These days you can control almost any electrical appliance in your home or office with the touch of a button. Modern technology has come a long way. A light control system is a device that can control any and all lights throughout a building. With the touch of a button, you can turn lights on or off, dim lights, power fans and more from anywhere in the building. There are many applications of light control systems, and they have a lot to offer in terms of ease and convenience.

There are now a wide variety of residential options. The complexity of the light control system can range for simplistic to intricate depending on your needs. On the simple end, you might want to get a light system designed to only control your exterior lights according to time of day or light level. Alternatively, you might want to get a “whole-house” light control system that operates from a central command center. On the other hand, perhaps you just want something in between. You can opt for individual light control systems just for the main rooms in your house as well. No matter what type of light control system meets your needs, you’ll find that you have a lot of options available to you at a variety of price points.

One of the biggest benefits derived from light control systems is their programmability. You can design how you want your lights to behave based on time of day, motion, security, mood, and many other factors. For example, with a light control system you can program your lights to automatically turn on when you enter the house or turn off when you leave. You can program a lighting design consistent with a relaxing evening, a late night party, a holiday dinner or anything else you can think of. Of course, you could adjust the lighting levels in each room manually, but that takes time. With a light control system, you can pre-design a series of lighting concepts and toggle between them in seconds.

Light control systems are great additions to security systems as they can be programmed to turn on all of your lights when someone enters a restricted area or breaks into your home. Motion detectors can also trigger lights so you don’t have to walk into a dark room or up to a dark house at night. You can even program lights to illuminate a common path you travel such as from the front door to the bedroom when you come home late at night. The number of useful applications for light control systems is infinite.

If you have a multipurpose room in your home like a main family room, you will see a lot of benefit in a light control system. When you have a lot of lighting options, light control systems make it easy to get the mood you want. This will help you get the most of your multipurpose room. Single room light control systems usually have a wall mounted keypad and a remote control so you can control the lights from anywhere in the room without having to get up.

Light control systems often have what is called “program logic.” Program logic allows you to prioritize your programming options. This means that you can have several programs running at once but you decide how they interact. For instance, you can program the lights in a room to stay off for a certain time period as well as to come on when motion is detected. If you prioritize the motion detection, even when the lights are programmed to stay off, they will turn on when motion is detected. This feature allows common sense application of these programs.

Light control systems can also help you save money by increasing your energy efficiency and turning off lights that are not being used. It’s so easy to forget to turn off a light when you leave a room, but with a light control system, you can program lights to automatically go off when motion hasn’t been detected for a given time period. Turning off lights that aren’t needed can translate into hundreds of dollars in energy savings annually. Additionally, light control systems that operate using a portable remote also keep you from having to go back upstairs or downstairs when you forget to turn off a light. The convenience of light control systems is one of the biggest benefits they have to offer.

Smart Southern Homes specializes in wired and wireless lighting control systems by Lutron starting at around $800.00. We are also authorized Crestron Home Automation dealers which has custom lighting systems as well. Call Smart Southern Homes for an in-home estimate today.