Benefits of Smart Home Lighting That Can Transform Your Life at Home

The right lighting can transform your home, and your life. Smart lighting gives you the ability to create lighting scenes that set the perfect mood for any activity. You can also use smart lighting to automate your home, making it easier and more convenient to live there. And because smart lighting is controlled by a single app, you can manage all the lighting in your home from one central location. Whether you want to improve your lighting for everyday living or create a dramatic effect for entertaining, smart lighting is the way to go. Here are just some of the ways that smart lighting can transform your life at home.
Advantages of Smart Lighting Control Systems
BETTER INTERIOR DESIGN
Intelligent lighting control systems can dramatically improve the ambience at your home for any activity or mood, simply by utilising an aesthetic lighting application, which brings out the best features of your interiors. Coupled with the correct lighting design, smart features in your home can do wonders in transforming your interiors to be as highly functional as they are easy on the eye!
Studies show that the quality of lighting in properties affects people in many ways. Good lighting enhances the mood and desirability of interiors, contributing greatly to people’s well-being and sense of comfort.Together with smart lighting control, lighting design can multiply the benefits of interior lighting both practically and psychologically.
Thanks to the central control systems, it is also possible to minimise the number of wall plates and get rid of unsightly rows of switches and give your house a sleek, minimalist look.
Using smart lighting controls and wireless devices you can have complete control of the lighting for your entire house, using programmed timed settings for each room, through voice control or even by remote control when at work or on holiday.
ADDED SAFETY AND SECURITY
A home lighting control system can support your home security to provide increased protection. While you are away on holiday, your home lighting system could periodically switch on/off lighting in your home to simulate that someone is home. This feature can provide an extra layer of support on your alarm system to deter intruders.
Integration with your smart home system means that you can also utilise your lighting system to react to various occurrences in your home. For example, your lights could flash when the smoke detector senses danger, or automatically turn on the garden lights when the sun sets.
SAVINGS, SAVINGS, SAVINGS
We are all looking for ways to improve our energy efficiency and reduce our electricity bill. With dimming-capable smart bulbs, you can extend the lifespan of the lamps by 20 times and reduce expenses by 40%. Considering that a smart lighting control system would comprise of installation in multiple rooms via automation, the house-wide energy savings could be extensive. In the long run, the savings from small lighting control could bring as much as 90% in reductions in energy usage; depending on the correct utilisation of LED lighting, sensors & controls, connectivity, analytics and intelligence.
The savings that come along with smart lighting does not stop with energy saving. Smart dimmers, which can adjust the light intensity based on user preference, activity or time of the day; reduce power to the lighting source or bulb, so they save energy and can extend bulb life. Incandescent and halogen bulbs can now last up to 20 times longer when used with a dimmer while increasing savings. LED bulbs run cooler when dimmed which can also extend bulb life.
CONVENIENCE
A smart lighting installation ditches your reliance on single light switches and allows you scene control. With the help of customisable programming, you can create a specific scene setting (settings for different activities or creating the right mood) activated with a single touch on your tablet or through voice control.
Arriving home, the ‘Welcome scene’ can light up your hallway. Cooking in the kitchen, the ‘Cooking scene’ can turn on just the right lights you need while cooking. Watching a film with your family, the ‘Cinema mode’ can dim all the lights to create the perfect atmosphere for your big screen entertainment. Going to bed, with a single command, you can turn off all the lights at home and arm the alarm for your safety.
The convenience of smart home lighting is not solely limited to when you are home. Remote control access to your home can offer you the convenience of accessing the security and lighting of your home. With connected lighting systems, wherever you are in the world, you can check your lights and switch them off/on with ease.
Getting the Best from your Lighting System
If you want to set up a whole house lighting system for the ultimate lighting design, you are going to need a plan. Each customer has different needs and it is important you take some time to look at yours. Firstly understand the functions of every single room in your home. By understanding what activities take place in each room, at different times of day, and what type of light, brightness, function etc. you need, you can begin to lay out a design. You then need a home automation system to control your range of lights, and someone to install it.
Installing a Lighting Control System
There are a variety of lighting control system types and technologies available on the market. It is important to work with a professional lighting designer to select the best system for your project. They will have the expertise to advise on the latest technology and its functions, and how it is best integrated to create a system that meets your specific needs.