European Custom Installer

System Integration for the Connected Home

Dont Underestimate Lighting

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Home Theater expertise conjures up expected images of audio & video gurus but the Home Lighting Control association believes clients dont have a complete home theater unless it incorporates lighting control. Their work is supported by installers who notice that clients who install lighting for home theater often ask for that control to be extended across the full house.

HCLA wants to publicly underline the role of lighting in home systems:

  1. Lighting control brings home the experience and excitement of a commercial cinema.
  2. Lighting control adds convenience and simplicity as it can be controlled along with A/V functions from a single programmable remote control.
  3. Lighting Control provides added safety and convenience
  4. Lighting Control saves energy and money. Using dimmer control, users can save significant amounts of energy while providing ambience and extending bulb life. (Dimming 50% saves 40% of energy, dimming 25% saves 20%.)

Since 2006, more than two dozen leading companies, organizations and integrators have united to spearhead the HCLA initiative to raise the awareness, value and benefits of lighting control systems for the home. In that time, lighting control has significantly increased market share and was cited in USA in the latest CEA State of the Builder Survey with the largest increase of any home technology.

Theres not much involvement in Europe as the association is only a year old but were sure theyd like to hear from industry folks that would like assist their future efforts in Europe.

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