In every home and office, lighting is key to creating comfort and coziness. However, in today’s world, this is no longer sufficient. In the era of Artificial Intelligence and IoT, traditional lighting keeps us in a past era, making our homes or offices suboptimal for the modern world. Whether due to fashion trends or the desire to optimize energy costs, automating lighting is crucial and one of the first steps to stay in line with trends and competitive in this century.
Reduces Energy Costs
Remote management of smart lighting gives you control over energy consumption from lighting. Here are some ways you can program the system to reduce energy usage:
- Set up notifications to alert you if lights are left on in rooms where you are not present;
- Program sensors to automatically turn off lights when you leave a room;
- Create scenarios that turn lights on and off based on digital or voice commands. For instance, the “Leaving” command could prioritize lighting towards the home’s exit and then turn off all lights automatically after you leave;
- The software’s machine learning extension could deactivate lighting in less frequently used rooms, further reducing electricity costs.
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Improves Security
In addition to convenience, smart lighting contributes to improved security. The ability to control all lighting in your home through your phone allows you to turn lights on or off in rooms where you are not present. This can deter unwanted guests or intruders, and in combination with door and window access control, you can confine an intruder until authorities arrive.
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Remote Control
Smart lighting can be remotely controlled using your smartphone or tablet. You can check whether lights are on when you’re away and turn them off if needed. Additionally, you can program the lights to make it appear as though someone is home, even when you’re not.
How Can You Control the Smart Lighting System?
It is assumed that all communication with the smart lighting system would be carried out through your smartphone. In most cases, this is true. However, the good news is that the smartphone is far from the only device you can use to control the system.
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Touchscreen Smart Lighting Control
When building a smart lighting system, touchscreen monitors can be installed at certain locations. Through these, direct communication with the smart home is established, allowing “internal” programming. Additionally, control via tablet and smartphone allows remote access and management from anywhere in the world with internet connectivity.
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Activation and Deactivation by Motion
Depending on your preferences and needs, the smart lighting system can be equipped with motion sensors. These detect the presence or absence of a person in a room.
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From Anywhere in the Home
Depending on the client’s preferences, the system can include a portable tablet that acts as a remote control for the smart home, particularly the smart lighting, from anywhere within your home or office. The tablet can be configured to operate exclusively within the home’s premises and can have its browser restricted to prevent usage beyond home control purposes.
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Control Smart Lighting via Smartphone or Tablet
Internet access to the smart lighting system allows you to control it from anywhere with internet connectivity. The phrase “living in our smartphones” can take on a positive meaning—controlling lighting helps optimize electricity costs and improve energy efficiency.
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Via Computer
All VAiOS smart systems are built on web-based software. This allows access from any device with internet connectivity by entering a username and password. Computers and laptops, as part of these devices, offer the same capabilities. Their advantage lies in enabling you to adjust the system at home while working in the office—or vice versa—with just a few clicks, without the need to switch to another device.
Program Scenarios for Your Convenience
As part of the VAiOS smart home/smart house/smart office, you can program smart lighting for specific scenarios and lighting behavior in various situations.
For example, “at home” or “away.” This way, the system changes its functions with just one click or voice command.
Additionally, different users can configure scenarios tailored to their needs, interests, and preferences. For instance, when Desi, Peter’s (the host’s son) girlfriend, is visiting, the command from Peter “we’re watching a movie” adjusts the lighting in his room to the appropriate brightness for a movie night. In combination with smart multimedia, Peter immediately sees movie suggestions displayed automatically on the TV screen.
Want to learn about all the benefits, advantages, capabilities, and workings of Smart Home systems? Read “Smart Home System – What It Is and Its Benefits?”
Where Does VAiOS AiL Machine Learning Fitin Smart Lighting?
The innovative aspect of VAiOS developments is the integrated self-learning module – VAiOS AIL. This innovation monitors the behavior of people who frequently visit the home. It then begins to “predict” and automatically adjust the preferences of a specific person in the room.
Our daily routines often repeat, especially on workdays—mornings before work and evenings after returning home. This is where VAiOS AiL and its machine learning capabilities come into play. It allows you to relax fully by offering the most suitable lighting settings, in terms of brightness and hues, to create a calming atmosphere. Combined with other smart home features, it can save you time by, for example, preparing your coffee in the morning while you are taking a shower.
Smart lighting, built as a VAiOS smart system, also enables you to activate and deactivate, check, and control the system via a unified web-based platform. Accessible through a personal profile secured with SSL communication (the same used in banking software) from any location with internet access.
