DFW’s #1 Commercial Lighting Control Installation Service
Commercial lighting control isn't a luxury upgrade in Texas — it's a code requirement.
IECC 2021, which Texas adopted for commercial construction, mandates occupancy sensing, daylight harvesting, timeclock control, and automatic load shedding across virtually every commercial occupancy type.
Getting those requirements met correctly — in a system that also performs well for the people inside the building — requires a certified lighting control dealer, not a general electrical contractor who installs dimmers.
Premier Lighting & Home Automation is a certified Lutron commercial dealer installing commercial lighting control systems across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro
— for offices, restaurants, hotels, galleries, showrooms, retail environments, and mixed-use commercial developments.
We design, program, and commission systems that meet code, reduce energy costs, and deliver the lighting performance each space demands.
When you partner with a highly experienced,
A+ rated Better Business Bureau-accredited company
and
factory-certified commercial shading systems installer, here’s exactly what you get:
- A+ Rated BBB Company
- 7 Lutron Certifications
- 30+ Years Experience
- 500+ Luxury Installations
We also design, specify, and install
Lutron's commercial motorized shading systems
across office buildings, hotels, restaurants, showrooms, and mixed-use commercial properties — fully integrated with your
lighting control
and building management platforms.
...feel free to
contact us for a no-pressure consultation
or
call Premier at
1(214)214-9458.
What Sets Our Commercial Lighting Control Systems Apart
A commercial lighting control system is not a set of smart switches, it's more advanced than smart home automation.
It's an integrated platform that manages every lighting circuit in a building — including how those circuits respond to occupancy, daylight, time of day, scene recall, and building management commands — from a single programmable interface.
Here are the core functions every commercial system Premier installs delivers:
Occupancy and vacancy sensing
— lights adjust automatically based on presence detection. In a commercial zone with an occupancy sensor, lights turn on when someone enters and dim or shut off after a vacancy period.
In a vacancy-sensing zone, lights turn off automatically but require manual activation. The distinction matters for code compliance by space type. Premier specifies the right sensor type for each zone during the design phase — not during commissioning.
Daylight harvesting
— daylight sensors monitor interior illuminance and dim artificial lighting automatically when natural light is sufficient to maintain target levels.
In a DFW commercial building with significant south or west-facing glass, this represents real, measurable energy reduction during peak daylight hours without any occupant interaction.
Timeclock and scheduling
— lights follow the building's operational schedule automatically. After-hours levels drop to a fraction of occupied output.
Maintenance and cleaning schedules can be accommodated with separate scene presets. The building doesn't rely on any individual to remember to turn lights off.
High-end trim
— the maximum light output of every fixture is set to the level actually needed for the space rather than the fixture's maximum.
Lutron's research confirms that high-end trim at 80% of full output produces 10–30% energy savings with no perceived difference in light quality for occupants. It's the most underutilized energy-saving feature in commercial lighting control, and Premier programs it into every installation.
Scene-based control
— fixtures are organized into scenes that match the space's operational patterns.
A restaurant shifts from lunch service to dinner ambiance with a single keypad press. A conference room activates a presentation scene when the AV system is engaged. A hotel lobby transitions from morning arrival energy to evening atmosphere without staff intervention.
Lutron Commercial Lighting Control Platforms We install:
Premier installs the full range of Lutron's commercial lighting control platforms. Platform selection depends on the project type, scale, and budget — and getting that selection right from the specification phase prevents costly mid-project changes.
Lutron Athena Installation
Athena is Lutron's flagship whole-building commercial lighting control system — the specification for high-rise office buildings, corporate campuses, five-star hotels, universities, and any project where building-wide scale, cloud connectivity, and deep BMS integration are requirements.
Athena uses Lutron's wireless node architecture. Each node installs in-fixture or at the panel, communicates over Clear Connect RF wireless, and allows the entire system to be programmed and updated over the air without control wire. Zones can be redesigned post-occupancy in software as tenant layouts change — no rewiring required when a floor is reconfigured.
The Athena cloud dashboard gives facility managers real-time visibility across the entire property: zone status, energy consumption by floor, occupancy patterns, and system health. For DFW commercial property managers responsible for multiple tenants, that visibility is an operational tool — not just a convenience.
Athena integrates natively with Ketra intelligent lighting for high-end commercial environments, and with Lutron's Sivoia QS commercial shading platform for coordinated daylight and artificial light management from a single system.
Lutron Vive Installation
Vive is Lutron's wireless commercial lighting control system built for speed, flexibility, and code compliance without the complexity of a full Athena deployment. It's the specification for tenant fit-outs, single-floor office retrofits, retail environments, restaurants, and any commercial project where wireless installation and rapid commissioning are priorities.
No control wire. Load controllers mount at the fixture or in the ceiling, communicate wirelessly with the Vive hub, and are programmed from the Vive app on any tablet or smartphone. Commissioning time is a fraction of what wired commercial systems require.
For a tenant finishing a 5,000 sq. ft. DFW office suite on a 90-day buildout schedule, Vive delivers full lighting control with IECC 2021 compliance without adding complexity to the electrical scope.
