Smart home outdoor lighting
Intelligent lighting control in the garden, on the balcony and terrace
What functions and applications does smart home outdoor lighting offer?
Broadly speaking, smart home outdoor lighting offers two possible uses:
- Create a feel-good ambience** for the garden, patio and balcony with atmospheric light
- increase building security, which includes burglary protection, but also safe, accident-free orientation on the property
But the modern smart home offers even more: with other smart home devices and professional systems for home use, such as Rademacher or Homematic IP, garage doors, roller shutters, awnings and, of course, indoor functions such as heating or even coffee machines can be controlled at the touch of a button, by voice, program routine or sensor.
For a large selection of smart outdoor lights, browse our range of Philips Hue outdoor lights.
Some functions of the smart home outdoor lighting
Create a feel-good ambience in the_ garden , on terrace or balcony _with individual lighting and countless lighting ideas.
Improved burglary protection _with networked motion detectors that control the light independently of the luminaires.
Worldwide home entrance surveillance with smart cameras with live image transmission and hands-free function.
Optimum orientation on the property thanks to sensor-controlled path and façade lighting.
Colorful, effective or time-controlled garden lighting with configurable spots and spotlights _.
Impressive Christmas lights _with fully customizable, colour-changing fairy lights.
What smart home systems are available for outdoor lighting?
There are now numerous smart home providers on the market. However, not all smart home systems are self-contained. Using common wireless standards such as ZigBee, products from one provider can be integrated into the system of another, for example Philips Hue lights into the home automation system from Rademacher. This multiplies the range of available lights and smart home functions.
Before selecting the right system, it is also advisable to check whether the system can be controlled as desired: Does the product require a WLAN network? Can it also be controlled via Bluetooth without WLAN? Does it work with remote control? Can it be operated via voice assistant?
Further information can be found in our product details and our brand worlds.
What else needs to be considered with smart home lights for outdoors?
Smart outdoor lights also have the appropriate IP protection rating to withstand weather conditions, moisture and foreign bodies. For this reason, no indoor lights or smart accessories for indoors, such as socket adapters, may be used outdoors that are not intended for outdoor use.
The first digit of the IP protection class provides information about protection against foreign bodies. The second digit about protection against moisture.
| 0 | No protection |
| 1 | Protected against solid foreign bodies ≥ 50 mm |
| 2 | Protected against solid foreign bodies ≥ 12.5 mm |
| 3 | Protected against solid foreign bodies ≥ 2.5 mm |
| 4 | Protected against solid foreign bodies ≥ 1 mm |
| 5 | Dust-protected |
| 6 | Dustproof |
| 0 | No protection |
| 1 | Protected against vertically impinging dripping water |
| 2 | Protected against dripping water at an angle |
| 3 | Protected against water spray |
| 4 | Protected against splash water |
| 5 | Protected against water jets |
| 6 | Protected against strong water jets |
| 7 | Protected against temporary submersion |
| 8 | Protected against permanent submersion |
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