Ambiance
Layered lighting scenes for relaxing, entertaining, dining, reading, and everyday use.
Abt designs and installs lighting control systems that simplify keypads, schedules, dimming, scenes, and whole-home ambiance for Chicagoland homes.
A well-designed lighting system turns individual switches into coordinated scenes, schedules, and controls that fit the way each room is used.
Create lighting presets for everyday routines, entertaining, movie night, dinner, bedtime, and away mode.
Replace banks of switches with elegant keypads, dimmers, and controls that are easier to understand.
Use schedules, sensors, and automation to adjust lights throughout the day without manual effort.
The right lighting design balances fixture types, dimming, scenes, controls, daylight, and how the home is used each day.
Layered lighting scenes for relaxing, entertaining, dining, reading, and everyday use.
Smooth dimming and schedules help rooms feel comfortable from morning through night.
Keypads and control interfaces make complex lighting layouts simple for the whole household.
Scenes can connect with Lutron shades, automation, audio, video, security, and climate.
Lighting should support the routines that happen every day, from mornings and meals to movie night and away mode.
Bring lights up gradually in kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, and main living spaces as the day starts.
Set warmer, softer lighting for dining rooms, kitchens, and entertaining spaces.
Dim lights, lower shades, and set the room for displays, projectors, and media systems.
Turn off selected lights, leave paths or entry lights active, and make the home easier to manage while away.
Lighting control works best when fixtures, wiring, dimmers, keypads, scenes, schedules, and integration are planned together.
Review rooms, fixtures, switch locations, routines, scene goals, shade integration, and control preferences.
Plan dimmers, keypads, loads, wiring, fixture groups, room scenes, schedules, and interfaces.
Install controls, connect loads, program scenes, test dimming, and label keypads clearly.
Fine-tune scenes, adjust schedules, train users, and support the system as routines change.
Lighting control becomes more powerful when it works with automation, Lutron shades, theater, audio, and security systems.
Common questions about planning and installing lighting control systems.
Lighting control can be designed for kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, theaters, dining rooms, hallways, outdoor areas, and whole-home systems.
Yes. Keypads and scene controls can simplify rooms that would otherwise need large banks of switches.
Yes. Lighting scenes can work with Lutron shades for privacy, daylight control, ambiance, and movie modes.
Yes. Personalized scenes, video, lighting, networking, and scenes can be integrated with the rest of the connected home.
Tell us about your rooms, fixtures, routines, and control goals. We’ll help map out the right lighting control system for your home.