Vive's Code Application Guides, published by Lutron, detail exactly how each Vive component maps to ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC 2021 requirements by space type — open office, conference room, corridor, restroom, break room, and more. Premier uses those guides as the specification baseline for every Vive installation.
Lutron HomeWorks QSX for Commercial Installation
For high-end hospitality properties, luxury retail environments, art galleries, and showroom projects where the depth of programming and native Ketra integration matter more than enterprise building management scale, HomeWorks QSX is frequently the right commercial specification.
HomeWorks QSX supports both wired and wireless devices, scales to 10,000 zones, and integrates natively with Ketra intelligent lighting — the specification for museum-quality display lighting, restaurant atmosphere programming, and hospitality environments where lighting quality is a guest experience differentiator.
For commercial projects where the interior designer is specifying Palladiom keypads and Ketra fixtures, HomeWorks QSX is the system those products are designed to live in.
...feel free to
contact us for a no-pressure consultation
or
call Premier at
1(214)214-9458.
Custom-Designed Commercial Light Control Systems by Space Type
This is where the average electrician gets in over their head and the client suffers the bad results, each business space needs a custom solution and that’s where our certified technicians thrive.
Office Lighting Control Systems
Office lighting control is where energy code compliance and occupant comfort are most directly in tension — and where a well-specified system resolves the tension without sacrificing either.
Occupancy sensors that shut off lights in vacant zones save energy without affecting occupied spaces. Daylight harvesting dims perimeter fixtures automatically as morning sun comes through east-facing glass without dimming the interior zones that still need full output.
Conference rooms require dedicated scene programming — bright for meetings, darkened for presentations, and occupancy-based shutdown when the room is empty.
Open-plan floor plates benefit from facade-zone grouping that manages perimeter fixtures differently from interior zones. Private offices and executive suites have different control requirements from open-plan areas and need to be designed accordingly.
Premier designs office lighting control systems around the actual floor plan and operational patterns of the space — not a generic zone layout that treats every office the same. For DFW office tenants and building owners, we work directly with the architect and electrical engineer during the design phase to get the zone layout right before construction begins.
Restaurant and Bar Lighting Control Systems
Restaurant lighting control is an operational system, not just an atmosphere tool. The ability to shift from lunch service to dinner ambiance with a single keypad press — adjusting every circuit in the dining room simultaneously — is the difference between a system that the front-of-house team actually uses and one they work around.
Premier designs restaurant lighting control around the full service day: opening prep, lunch, afternoon transition, dinner, late night, and close — each scene recalling the exact lighting configuration that makes the room perform correctly for that service moment.
Integration with Ketra intelligent lighting for high-end restaurant environments allows color temperature to shift continuously throughout the service day, from energizing midday light to warm, intimate evening ambiance, without any manual intervention.
For DFW restaurant groups operating multiple locations, Lutron's Vive platform supports template-based programming that replicates the complete scene library and zone configuration across every location — consistent brand lighting experience regardless of which property the guest visits.
Museum and Art Gallery Lighting Control Systems
Museum and gallery lighting control is the most technically demanding commercial application Premier handles.
The system has to deliver individually addressable control over every fixture — for accurate color rendering, UV-safe illuminance levels, and the curatorial flexibility to rezone and reprogram between exhibitions without rewiring.
Lutron HomeWorks QSX with Ketra intelligent lighting is Premier's specification for DFW museum and gallery environments. Ketra's Color Lock technology maintains color rendering consistency over the fixture's lifetime — no drift, no recalibration.
Each fixture is individually addressable in software. Scene libraries are built to support exhibition changeover without an electrician. For exhibition curators who need to adjust lighting per-piece as installations evolve, this is the platform that makes it operationally practical.
Hotel and Hospitality Lighting Control Systems
Hospitality lighting control has two distinct requirements: guest room environments where Lutron's myRoom XC platform integrates lighting, shading, and temperature for the individual guest experience, and common areas where Athena or HomeWorks QSX manages the property's public spaces as a unified lighting environment.
For DFW hotel projects, Premier specifies the appropriate Lutron platform for each zone type and programs the full property — guest rooms, lobby, restaurant, bar, and event spaces — as a cohesive system where brand atmosphere is maintained consistently across every guest touchpoint.
Showroom and Retail Lighting Control Systems
Showroom and retail lighting control is a product presentation platform. The light above product determines whether it looks the way it was designed to look — accurate in color, vivid in finish, and visually distinct from adjacent product. Scene-based control allows promotional configurations to be recalled without manual adjustment. Multi-location template programming ensures brand lighting consistency across every DFW location in a retail portfolio.
For luxury showroom environments — automotive dealerships, jewelry retailers, luxury furniture galleries — Ketra intelligent lighting on a HomeWorks QSX or Athena platform delivers the color rendering accuracy and vibrancy control that standard commercial LED cannot replicate.
...feel free to
contact us for a no-pressure consultation
or
call Premier at
1(214)214-9458.
