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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Control Your Lights and Shades

This week I received a packet of information I had requested from Lutron. Lutron makes systems which allow full control over your lighting and shading solutions. Not only can lighting and shading be programmed for automatic operation during your absence, but you can control both from keypads at home or from your auto.

I am mostly intrigued by Lutron for the energy savings it could provide. When home, I manually control my blinds and lights all day to maximize energy savings. Seems like automating this would maximize the energy savings from these controls. Similarly, having a control to turn off all the lights in the house, instead of hoping that my children remember to turn off their lights, would help us waste less energy.

While all of this technology seems best suited for new construction, Lutron has made technological advances to make installation possible in older homes.

If we decide to look into using Lutron in our renovation, I'll be sure to report back on our findings.