When Home Lighting Automation Is Most Handy

Are the months flying by for you, too? Do weekends end before you know it? 

If your schedule is always packed, it’s worth exploring anything that makes daily life a little easier. After all, what’s more valuable than your time? 

Home lighting automation, the process of intelligently controlling and automating your house’s lights, lets you set the mood with customizable color and brightness settings. But a lighting control system can also help you save time throughout the day in ways that may surprise you. 

Whether you’re new to lighting automation or already have a home control system like Savant, see how it can bring simplicity and ease to your Upstate or Bedford, New York, home. You may wonder how you previously lived without it! 

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When You’re Already in Bed 

You’re already comfortable and snug in bed, ready to fall asleep. Then you realize the hallway lights are still on, or the light across the room can’t be reached from your pillow. 

Luckily, you can reach for your phone or tablet at the bedside table and tap a “Goodnight” button that turns off lights across the house. Alternatively, you can reach for a wall keypad by your bed and press the “Goodnight” button that powers off every light, even downstairs. Or perhaps you’d like to leave some lights on at a low brightness level. Whatever you prefer for nighttime settings can be activated with one command. 

When You’re Heading Out the Door 

If you’re in a rush and about to leave the house, you might not have time to walk through rooms turning off lights and pulling on shades. Instead, tap “Away” by the door, and all your lights will power off while motorized shades lower. Leaving at night? The system will know to keep some lights on in designated areas. Exiting the house has never been easier!  

When Family Members Have Different Schedules 

If one spouse wakes up at 4:30 a.m. while the other rises at 8:30, the former shouldn’t have to navigate the house in the dark. But you also won’t want to leave lights on for hours until the second person wakes. 

Instead, you can create lighting schedules that activate indoor and landscape lights for the early riser, then turn them off once they depart. Later, the lights will automatically turn on again for the other spouse so everyone can start their days with convenient and cheery lighting. 

When You’re Away from Home 

This setting may not save your household time, but it will save you from worrying about your home security. If you’ll be away traveling for a night or more, you can activate a lighting schedule that toggles your lights every few minutes. From the outside, it will look like someone’s home all night, deterring burglars from targeting your house. If anything does trip your security system, you can remotely turn on outdoor lights to get a clear view of surveillance cameras. 

Could you benefit from smart lighting in your Bedford, NY, home? To learn more about home lighting automation, contact Phoenix Audio Video here or schedule a visit to our interactive home showroom!