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Lutron or Crestron for lighting and shades?
Lutron and Crestron both make whole-home lighting and motorized shades for luxury homes. Lutron is the specialist: lighting and shading are its core business, and HomeWorks is among the most specified systems in high-end residential work. Elevated Integration, a Lutron Platinum Provider, designs most of its lighting and shading in Lutron.
| Feature | Lutron HomeWorks | Crestron lighting and shades |
|---|---|---|
| Core business | Lighting and shading | Control and AV, with lighting and shading |
| Keypads | Palladiom, Alisse and others, many finishes | Horizon and others |
| Tunable light | Ketra | Crestron tunable products |
| Shades | Sivoia, Palladiom, Triathlon battery shades | Crestron shades |
| Works with whole-home control | Savant, Crestron and others | Crestron |
What both do well
Both deliver scene-based lighting, quiet motorized shades and engraved keypads, and both can run on a central lighting panel or wireless devices for renovations.
Why Lutron leads for most homes
Lutron offers the widest range of keypad designs and finishes for designers, Ketra for tunable light, and battery-powered Triathlon shades for finished rooms. HomeWorks also connects to other control systems, so lighting is not locked to one platform.
Where Crestron fits
In a house already built on Crestron control, Crestron lighting and shades keep everything inside one ecosystem.
What Elevated Integration recommends
Elevated Integration is a Lutron Platinum Provider and designs HomeWorks lighting, Ketra and Lutron shading for homes across Westchester, Fairfield County, New York City and the Hamptons, controlled with the rest of the house through Savant.
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Questions
Lutron vs Crestron lighting, answered.
- Which has better keypads, Lutron or Crestron?
- Both make handsome keypads. Lutron's Palladiom and Alisse lines are especially popular with interior designers for their finishes and proportions.
- Are Lutron shades quieter than Crestron shades?
- Both are quiet. Lutron's Sivoia and Palladiom shades are known for near-silent motors and precise alignment across a row of windows.
- Can Lutron lighting work with a Crestron system?
- Yes. Lutron HomeWorks connects to Crestron, Savant and other control systems.