Creating a Dream Smart Home with Lutron Shades & Ketra Lighting

Automated Shading, Lighting, and Control

Today, as home automation becomes the norm in modern living, creating a dream smart home is on many people’s minds. What does it entail, and what are the possibilities? 

Three essential ingredients in luxury homes are automated shading, advanced lighting, and elegant controls, creating beauty, ease, and comfort. Here, we’ll explore the top manufacturers in this space: Lutron and its subsidiary, Ketra. Together, they are creating homes with extraordinary natural and artificial light that’s effortlessly and beautifully controlled. 

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Redefining Home Lighting

Ketra is the creator of one of the world’s most advanced tunable, full-spectrum LED lighting systems. When Lutron, the global leader in shades and lighting control, acquired the company in 2018, the act changed how we illuminate our homes. Now, this inspirational lighting system can be effortlessly managed, bringing daylight indoors and transforming spaces with limitless colors at the touch of a button or by voice command. 

The result is a luxurious living space that responds to one touch, the time of day, or a special occasion. 

Breathtaking Lighting that Promotes Well-Being

Ketra created a natural light solution that shifts the lighting in your home to match the color and intensity of the changing light outdoors. This transformational technology dissolves the boundaries between your interior spaces and the beauty of the natural world. 

Your light fixtures shift from the golden-deep blue of dawn to a bright midday white, then surround you in a soft amber glow as evening descends. By mimicking natural light, it re-aligns the body’s internal clock with the sun. In response, you sleep better, wake refreshed, and feel more energetic and productive throughout the day. 

In addition to promoting well-being, this lighting system provides automated, beautiful lighting from dawn until you retire. 

Automated Shades Manage Natural Light & Privacy

Lutron’s automated shades work with your lighting system to create the ideal illumination for every moment. In the morning, your shades rise and the lights dim to save energy. As the day continues and direct sunlight hits certain windows, the shades lower, protecting your home from the damage associated with UV rays. In response, the lights brighten, maintaining a level of illumination that aligns with your preferences and the time of day. 

When evening arrives, the shades lower for privacy, and your home fills with a soft illumination reminiscent of sunset. The dance between natural and artificial light is both awe-inspiring and purposeful, creating a sense of calm that signals to your body it's time to relax.  

Elegant & Seamless Controls

Gone are the bulky light switches that do nothing for a home’s design. In their place are customized, engraved keypads, high-resolution touchscreens, a universal remote, and your voice. Instead of switching a light on, you select an activity or time of day, such as ‘Relaxing,’ ‘Entertaining,’ or ‘Good Morning.’ And with one touch, the lighting throughout your home changes, mirroring the ideal illumination for the occasion. 

With Ketra’s 16-plus million colors of light at your disposal, your inner artist can use light like a painter’s brush. Hosting a Greek-themed dinner party? Illuminate your home in azure, lilac, and the colors of the Aegean Sea. In the dining room, press a button to fill the room with a golden candlelight glow. 

After the parties end and it’s time to retire, tell your smart home, “Good Night,” and it goes to sleep with you, turning off the lights, lowering the shades, and locking the doors. 

You can also control your lights and shades remotely from anywhere in the world. Whether turning on the lights and unlocking the door for the dog sitter or activating security lights and lowering shades, you can view and manage everything from a smartphone app. 

Customized Design

At Elite Automation, we know it’s the customization that makes a smart home truly intelligent. Creating the perfect home environment with one touch requires understanding a client’s vision, lifestyle, and preferences. Are you ready for effortless living, elevated beauty, and lighting that illuminates your home as if by magic? Contact Elite Automation.