Bright Companions Lighting

Service · scenes

Dimming scenes

How the three layers move together — dinner, cleaning, and late reading without complex app stacks.

Layer stack

Ambient — room fill
Task — work surfaces
Accent — edges and objects

Simple groups beat gadget piles

Most Basel households need a few reliable scenes, not a dozen phone presets. We map ambient, task, and accent onto dimmers and switches that local electricians can install with stock they already know.

Kelvin and mood by scene

Scenes often hold warm ambient while task shifts cooler for work, then both drop for late reading:

KelvinUseMood
2700 K holdDinner and late reading scenesCalm, low contrast
Mixed 3000 / 4000Ambient warm + task cooler on separate dimmersFlexible through the week
Scene shiftCleaning vs evening base on shared roomsPractical without app overload

Dinner, clean, read

Dinner keeps ambient mid and task low on the table zone. Cleaning raises ambient and task together. Late reading leaves a warm corner on while the rest of the flat rests. Circuit notes show which loads share a dimmer.

Hardware that fits Swiss flats

We recommend control hardware compatible with typical Basel electrical practice. Retrofit dimmers on existing loops are preferred when walls cannot take new bus systems. Smart modules appear only when the household already commits to them.

Handover maps

Families get a short switch map — often in German and English — so guests know which paddle is evening base versus cleaning boost. Scene names stay plain: Evening, Clean, Read.

Fee note

Dimming scenes and control schedules are listed as a CHF add-on on our pricing page. They can sit inside a full-home package or follow a single-room plan.

See scene pricing