IMPORTANT: Energy Code Compliance for Texas Commercial Buildings
Texas adopted IECC 2021 for commercial construction. For any permitted commercial renovation or new construction project in DFW, lighting control is not optional — it's a code requirement with specific performance thresholds that have to be met and documented for permit.
What IECC 2021 requires for commercial lighting:
Occupancy sensing — automatic shutoff or reduction in every commercial zone type. In most office and retail spaces, lights must reduce to 20% of full output or shut off completely within 20 minutes of vacancy. Control zones are limited to 600 sq. ft. or less.- Daylight harvesting — in daylit zones with adequate natural light penetration, lighting must dim continuously in response to daylight — down to full off when natural light is sufficient.
- Timeclock control — building systems must enforce an after-hours schedule. An astronomical timeclock or equivalent must ensure lights are off during unoccupied periods.
- Automatic load shedding — the system must be capable of reducing building-wide lighting load on demand, either through a building management system or a dedicated load shedding interface.
Premier designs every commercial lighting control system with IECC compliance built into the specification from day one — sensor placement, zone sizing, high-end trim settings, and timeclock programming are all specified to the code's requirements, not retrofitted after the inspector questions a submittal.
For projects pursuing
LEED certification,
Lutron's Athena and Vive platforms contribute to energy performance, daylight and views, and indoor environmental quality credit categories. Premier provides the system documentation and energy performance data needed to support LEED submissions.
What a Premier Commercial Lighting Control Installation Includes
Every commercial lighting control project Premier delivers covers the full scope:
- Site visit and floor plan review — zone mapping by space type, sensor placement strategy, keypad location planning
- Platform recommendation — Athena, Vive, or HomeWorks QSX depending on project type and scale
- Energy code compliance specification — zone sizing, sensor types, timeclock configuration, IECC documentation
- Coordination with architect, electrical engineer, and GC during design development
- Installation coordination with the electrical contractor for rough-in requirements
- Hardware installation — load controllers, sensors, keypads, scene controllers
- Full programming — zone groups, scenes, schedules, sensor calibration, high-end trim settings
- BMS integration where applicable
- Commissioning and testing — every zone confirmed to specification
- Staff training — keypad operation and scene management
- As-built documentation including energy compliance records
...feel free to
contact us for a no-pressure consultation
or
call Premier at
1(214)214-9458.
FAQs About Lighting Control System Installation
Q: Is commercial lighting control required by Texas building code?
Answer: Yes. Texas adopted IECC 2021 for commercial construction. IECC 2021 mandates occupancy sensing, daylight harvesting, timeclock control, and automatic load shedding in commercial occupancies.
Any permitted commercial renovation or new construction in DFW that alters more than 10% of the luminaires must meet these requirements. Premier designs systems with code compliance built into the specification from day one.
Q: What is the difference between Lutron Athena and Lutron Vive for commercial projects?
Answer: Athena is Lutron's whole-building enterprise commercial platform — designed for high-rise offices, corporate campuses, and large hospitality properties where cloud connectivity, BMS integration, and building-wide management at scale are requirements.
Vive is Lutron's wireless commercial platform for tenant fit-outs, retail environments, restaurants, and projects where speed of installation and code compliance without enterprise complexity are the priority. Premier recommends the right platform based on project type, scale, and budget during the consultation phase.
Q: How does commercial lighting control reduce energy costs?
Answer: Through four mechanisms: occupancy sensing eliminates lighting energy waste in unoccupied zones automatically; daylight harvesting reduces artificial lighting output when natural light is available; timeclock scheduling ensures lights follow the building's operational hours without relying on manual shutoff; and high-end trim — setting maximum fixture output to 80% of rated output — reduces energy consumption by 10–30% with no perceived reduction in light quality.
A properly programmed Lutron commercial system delivers all four automatically.
Q: Can Lutron commercial lighting control be retrofitted into an existing DFW building?
Answer: Yes. Lutron's Vive platform is fully wireless — no new control wire runs are required. Load controllers install at existing fixtures and communicate wirelessly with the Vive hub.
Existing fixtures in most DFW commercial buildings can be brought under Vive control without rewiring the electrical system.
For larger retrofit projects, Athena's wireless node architecture also eliminates control wire runs, making building-wide retrofits feasible without major construction disruption.
Q: Does commercial lighting control integrate with building management systems?
Answer: Yes. Lutron's Athena platform integrates with building management systems through open protocols, enabling lighting to be managed as part of the building's broader energy, HVAC, and occupancy management strategy.
Shade positions, lighting levels, and occupancy data can all be shared with the BMS for centralized facility management and energy reporting.
Q: How does Premier work with architects and electrical engineers on commercial lighting control projects?
Answer: Premier engages during design development — before the electrical drawings are issued for permit — providing zone design documentation, sensor placement specifications, energy code compliance strategies, and integration coordination with the electrical engineer of record.
On the construction side, Premier functions as the Lutron commercial subcontractor, coordinating with the GC and electrical contractor through commissioning and project closeout.
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