Lighting Control / Energy Savings
Lighting control for the home used to be reserved for
the rich and the famous dimming lights and lighting scenes throughout
the home changing by a touch of a button or even a voice command. Now
Lighting control is very mainstream and affordable, although you will
pay a pretty penny still for the voice command feature. You can save up
to 60% of your lighting portion of your electricity bill with a properly
designed and used lighting system.
Imagine coming home to a dark home when your spouse is out of town, not
the safest environment to walk into trying to find a light switch. Now
imagine coming home, hitting your "open garage" button and a sequence
starts happening in your home turning on the lights you want to turn on,
hallway, kitchen and living room. You walk in and hit the "home" button
and a different scene happens lighting only the areas you will use upon
entering the home, bathroom perhaps. All the lights in the home are
defaulted to only raise to 50% when turned on saving energy all over the
house. You can get into an entry level lighting control system
controlling the most important rooms in the home for about $3000 or so
not including some labor and an electrician, programming and if you are
building you can include this into your electrical work up front and
just have it programmed. You can save up to hundreds a month depending
on the size of your home, add some safety and watch it start paying for
itself over time.






