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On Thursday, 09 September 2021.

Is Smart Lighting Control Worth It? You Be the Judge!

Discover the Benefits Smart Lighting & Shading Can Provide Your Vero Beach Home

If you’re reading this article, we can guess you may be a little curious about smart lighting. But maybe you’re unsure what it really does. And what’s wrong with the on/off switches you’ve known your whole life?

Until you’ve experienced smart lighting control, it’s hard to imagine the spectacular advantages it provides. Your lights are never stuck in one color, brightness, or temperature, and with a smart controller, you can program lights to follow a routine schedule every day. Plus, motorized shades make window treatments easier to manage!

Read on to imagine what smart lighting can bring to your Vero Beach, FL home.

SEE ALSO: A Day in the Life with Home Automation

Save Time

You’ve got your phone, keys, and wallet in hand, and you’re ready to head out the door—but ugh, you left the lights on upstairs! And you should probably close the drapes so that the living room doesn’t get too hot during the day. Now you’re going to be late!

With smart lighting, all it takes is pressing an ‘Away’ button on your wall keypad or phone app, and all of your home’s lights power off, and shades will lower. If your hands are full, quickly tell your voice assistant to turn all the lights off, and your house will respond right away.

Save Energy

It’s easy to accidentally leave lights on in unoccupied rooms. While LEDs are more energy-efficient than incandescent or fluorescent lights, you’re still wasting electricity and adding to your energy bills if all the lights are on all the time. In fact, if you leave ten LEDs on for one unnecessary hour a day, that adds an extra five dollars to your electric bills each year. Most of us have more than ten lightbulbs in the house and definitely leave them on for longer than one hour!

With a lighting control system, you can schedule indoor and landscape lights to automatically turn on and off according to your daily routines. Occupancy sensors take note if rooms have been vacant for a while and shut lights off. And if you’ve left the house in a hurry and forgot to turn off the lights, simply take out your smartphone and tap the lights off! 

Save Your Mood

We may not always consciously notice it, but lighting has a powerful influence over our moods. Consider a bright hair salon, then compare it to a swanky bar’s dim ‘mood lighting.’ Each space has a very different feeling, and neither would feel ‘right’ all day long. Through your lighting system, you can use a slider and color wheel to customize your lights’ brightness, temperature, and color, so you’re never stuck with too-cool or too-warm lighting.

Whole-house lighting control systems are available from brands like Lutron, as well as smart home companies like Crestron and Control4. To find these smart solutions in the Vero Beach, FL area, visit Definitive Electronics! Contact us here or chat with a member of our team below.No video selected.

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Overall rating of 11 1st-party reviews

2024-12-06

Stephen Master
Used Don and Definitive for my new home A/V and Lutron needs in Palm Beach. Highly recommend them, they stood out in the craziness of new construction for being reliable and everyone sent to the house was highly skilled. Will work with them again

2024-10-23

Joey Lenz
Had some speakers installed as well as some remote control blinds. The owner Don was very friendly and Brian and billing with the extra mile to explain everything that needed to be explained. The installer Ken is second to none. He even put batteries in my remote control.!

2024-05-24

John Paul Somers
Our experience with Definitive Electronics exceeded our expectations in every way. From the Shade design, planned WiFi coverage and all of the TV’s, we couldn’t be happier. From the initial sales consult with Tom Samuelson to the final installation support from Ken Wright and the expertise of the overall installation by Rob Glucksman, it was a first-rate experience!

2023-12-18

Kelly Rothrock
We have worked with Definitive Electronics for many of our client's AV and low voltage needs. Their staff is highly educated and professional when it comes to the latest equipment on the market. Working with Definitive has been a smooth process throughout all of our construction processes, and Rothrock Construction will continue to work with their firm over the upcoming years.

2023-08-04

Michael Arrieta
I am so grateful for the professional advice and direction from Brian Hann. The best customer service I’ve ever received … he advised me in a way that no other company would

2022-05-06

Gary Glancy
Professional, personable and up to date on all the latest inovations in the industry. There's nothing that this group of people can't get accomplished. Super happy with the level of expertise and would highly recommend to anyone who considers themselves a audio & video geek.

2020-06-27

Steve B.
This Team is very responsive and very knowledgeable. They have addressed and resolved questions/issues with Lutron, Nexis and Sonos Systems. Good firm to work with!

2019-03-20

Charles Alberti-Tedder
Friendly staff with knowledgable advice

2018-09-19

Adam Griffin
Recently purchased Sonos Playbar, sub and play5. Couldn’t be happier. Owner is very knowledgeable of the electronics industry and passionate about there products. Highly suggest calling or stopping by if you have any home audio, outdoor lighting or marine electronics needs.

2018-08-10

Michelle Nix
Awesome experience, great company in FL

2015-04-25

Yani Kinz
Best av conpany in so flo