How Smart Lighting Can Enhance Your Home Security
Use Automated Lighting to Keep Your Home & Family Safe
When most people think of “smart home security,” they imagine cameras, alarms, and automated door locks. While these technologies are all important, we also believe that no security system is complete without smart lighting.
How does lighting protect your home against burglaries? It may not seem obvious, but in our humble opinion, automated lighting is essential to any security system.
If you’re looking to improve the safety of your McLean, VA home, read on to learn how smart lighting can help protect your family and property.
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Lights On When You Need Them
Accidents happen when we can’t see properly. But when smart lights are incorporated into your security system, they’ll automatically activate when you need them most.
Imagine as your car pulls into the driveway, landscape and first-floor lights instantly blink on. And if you wake up in the middle of the night, small pathway lights will turn on as you enter the hall, guiding you through the dark house. Hear an unusual noise downstairs? Turn on the lights via your phone app, so you aren’t walking into a pitch-black room to investigate.
Mimic Occupancy While You’re Away
If you’ll be away from home for the weekend, week, or even longer, you might feel anxious about leaving behind a dark, vacant house, vulnerable to potential burglaries. Luckily, smart lighting in a system like Savant or Lutron lets you program lights and smart window shades to activate throughout the day and night, making it appear as if someone is home. You’ll gain peace of mind knowing it looks like you never left.
Flash Lights with Alarms
Through a smart home system, we can program your lights to flash in sync with alarms. So if your burglary alarms are activated, LED lights across the house will flash on and off, and even turn red to signal an emergency. If the police or fire department is needed, they’ll spot your house immediately upon arriving in the neighborhood. And if you aren’t home, neighbors will see the flashing red lights and know that something is wrong.
See Your Surveillance Footage Better
Infrared surveillance cameras can record footage at night—but only in black and white. If you want to see video feeds more clearly and in color, invest in smart outdoor lights that turn on once activity is detected. That way, your security cameras can record footage under landscape lights, and you’ll see the color of clothing, vehicles, and other objects to identify any suspicious visitors.
When you own a smart security system, you can remotely check the status of your home’s lights, alarms, locks, and cameras, toggling them on and off even if you’re far away. Are you ready to bring tighter security to your Virginia home?
Innovative AV is the McLean area’s destination for smart home security solutions. Contact us here to learn more about our services and get started today!
