5 Ways to Use Lighting Control Scenes for Fun, Efficiency, and Safety

Lighting Control Makes it Easy to Customize Lighting for Any Situation

Often lighting control brings to mind the efficiencies to be gained from turning lights off when not needed as well as only using the amount of light required. But that same level of control that brings efficiency also offers benefits in convenience, luxury, and safety. Using automated lighting scenes is the key to taking advantage of all these benefits with ease.

Keep reading below to see how lighting control can make your Las Vegas, NV home safer, more efficient, and more attractive.

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What Are Lighting Scenes?

Lighting scenes are straightforward and are the superpower of lighting control. Scenes provide the ability to set precise brightness levels for a set of lights, a room, or the whole house. It makes it simple to set a mood or atmosphere with light. For example, light the kitchen brightly for meal preparation, and then press a button to dim ambient overhead lighting, turn off task lighting, and dim the dining area chandelier for a warm dinnertime glow. You can control more than just the fixed lighting indoors; through additional modules, you can control lamps, and you can extend lighting control to outside landscape lighting as well.

Lighting Scenes from Fun to Essential

Lighting scenes are useful not only for efficiency but also for aesthetics, comfort, and safety. Here are some that we suggest for your smart home:

• “Movie Night”: When you press play on your movie, the lights in the doom rim to the optimal level for watching. Your hallway lights dim to light a path to the kitchen for a snack and a bathroom break without turning on a bright light and jarring the eyes.
• "Bump in the Night": If you hear unusual sounds at night and suspect something is amiss, one button can light up your house, inside and out. You can startle a potential intruder or at least see the cat that toppled the plant outside.
• “Outside Lights” – Never worry about outdoor lighting Set your outdoor lights to turn on after sunset and off after sunrise, with a schedule that keeps itself up to date year-round. You’ll never return home to a dark house or be annoyed at lights shining during the day.
• “Holiday Lights”: Make holiday lighting efficient with a schedule that turns them on and off at your preferred times. Forget finicky mechanical timers and manage programs easily through a smartphone app.
• "Emergency": If a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm goes off in the night, your lighting control system can activate a scene that lights a path to the nearest exit from each bedroom. Plus, it can flash your outside lights to make it easy for first responders to quickly find your house without delay.

These are just a few ideas for using lighting control scenes for convenience and safety. You can come up with many more creative ways!  Let Fusion Home Systems show you all the options for lighting control solutions for your Las Vegas home.  Reach out to our team today; we look forward to working with you!