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10,000 WAYS TO LIGHT UP YOUR BUSINESS
Wherever you are on the lighting design curve, you’ll fall in love with Lutron, and so will your customers
If you’ve decided that Lutron’s smart lighting tech is too complicated or expensive to integrate, take another look with Habitech’s Lutron specialist Jorge Pereira. You’d be forgiven for believing that the world’s most beautiful lighting control belonged exclusively to the rich. Afterall Lutron has become the exemplar of seductively sophisticated automation at the highest end of residential lighting design. But that’s just part of the Lutron story. In truth, and amazing as it may seem, the original and most celebrated lighting brand has built its business with an ethos rooted in the simplicity and reliability of an entry-level light switch.
LET THERE BE LUTRON When Lutron’s founder Joel Spira invented the world’s first residential solid-state electronic dimmer in 1959, it radicalised the experience of light in the home, but to be accepted it had to emulate the simplicity of its predecessor. At the time, light dimmers were too industrial for homeowners, so he domesticated the design to unite revolutionary functionality with slimmer, simpler touch control. Today, that irresistible combination of sophistication and simplicity continues to drive Lutron design.
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EASY WIRELESS MAGIC
This means that no matter where you are on the lighting design curve, you’ll find integrating stunning scenes, maximising natural light, and saving energy for your customers easier and more rewarding than you might expect. For instance, with minimal training on Lutron’s entry-level ‘RA2 Select’ wireless products you can transform an average home in just a few hours. The system communicates wirelessly, so you’re not running cables or cutting holes. RA2 runs on Lutron’s rock-solid ‘Clear Connect’ RF technology from little plugin repeater modules, and you can expand the system in 9m wireless jumps by adding repeaters. To add individual LEDs, in-line dimmers/switches install in the ceiling through a typical downlight cut-out, making new build or retrofit upgrades an absolute doddle. System config is through a free mobile app, and you get a choice of control from the app or via a wide range of wireless battery-powered ‘Pico’ keypads, which snap into single, double and triple-gang wall plates in a wide choice of designer colours. No messing. Contrary to popular mythology there really are no barriers to entry with Lutron not even budgetary - because for all its easy beauty, functionality, and reliability, RA2 is cost
competitive with rival systems in a great majority of scenarios. What’s more, the system hooks up with the brand’s companion wireless window treatments - and with Sonos as well - to weave daylight, electric light and music together from the same wall plate or pedestal. Simple but awesome. Truth is that Lutron is neither complicated nor expensive to deploy. Instead, it offers your business an unrivalled heritage of class-leading quality, reliability, and performance from six decades of customer fulfilment at every level. Pico Power: Lutron’s ‘Pico’ wireless keypads are a doddle to install and use
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