Tips From The Top

As we’re nearing the longest night, light is on our minds.

The darkest time of year gives us the opportunity to see how much smart lighting systems can enhance our home lives. Smart lighting accentuates the darkness by bringing us together in warmth and comfort. It can give us health, motivation, and relaxation.

There may be no room where lighting is more essential to good health than our most private space – the bedroom. Smart lighting in a bedroom can lead to better rest, relaxation, and overall health. The bedroom is not only where we relax and withdraw from the world, but also where we restore and recharge through sleep. Smart lighting can make all the difference when quality sleep is at stake.

Integrated lighting and window shadings that foster our natural circadian rhythms can be a game-changer for someone who suffers from poor quality sleep or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Smart mirrors that reduce melatonin can raise our morning energy. In the evening, pre-set lighting scenes from Savant or Lutron can help us wind down from the hectic pace of this time of year, leading to restorative sleep – especially important at this time of year.

Pre-set lighting scenes can also train us to maintain our healthy habits at a time of year when natural light is at a minimum, and regular routines and schedules can be haywire. When set at regular, consistent times, lighting can mimic outside light on darker, cloudy days, and cue the wind-down process at night. Smart technology like this not only helps regulate our body’s internal clocks – it can boost our immune systems, another critical need this time of year.

Smart lighting systems can be pre-set to follow outdoor lighting and its natural changes. Lutron’s Ketra Natural Light systems were created to mimic sunlight, moonlight, and even firelight, and when integrated in a smart home’s platform, can be controlled in a single room like the bedroom, or through the entire home.  and moonbeams as possible. Because the LED lights are customizable, with a large array of options, home owners select for themselves the specific lighting they want for their spaces. And each lighting source has a full palette of whites, pastels, and colors available.

Lutron’s Ketra Recessed D2 downlight will completely change how you see the possibilities of interior light. This groundbreaking downlight is quieter and more precise than anything before, all thanks to a redefined emitter and optic profile. The aiming system has been redesigned, along with new housings to best fit your home’s aesthetic and design quality.

At this darkest time of year, we’re thrilled to offer this and more possibilities in smart lighting design to our clients. Nothing makes us happier than to hear how much smart technology improves their homes and their quality of life.

To learn more about how you can take advantage of smart lighting systems in these darker months, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.