How to Use Lighting Control for Home Safety & Security

Even if you aren’t afraid of the dark, everyone feels more comfortable in a well-lit setting. Smart lighting control makes it easier than ever to illuminate your house exactly when you want. With smart lighting, you can turn lights on remotely from your smartphone or set schedules so you can always return to bright front steps and entrances.

But lighting control can be used for much more than convenience. At ASAP Security Services, we’ve specialized in security since 1947 and have found lighting solutions can keep Texas homes safe. Continue reading to discover how your Woodlands, TX household can stay safe with lighting control.

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Looks Like Someone’s Home

Whether you’re a frequent weekend trip-taker or jet off to faraway destinations, a dark and vacant house is vulnerable to burglars and invaders. If someone is looking for a place to raid, they’ll see that your home’s windows haven’t changed, remaining dark for days on end.

But if your exterior and interior lighting is synched to a Control4 system, you’ll be able to toggle lights on and off remotely from your smartphone. With lights adjusting throughout the day, it will appear as though someone is inside. Burglars don’t want to run into anyone either, and will ultimately decide not to take a risk.

But that’s not all: you can schedule each light to turn on and off at preset times, so you won’t need to give it a thought while away. Plus, with motorized shades, your window’s blinds can automatically raise and lower by command or automatically from your smart system. This is incredibly useful to use while you’re at work during the day, as the most common time for burglaries is surprisingly between noon and 4 p.m.

Caught with Motion Sensors

Lighting control can also play an integral part of your security system. A technology integrator can help you connect motion sensors to exterior lighting so that when activity is detected on your property, lights will automatically turn on. Paired with your security cameras, suspicious persons (or animals) lurking in your lawn will be illuminated and entirely caught on camera.

Trespassers may immediately be deterred by the flood of light and sight of cameras and will decide to leave your home alone. With a foolproof system like this, there’s no need to worry late at night or while you’re away from home.

Ready to bring lighting control to your home in The Woodlands, TX–area? Contact ASAP Security Services here or message a member of our team in the chat box below!