Benefits of Smart Lighting
Smart lighting is one of the easiest ways to upgrade your home.
Whether you want mood lighting for a cozy evening or bright, energy-efficient illumination for working, smart lighting offers it all.
Just some of the benefits of smart lighting include:
Remote Control
Not going to be home? You can turn your lights on and off remotely using your smartphone. If you’re just about to leave the supermarket and it’s got dark, you can turn on your lights remotely so that you can bring in the shopping safely. You can also set lighting to come on and off when someone enters or exits a room, saving you money on your electricity bills, especially if people keep forgetting to turn off the lights when the leave a room!
Voice Activation
You can adjust the brightness or colour of your lighting with just a simple command to Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri. If you need to get up in the middle of the night, you don’t need to fumble around for a lightswitch, just ask your smart home device to turn it on for you.
Energy Saving
On of the best things about smart lighting is the ability to set timers or schedules for your lights so that they aren’t left on unnecessarily. This helps save you energy in the long run and is a really handy security feature.
Ambiance Customisation
Smart lighting isn’t available only in white, you can change the colours of the light in the room to suit your mood or occasion. You can also dim the lights or make them brighter at just the touch of a button. If you’re watching a film, you can set lighting to match the genre of the film, or turn up the brightness if you need to work.
Increased Security
Smart lighting allows you to simulate occupancy while you’re away for your peace of mind.
If you’re on holiday, you can set timers so that your lights turn on and off at certain times, or even randomly between set times, to deter burglars or theives from targeting your home.
Exterior lights can also be set to come on a certain times, to help you see your way back to the front or back door once it’s dark or in the winter afternoons.