The average 3000 square foot home has about 30 light switches. While some people will automate all of them, others prefer to control the most commonly used switches.  Here is a list of switches to automate and why:

1.  Outdoor Lights:

Automating your front porch, garage, rear porch, and other outdoor lights are great  added security for your home. Each night at sunset the outside lights can turn on while you are away; and in the event of a break in all outside lights will flash on and off to scare away criminals as well as help the police locate your home.

2.   Scene Lighting:

Scene control allows you to push one button and have many lights go to different levels. We recommend placing scene controllers in rooms that have 3 or more lights. This is typically the kitchen, great room, and master bedroom. A scene controller is great for a movie night, you can press a single button and make all lights dim to 20% while keeping the kitchen light at 50% for your popcorn break.  Scene controllers also give you the ability to pressthe  ”All Off” button from the door as you leave your home.This is a great feature that ensures your not wasting any energy.

3.  Hallways & Stairs:

When tied in with motion detectors, lights can be triggered to turn on in hallways and stairs when someone walks through. The programming also allows for advanced control such as turning on hallway lights to 100% between sunset and 9pm, and only 40% from 9pm to sunrise. This will beparticularly useful when you’re going to the kitchen for a midnight snack, no more feeling your way down the hallway.

4.  Bedrooms:

Bedroom are great to automate if you have a child that leaves lights on you can save a good deal of money by automatically having their light turn off when the room is not occupied.

To learn more about lighting control click here or visit www.milehighautomation.com