Lighting control is one of the best investments you can make for your Malibu, CA, house. Home lighting is a technology that has value far beyond its functional purposes — we use different lighting fixtures and brightness levels to create ambiance, cultivate an inviting environment, and find more comfort in our living spaces. And smart lighting control has the bonus of bringing significant time and energy savings into your daily routines. Why waste more time flipping switches when you can press a button on your smartphone instead? Or better yet, when your house does it automatically.

Savant and Lutron are the premier brands for luxury home lighting control. Keep reading to learn more about their solutions.

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Lutron

Lutron has long been a dominant brand in the lighting control industry. One of the company’s primary advantages is that Lutron offers straightforward, easy-to-install solutions for single-room, whole-home, new builds, and retrofits. The RadioRA 2 system is entirely wireless and supports up to 200 devices, making it a great whole-home lighting option for retrofits. Lutron’s most impressive offering is HomeWorks, a luxury, whole-home lighting system that supports up to 10,000 devices. Lutron lighting works seamlessly with shading, thermostats, and HVAC to enhance your home environment for comfort and convenience.

Lutron offers an extensive line of smart switches, dimmers, custom keypads, wireless remotes, voice control, and mobile app control that makes dimming and adjusting the lights in your home effortless. You can schedule lights to turn on or off at specific times of day and build custom scenes to set the right lighting environment for “Family Dinner,” “Movie Night,” or “Wind Down” with the press of a button.

Lutron features we love:

• Geofencing uses the geographical location of your smartphone to trigger specific lighting events. For example, Lutron will command home lights to turn off when you’re leaving and turn on when you’re approaching. Geofencing is a convenient feature if you consistently forget to flip the lights off when you leave the house.
• Smart Away. The Smart Away feature triggers random lights to turn on and off when you’re away from home or on vacation. The purpose is to create the illusion that someone is home and deter potential burglars. Smart Away can give you peace of mind knowing your home is better protected when you’re gone.

Savant

Savant has impressive lighting control options as well. The company’s primary advantage is that Savant supports whole-home automation that extends beyond lighting. Savant brings your home lighting, shading, climate, audio/video, and security together in a single centralized system. As a bonus, Savant home automation is compatible with Lutron lighting systems, meaning you can have the best of both worlds.

Like Lutron, Savant offers an extensive line of control options, including the Savant Pro mobile app, touchscreens, keypads, the Savant Pro Remote, and voice control. You can build personalized lighting schedules and scenes that activate at preset times or with the press of a button on your smartphone.

Savant features we love:

• Daylight Mode. Daylight Mode uses sophisticated technology to match indoor lighting color temperature and intensity with natural sunlight patterns. Dynamic, natural lighting is associated with increased comfort, better sleep, and improved overall well-being.
• The TrueImage app places dynamic color control in your hands. Use the app to change the color temperature and brightness of your home lighting to reflect a mood or ambiance.

Haustech is a trusted Savant and Lutron dealer in the Malibu, CA, area. If you’re interested in adding lighting control to your home, our experts can guide you through your options and help you make the best decisions for your lifestyle. Give us a call or fill out a contact form to set up a consultation with us. We hope to hear from you soon!

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Here’s how Lutron automated shading can transform how you enjoy your Malibu home

Most of us have some window treatments around our homes — shades, drapes, blinds, etc. Window treatments are generally not someone’s favorite aspect of their home; it can be time-consuming to adjust each of them, and they’re not known as something to get excited about. What if your shades could be something you love to have in your life?

Lutron, a leader in motorized shading solutions, creates shades that offer a myriad of benefits — including convenience, customization, and energy savings. In this blog, we’ll walk you through what you can expect with Lutron motorized shades and how they can improve your Malibu, CA, home, and lifestyle.

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Control, Convenience, and Customization

If you’re tired of manually adjusting each of your shades and untangling cords every day, we don’t blame you. Lutron takes this frustration away and replaces it with effortless control. Its shades are powered by smart technology, meaning you can adjust them through keypads, IR remote controls, or wireless tabletop controls. One remote can communicate with all the shades around your home.

If you want your living room shades to open but your bedroom ones to close, you can manage them through a single smart device — no matter where you are in your house. Another convenience is getting to set specific times for your shades to rise every morning and lower every night. With Lutron technology, you can customize settings for every one of your shades.

Energy Savings

You may not realize it, but shading can have a significant impact on your energy bills. Raising your shades every morning and leaving your windows uncovered for the entire day can bring in excess sunlight and increase your home’s temperature, especially during summer. That then causes your HVAC system to work hard to keep your home cool — which can result in a higher energy bill.

With Lutron shading systems, you can have peace of mind that you’re saving additional energy for your residence. Lutron’s “summer cool” setting lowers shades automatically throughout the day to block solar heat gain and reduce your cooling costs. When winter comes, Lutron shades activate a “winter warm” setting to open and take advantage of the sun’s ways warming a southern façade.

Lutron motorized shades can add ease, customization, and savings to your life. Haustech is your local Malibu Lutron dealer, and we’d love to tell you more about motorized shades and other solutions. We are passionate about creating the best systems for our clients — schedule a no-obligation consultation with us today!

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Technology is changing rapidly. Moore’s law just keeps proving itself over any over – and it’s true in the home too. Whereas we have traditionally held many hands wiring and installing systems in large residential and commercial spaces, the times are changing. Our team is excited to now offer assistance in the DIY landscape.

Retrofit installations for music (Sonos), HVAC (Savant, Nest, Honeywell), Lighting (Savant, Lutron), Networking (Araknis, Ubiquiti, Eero), Security (Schlage) make anything possible for anyone with a few extra dollars to spend.

Heard of Apple HomeKit? I’d like to say that it’s an APP, but it’s not. It’s a platform built ‘behind’ the Apple IOS front that works with a select group of quality products that will allow for natural integration.

For example, Haustech comes and helps you install a Honeywell Lyric Thermostat, some Lutron Caseta Wireless Lighting, and the Schlage Sense Lock – and we get them all configured as separate apps on your IOS or Android Device. THEN, in the case of the iPhone, you are natively able to tell Siri what to do. Press your little button and say “Siri, turn on family room overheads” or  “Siri, lock the door” or “Siri, turn the cool the house to 60 degrees (I like it cold).” All at your own fingertips!

As much as “DIY” means Do It Yourself – sometimes it’s not that easy. Changing light switches, updating thermostats, setting up a wireless music system, programming remotes, installing smart locks… the list continues to grow. Though much simpler to do these kind of updates then in the past, you may still need some assistance. That’s the future and Haustech is here to help you help yourself.

I believe what scares many people about home automation, even those that can afford the super expensive systems, is the reliance on a company to manage their technology needs. Technology has issues – don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Haustech can help anyone be in command of their technological future at a value never before seen.

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Haustech (formerly called CBA Technology) has been involved in hundreds of home automation and audio/video projects throughout the Los Angeles area and we bring years of high-end AV/Automation expertise to each project. Contact us today!

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