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Lighting Design And Lighting Control Aren't Two Separate Scopes Anymore

Why The Sequence Has Changed

For a long time, lighting worked in two stages. The lighting plan came first, fixtures, layout, layering. Control came second, dimmers and switches added toward the end of the electrical scope, often just shoving light switches wherever they fit in the wall. That sequence used to work fine, because control meant a dimmer switch, not a system. Luxury homeowners are expecting more. Scene-based lighting, shading integrated with lighting, and keypads that replace a wall full of switches all require decisions that have to be made at the same time as the lighting layout, not after it.

Eliminate wall acne by locating the dimmers of a primary room in a nearby closet, hallway, or utility room, then wire 1-2 keypads in that room. This changes a 4, 5, 6 dimmer bay with switch labels into a single, intuitive interface.

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