Smart Lighting for Smarter Home
Benefits of Smart Lighting
Everything in your life nowadays is smart; your phone, your watch, even your TV and refrigerator are now smart. So isn’t the place you spend most of you time in smart: your home. The ability to control your home’s lighting, temperature, and shades from the palm of your hand saves you money and contributes to a more comfortable and luxurious lifestyle.
Saves Energy
The biggest and most important benefit of smart lighting is that it saves you energy. Did you leave the house and forget the lights on? No worries, check your lights from your phone and turn them off from anywhere in the world. If you have children, you know how often they tend to leave lights on. With smart lighting, you no longer have to worry about leaving your home and leaving a light on.
Smart lights also give you the ability to dim the bulbs in your home. Dimming LEDs reduce energy consumption and allows you to set different light levels and moods depending on the room and the situation. Instead of keeping your lights at 100% brightness you can adjust the levels, so the light is comfortable on your eyes and cuts your energy bill.
Set schedules within your light control app and all of a sudden, your lights become automated. You don’t have to worry about turning the lights on and off. You can set them to activate to a dimmed level when you wake up or have all your lights turn off five minutes after your leave the house every day. You can automate everything from your smartphone or even smartwatch. These features work together to keep more money in your pocket month after month.
Comfortability
Don’t you hate when you sit down to watch TV or lay down to go to bed, only to realize that you left a light on? You’re sitting there, all comfortable and ready to relax, and getting up feels like the most difficult thing in the world to do. With just a few taps you can turn off any light that may be left on, or dim them to a level that makes watching your favorite program more comfortable.
If you come home from work every night and hate walking into a dark house, just sit in your car and turn the lights on. Now when you walk in, the lights are on, and you won’t have to worry about stubbing your toe or stepping on a toy carelessly left in the middle of a hallway.
The ability to dim your lights also lets you set ideal light levels for parties, watching movies, and other activities. Is it too dark to turn all the lights off for a movie? Dim them to a level you choose and enjoy, or brighten things up when you have guests over. Want to show off a little bit? Show off the ability to dim your lights from your phone or watch.
Safety
With smart lighting control, keep robbers away and keep your sanity knowing your home is safe. When you are on vacation, you may constantly worry about the security of your home. Smart lighting provides you with the ability to turn lights on and off, keeping robbers guessing whether you are home or not.
Smart Lighting in the Office Many commercial spaces are over-lit, and that can reduce productivity and hinder the success of a company. With the ability to control the lighting in different rooms and even individual work-spaces, workers feel more comfortable, making them more productive. Most people that work in an office alternate between working on a computer and paper. Typical office lighting works well for writing tasks, but did you know that light is about 2-3 times brighter than the ideal brightness for working on a computer? Too much light causes eye strain, which can cause headaches and slows productivity. Smart lighting allows users to have full control over their buildings lighting, it improves productivity and promotes an overall well-being throughout the office.
