Top Trends in Outdoor Lighting Design for 2025

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Trends We’re Noticing for Modern Landscape Lighting

Whether you’re a homeowner, interior designer, or architect, outdoor lighting design should not be an afterthought for your next project. It has the power to transform your home’s appearance after dark and can create a safer, more comfortable environment night after night.

And to achieve the best results? You’ll want a professional lighting design.

At First Priority Audio in Parkland, FL, we’re always looking ahead to current and future lighting design trends. Here are the top trends we’re seeing shaping outdoor lighting design in 2025.

1. Warm, Human-Centric Lighting

Intuitively, most people prefer warm-toned lights for landscaping, anyway. But more and more, we’re seeing a focus on wellness in 2025, and human-centric lighting is a concept that’s expanding to outdoor areas, as well.

LED lights used to get a bad reputation for looking too bright and cool-toned. But more than ever, LEDs are now available in warm hues, and smart lights are going outdoors, too! Coastal Source’s new Ketra-ready line pairs with Ketra tunable lights, letting you schedule lights to adjust their color and brightness throughout the day.

In the morning, lights can initially appear bright and cool, gradually shifting into warm, golden illumination for the afternoon and evening. This brings a calming relaxation to your spaces and can even help you sleep better at night.

2. Eco-Friendly Landscape Lights

Sustainability is on many people’s minds in 2025, and modern home technology is only making it easier to save energy (and utility costs).

Low-voltage lighting systems use far less energy than line voltage wiring, and LED bulbs use only a fraction of the energy consumed by incandescent, CFL, and halogen bulbs. Smart lighting systems make it easy to set lights to schedules, preventing energy waste. And durable, all-brass fixtures like those from Coastal Source are long-lasting and reliable, leading to much less waste.

3. Dark Sky Initiatives

The International Dark-Sky Association was founded in 1988, but the movement has gained significant traction in recent years. Its mission is to combat light pollution and preserve nocturnal environments for the good of wildlife and humankind.

As it grows in popularity, the Dark Skies movement has had a significant impact on the lighting design field, causing us to reconsider how we approach landscape lighting systems. For example, lighting designers should now try to prevent light from shining upward into the sky. Smart lighting systems and sensors turn off or dim lights after a certain hour and adjust to warm color temperatures.

While Parkland, Florida, doesn’t have any dark skies initiatives currently, Florida does have several communities observing Dark Sky policies. Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park became Florida’s first Dark Sky Park in 2016, and Groveland became Florida’s first certified International Dark Sky Community. We predict Dark Sky initiatives will only continue to grow and become a priority for the environmentally-conscious homeowner.

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