SEE ALSO: Why Invest in Landscape Lighting? A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE It may be hard to believe, but lighting control can make a sizeable impact on your health. Don’t believe us? A lighting control system offers much more fine control over the brightness and color of your fixtures. With the right programming, your fixtures can mimic the way sunlight c

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control WIRED: PROS AND CONS The primary reasons to go with a wired system are reliability and centralized control. In these systems, every fixture is directly linked to a central lighting switch, which is usually housed in an out-of-the-way spot like a utility closet. A direct, hardwired connec

SEE ALSO: Live A Brighter, Better Life with Lutron Home Automation   Geofencing Are you the type of person who always forgets to turn the entryway light off when you leave for work? Lutron smart lighting offers a solution with its geofencing feature. Your Lutron system will control your lights based on your location. It will automatically turn you

SEE ALSO: 4 Spaces in Your Home Perfect for Lutron Smart Lighting  What Do Lutron’s Keypads Do?  Unlike regular light switches and dimmers, Lutron’s smart keypads don’t merely turn on the lights but can also adjust the light color, brightness, and activate motorized shades. Your Lutron dealer will program customized light settings like “

SEE ALSO: Lutron: The Next Generation of Recessed Lighting   Simple Start to the Day  If you ever struggle to get out of bed, Lutron lighting can make it a little easier. Tap a button at your bedside or on your phone to raise the window shades, letting in the sun. Or press a wall keypad to turn on music. You can automate lights and

SEE ALSO: Live a Brighter, Better Life with Lutron Lighting Control  Experience the Full Spectrum with Ketra One of the highlights of the Lutron Lighting Lofts is the extensive assortment of Ketra LED lighting solutions on display. Ketra, a Lutron brand, offers the pinnacle of lighting technology, allowing you to experience an unprecedented r

SEE ALSO: Lutron Lighting Control’s Best Accessory: Luxury Wall Keypads Digital vs. Centralized Lighting Control: What’s the Difference?  The main difference between digital lighting and regular centralized lighting control lies in the communication protocol and level of intelligence built into the individual lighting fixtures. Digital Lighti

SEE ALSO: Should I Make My Outdoor Lighting ‘Smart’?   How to Get Digital Lighting Control Outdoors  When choosing a brand for digital outdoor lighting control, you want to ensure controls are seamless and reliable with convenient management options. You don’t want to rely on a smartphone app alone but additionally have the option t

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control SEEING THE LIGHT A quick refresher on the benefits of smart lighting, in general, is in order. With warm-dimming LEDs and tunable white lights, Lutron lighting control gives you nearly infinite colors to choose from for any space in your home. Lutron lighting control harnesses light to h

SEE ALSO: How to Use Smart Lighting for Better Interior Design  Control Multiple Areas at Once You’re responsible for maintaining the common areas, so why not make it easier for yourself? Through smart system integration, we can group all lights together into easily-controlled zones. Then, from your smartphone, tablet, or even wall keypad, yo

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control LIVING ROOM In most homes, the living room is one of the busiest spots in the house. The heavy foot traffic makes your living room an ideal place to install Lutron lighting. You can use subtle spotlights and recessed fixtures to highlight pieces of art or other notable elements in the ro

SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation THE KITCHEN There are a couple of gimmes for any kitchen when it comes to automation, and chances are you may have installed these systems in the home already: lighting control, whole-home audio, etc. These systems serve the same purpose everywhere in a home. One way to make them wo

SEE ALSO: Behind the Scenes: How We Install Control4 Smart Systems Adjust Your Lights’ Color & Brightness Are your home’s lightbulbs the ideal color temperature? Most likely not. Our circadian rhythms follow the sun’s cycle across the sky, which means we need both cool lighting during the day and warm lighting in the evening. You’ve probably i

SEE ALSO: Behind the Scenes: How We Install Control4 Smart Systems Beyond Lighting Control Control4’s wall keypads aren’t just for activating smart LEDs. With one press of a button, you can control: Motorized shades TVs Multi-room speakers Smart locks & garage doors Fans Thermostats And more! Create Customized Buttons Control4’s wireless keypa

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SEE ALSO: Introducing Control4’s New Contemporary Lighting Line  New Look  The new Halo remote line offers two models: the Halo and Halo Touch. The Halo has a slightly smaller touch screen than the Halo Touch, and the Touch is available in black or silver. Both include all-new back-lit buttons, which make navigation easier in the dark. T

SEE ALSO: 4 Tips to Make Outdoor Audio Sound Better   Yacht Lighting Control  This client already owned a Lutron lighting control system but wanted to switch to Control4 to manage lights alongside audio and other technologies. We installed Control4’s contemporary wall keypads to work with the Lutron HomeWorks framework. Customized b

SEE ALSO: Can I Use Tunable Lighting with Linear Lights? When Lighting Systems Go Wrong  We recently partnered with a client that had purchased a house with an existing LiteTouch system—that wasn’t working. Lights and keypads were unresponsive, and the controls were slow. When lighting systems are decades old, the technology can fail, and the

SEE ALSO: 5 Things to Know Before Installing Outdoor Lighting  Why Outdoor Smart Lighting?  Smart outdoor lighting offers a multitude of benefits that go beyond just aesthetics. You can expect the following when you upgrade your landscape lights:  Convenience Lutron allows you to group lights into zones to control separate areas lik

SEE ALSO: Experience Lighting Control at the Lutron Lighting Lofts  What Happened to LiteTouch? LiteTouch was founded in 1978 as a custom lighting control system for residential and commercial properties. LiteTouch was far ahead of its time with advanced lighting control features, but its systems required specific wiring, controllers, and pow