Lighting is one of the essential parts of your home interior. Your home must be well-lit with different color lightings. Additionally, you have plenty of options, such as smart lighting, thanks to home automation technology. For instance, you can control appliances in your home with smart devices like Google Home, Amazon Echo, and HomeKit.
Incorporating smart lighting can bring a modern feel to your home and increase the beauty of your home's interior. Smart lights are also compatible with voice assistants, which makes them easy to operate.
Reasons to Install Smart Lighting
Here is why you should opt for smart lighting.
1.     Add Ambiance
Smart lighting allows you to change the color and brightness with few clicks on your smartphone. It is up to your preference that what tone you set. For instance, for your home work-time, you may set a warm color. For your dinner time, you may select romantic warm colors and cozy near-darkness colors for watching television. Moreover, you can set up multi-color lighting for a party when you have friends gathering.
Smart bulbs, switches, and light strips can help you set any lighting you want. Moreover, you can install lights in kitchen cabinets, bookcases, and anywhere as per your choice.
2.     Light Outdoor Areas
Smart outdoor lighting can bring an aesthetic appeal and add brightness to your home in darkness. You can integrate smart bulbs with a different color tone that reflects best in the nighttime. You may opt for replacing regular switches with hardwired porch lights and floodlights with smart light switches. Moreover, installing accent lights will be a great addition.
3.     Change your Entire Room
Smart light switches and dimmers are available with certain varieties in toggle and paddle designs. Besides, smart outlets give better results than regular lamps. Like smart plugs, smart outlets go well with almost any plug-in appliance like a fan and other electronic devices.
You may need professional help to install in-wall outlets and switches. Integrating multiple light fixtures in your room is better than regular lighting. You may need to have an additional neutral wire for adjusting the smart switch.
4.     Schedule with Home Lighting Automation
Scheduling home lighting in an automatic system decides the time for each light or group of lights to turn on/off at a specific time mechanically. Moreover, it offers you the procedure to set lighting randomly as well. The light will turn on/off itself as per the time you have set for it.
5.     Activate Motion Detectors
Here is another approach to smart lighting. It works when lights can act as a sensor to detect motion. It is ideal for increasing security outside the home since it detects that someone has entered your house. Moreover, you can set an alert for anybody going out of home like your children. The technique is common in security departments because they record all ins and outs in the department. It also turns the light to notify you of any activity that takes place.
6.     Save Energy
One of the most prominent features of smart lights is that it allows you to save energy primarily when using LED lights with dimmers. When you don't use lights with full brightness, the dimmer light can minimize energy usage. As a result, it reduces the electricity bill. Moreover, you can control the use of lighting as per your requirement and turn it off/on.
7.     Maximize Security
While you are away from your home for a long time, maybe on a trip or business deal, it is natural to worry about your home security. Smart lighting enables you to maximize security and prevent the risk of burglaries and thieves breaking into your house. Individuals belonging to Intelligence Departments and other forces like Army and related fields also use smart lighting systems.
Moreover, other smart security systems are also compatible, like video doorbells and home CCTV cameras, synced to your phone. It allows you to monitor and maintain the security of your home when you are away.
8.     Save Money with Smart Lighting System
When you leave lights in your home on for a maximum time without any need, it can consume a lot of your money with high electricity bills. Some of the smart light bulbs are highly energy-efficient and provide more lighting than traditional light bulbs. So, it is easy for you to save money with smart lighting in your home and control appliances with only a touch.
9.     Longer Life Span
Generally, the smart bulbs may last between 15,000 and 25,000 hours. When we compare traditional bulbs with smart lighting, the latter work significantly longer. If you have conventional light bulbs in your home, you need to change them at least once a year, or else it will reduce their efficiency. Smart light bulbs last long because they are 90% more efficient than incandescent light bulbs. It is also because they do not have any working part and will not break over or burn out over time.
10. Provide Comfort
As mentioned above, you can control smart lighting with your smartphone or any other smart device. As a result, it is more accessible and allows you to control appliances from one location. Especially for people suffering from mobility issues, it makes turning on/off lights a lot easier.
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Conclusion
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Smart lighting is the ideal solution for your home, especially when you have a large house that needs ample lighting. Installing a smart lighting system will save you from a lot of trouble and save your time and money. So consider installing smart lights in your home, as these lights are available at a reasonable price. Moreover, you do not need to go through a complex procedure to install it. You can monitor, operate, and maintain security with these smart fixtures remotely.