Lighting can play a large part in how a house looks and feels. Mood lighting is important when in the process of considering developing smart home control. Fading and dimming down lights is simple and can change an areas appearance instantly with one touch presets.

There are many benefits to lighting control solutions such as:

Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is at the forefront of all our lighting control systems. There is no need to have lights working at their full capacity as they do in standard installations so by controlling a bulb’s output to as little as 95% from its normal load, the bulbs lifespan doubles and electricity bills are greatly reduced.
Alternatively, the more energy efficient option would be the latest LED technology. These low emission lights are now dimmable and in some cases do not need transformers as they run off a 240V standard electrical supply and as LED’s are semiconductors they have an almost endless life duration meaning low maintenance.

Ease of use

By linking zones, numerous lights can be faded or dimmed down instantly with one touch presets. A ‘Welcome home’ setting can light up key areas upon entrance into the home. A sensor can pick up movement and a light path activated in areas of the property.
An ‘Exit’ macro would turn off all lights in the house upon leaving (leaving outdoor and selected interior lights on if required) with the touch of one button.
Getting up in the night need not mean waking the whole house with low level illumination on time sets - triggered via a keypad or a sensor.
Other features are lighting sensors which only trigger lights to come on upon entering an area for a predetermined time period or programmed to react to natural light levels and only come on once the sun has set or an area gets dark.

Security

In the event of a disturbance during the night an ‘All on’ button can be created to illuminate the whole house at the touch of a button to allow the home owner to check on their property and deter any unwanted visitors.
When the system is set to ‘record mode’ it register the lighting movements over a period of time and then on leaving for a holiday set the time clock to ‘holiday mode’ for the recorded scene playback. This has the advantage a random pattern of lighting usage, which will give a realistic illusion of a presence in the property.

Our designs can also incorporate colour changing functions for various subtle effects - popular in gardens and pool areas.
We understand that there is a lot of work in getting the lighting just right and as such we can help in the design process by showing demonstration lighting to help with the decision making process or we can work directly with interior designers or interior architects.