Use Outdoor Lighting to Increase Your Home’s Security

Learn how a smart lighting system outside can increase the safety and security of your home

Outdoor lighting does much more than give your Lafayette, LA, home curbside appeal. Poor outdoor lighting could pose a serious security risk on your property. You can use lighting as a safety measure to secure your property, especially when you add smart technology that allows you to access and control your outside lights from a smartphone or tablet.

Keep reading to learn how you can utilize smart lighting to protect your home and family better.

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Reduce the Risk of Outdoor Accidents

Install outside lights to illuminate tricky stairs, driveways and sidewalks leading up to your house. If you’re late coming home at night and there are no lights to guide you safely to your house, you run a higher risk of tripping, falling or hitting your head against a looming porch railing.

With a smart lighting system, you can easily access and control your lights with a smartphone or tablet app. Pull into the driveway at the end of the day, click one button on your smartphone app and watch the pathway instantly brighten to light your way inside. As a bonus, you won’t waste time fumbling nervously for your keys in the dark. For added convenience, you can also link pathway lighting to motion sensors, so they automatically activate when you step out of your car.

Expose Shadows and Corners

Thieves who want to burglarize your house will wait in dark corners and shadows surrounding your property. A well-lit home will deter potential burglars and expose dark, hidden areas where they would otherwise have greater access to your property.

Smart lighting offers additional safeguards by allowing you to set timed lighting sequences for your home. You can program your outside lights to turn on every evening as soon as it gets dark out. With a smart system, you can also remotely control your lights using a smartphone or tablet. If you’re going to be unexpectedly late getting home one night, set your outside lights to turn on — thieves will have a hard time knowing when you’re home or away if the lights turn on and off at different times. 

Detect Unwelcome Visitors

Enhance the security of your property with motion sensor lighting surrounding your house. Motion-detecting lights will turn on automatically when an intruder enters their range — and you can set the range to your specification. Additionally, by integrating your lighting with your security system, you’ll receive a notification on your smartphone or tablet when someone triggers the detectors.

By themselves, bright lights will probably be enough to scare away unwelcome guests. But if you combine motion-detection lights with outdoor video surveillance, you’ll see anyone who is attempting to enter your property, and video identification will help the authorities find the person responsible.   

Hire a Professional Integrator for Your Smart Lighting Needs

If you are considering installing smart outdoor lighting to boost your home’s security, we recommend you entrust the job to a professional integration company. A professional integrator will inspect your property and recommend a custom lighting solution to meet your needs. The experts will properly and strategically place light fixtures while also maintaining a clean-looking aesthetic.

For a trusted professional integration company, look no further than Electronics Professionals. Our skilled integrators will help you design and install a custom outdoor lighting system at your Lafayette, LA, home. To schedule a consultation with our experts, call 337-268-9753 or fill out our contact form. You can also speak with a representative right now through the live chat box in the righthand corner of your screen.