Home automation and control generally refers to the technology that aids and enhances everyday life through the automation of routine tasks, be it opening the curtains, activating the lights or more complex tasks. Ultimately home control is about making your home work for you, improving your overall comfort, convenience, safety and security. Each of the following can be integrated in to home control:

Lighting control is often one of the most visible elements in home control. The effective use of lighting in the home can add significantly to the overall appearance of room layouts, creating the perfect ambiance for every occasion with the clever use of lighting scenes, dimming, and light level sensors.

Scenes are created by controlling things such as light levels, audio, or HVAC within a room and preprogramming them to work in unison, thus creating a specific mood or environment within the room. Common scenes may include setting just the right amount of light and closing the blinds for your home theater; or activating a "welcome home" scene on a remote control as you pull into your driveway, having your pathway, front porch and hallway lights turn on with your favorite music playing in the hall.

Wall-mounted keypads take the place of standard wall switches when purchasing a C-Bus home control system. Whether you preference is for the Saturn, Neo, or DLT range, each keypad is fully programmable, offering multiple options for seamless control individual lights or parts of the home such as ceiling fans, curtains, full lighting scenes, HVAC, sprinkler systems and more.

Available exclusively from Schneider Electric's C-Bus range, Dynamic Labeling Technology (DLT) essentially eliminates the question, "What does this button do?" The DLT allows you to personalize and label each function on your C-Bus keypad, making it easy for yourself and guests to enjoy home control. A backlit LCD screen makes each line of text easy to read, and text can be shown in a variety of fonts or images.

Touch Screens offers an elegant and flexible alternative to controlling your C-bus control system. Whether you are controlling your entire home's lighting, home theatre, air conditioning, security, sprinkler system or almost anything else you can imagine, touch screens will allow complete home control in a simple format that is personalized with you in mind. The C-Bus Color Touch Screen is so sophisticated; you can even personalize the screen with your own color scheme, photographs or screensavers.

Lighting accounts for approximately 25% of the electric bill in the average U.S. home. As a nation, 25% of our electricity budget on lighting equates to more than $37 billion annually. How do we reduce this drain on our energy resources? Occupancy sensors can reduce lighting costs by up to 50% in rooms where lights are frequently left on when no one is around. Their basic functions identify when someone is in a room, turn lights on when someone enters, and turn lights off when movement hasn't been detected for a while. These sensors can be mounted on the wall just like a light switch or installed in the ceiling.

Occupancy sensors also include an ambient light-level sensor feature, which can be set to automatically turn lights off when natural light within the room is sufficient. Alternatively, it can allow lights to be turned on when natural light is limited.