PowerShades is expanding beyond manual and automated window shades for residential, commercial, and hospitality applications into the “smart lighting” category. Introduced earlier this month at CEDIA 2024 in Denver, PowerShades Smart Lighting is available in both Down Lighting and Flex RGBW Strip Lighting, plus assorted sizes, styles, colors, and beam angles.
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PowerShades Down Lighting has been designed to be completely agnostic of the control system and to provide a smooth dimming response and dimming down to 1%.
“We’ve been a fixture in the motorized shade market for years,” said PowerShades CEO Ryan Chacon. “Yet while we have enjoyed significant success with those products, we believe that diversification is the key to long-term success. The addition of smart lighting is a perfect gateway into the broader smart-home ecosystem, given the growing demand from consumers, as well as the ongoing requests from our dealers and distributors. Visitors to our CEDIA booth expressed excitement about our entry into the smart lighting arena and the ways our lighting and automated shades can interact.”
PowerShades Smart Flex RGBW Strip Lighting can be scheduled to coordinate with the user’s automated shades according to the sun position at the geographic location of the install — with brightness and color temperature adjusting to compensate for sun color and brightness throughout the day and particular season.
The company is partnering with Converging Systems for control of the new Flex RGBW Strip Lighting, as their eNode controllers have drivers for all the major control systems. Both products will be available exclusively through the Powerhouse Alliance, PowerShades’ distribution partner.
