4 Ways Lighting Control Can Help You Save Money

Larry Baltazar • February 15, 2021

4 Ways Lighting Control Can Help You Save Money

Convenient? Yes. Customized? Yes. Money saving? Yes! The average household spends around 5% of its electric bill on lighting. While replacing incandescent bulbs with more efficient ones can help save electricity, adding a lighting control system can dwarf those savings. Curious how? Read on.

Reducing Electric Bills

Automated lighting, or, lighting control systems, almost always generate savings on your electric bill. Here are some of the ways that works:

IFTTT (If This, Then That)

One of the simplest ways lighting control systems can save electricity is scheduling how the system works based on different triggers. For example, occupancy sensors can turn on lighting when someone enters a room and off again when the last person leaves. Other sensors can automatically adjust lighting based on the amount of natural light available, or the time of day and week, so you use electricity for lighting on bright, sunny days or times you're regularly away at work.

It Never Forgets

If you're the kind of person who passes through rooms leaving a trail of blazing lights behind you, lighting control can help! Motion and occupancy sensors can automatically turn off lights in empty rooms. Centralized controls mean you can also turn off all the lights from your phone when you realize you left them on.

Smart Controls

Newer lighting control systems are even "smarter" than their predecessors, and can track your lighting usage and habits, incorporating that information into their systems. This setup can be very effective at reducing electric usage with its ability to predict and adapt to your actual usage. Controls can also be set to minimize usage during peak hours.

Coordination With Other Systems

Smart lighting can communicate with other smart home components to offer even greater savings.For example, a system with both automated lighting and motorized window shades can work together to keep your space at a comfortable temperature and brightness, while using the least amount of electricity needed to do so.

A lighting control system isn't just an investment in convenience and cool gadgetry, it's an investment that can pay for itself over time. At Nextgen Multi Media, we are smart home design and installation experts. Contact us today to start exploring our lighting control system options and more.

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