be remotely controlled from the same interface as your lights and shades. 

Even if you’re miles away from home, a tap on your smart phone turns on the AC, so the house is cool and ready for you. In another swipe on your phone, turn on landscape lights and lower the shades, so everything’s set for the night. 

Wall Keypads 

When we install lighting systems, we program customized buttons on wall keypads for everyday action. Rather than reach for your phone to manually set the lights for dinner each time, a “Dinner” button can adjust specific lights just as you like them. Lutron’s new Josh.ai Ready Wallplates include the Josh.ai voice assistant, so you can use your voice to change the lights, shades, temperature, and more! 

If you’re curious about smart lighting and motorized shading for your Texas home, start the journey with Texadia Systems! We design, program, and install smart home systems that give you complete control from anywhere in the world. 

Learn more in our blog series here and contact us for a free consultation today. We look forward to working with you!