Smart Lighting & Controls
Portland's Outdoor Lighting Specialists
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Smart Lighting & Controls in Portland, OR
Control is what turns a lighting installation into a system you actually use. PDX Outdoor Lighting installs smart, app-controlled outdoor lighting across the Portland metro — Wi-Fi transformers, zoned circuits, saved scenes, dimming, astronomic scheduling, and full-color RGBW fixtures where you want the option to change the mood or mark an occasion.
The everyday value is in zoning and scenes rather than color. Zoning lets the front architectural lighting, the path lights, the back patio, and the garden run independently instead of all-on or all-off. Scenes save combinations you actually use — a low, warm 'Evening' scene, a brighter 'Entertaining' scene for the patio, a minimal 'Late' scene that leaves only the path and entry lit after midnight. Once those exist, people use their lighting far more than they did with a single dusk-to-dawn timer.
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What Our Clients Say
“Other quotes were a fixture count on paper. These guys walked the yard, explained what each light was doing and why, and the plan matched what we got.”
Landscape & Garden Lighting
Mark R.
Lake Oswego
“Our 1912 Craftsman vanished after dark. They lit the columns and the gable and left everything between them dark. The contrast is the whole thing.”
Architectural & Facade Lighting
Jennifer L.
Irvington, Portland
“Steep lot, and the walk down was dangerous in the wet. Staggered path lights plus lights in the step risers — fewer fixtures than we were quoted elsewhere, better result.”
Path & Walkway Lighting
David S.
West Linn
“Half our system had been dark for two years. They found it in twenty minutes — corroded connectors — and told me the transformer was fine. Could have sold me a new one.”
Lighting Repair & Maintenance
Amanda K.
Beaverton
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Astronomic scheduling is the quietly important piece in Portland. Sunset here swings from about 4:27 in early December to nearly 9:03 in late June — a spread of more than four and a half hours. A fixed clock timer is wrong most of the year and needs constant resetting. A smart transformer tracks true sunset and sunrise for your actual location and adjusts itself daily, so the lights come on when it gets dark and shut off at the hour you chose, every night, without you touching anything.
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Dimming deserves more credit than it gets. Landscape lighting commissioned at full output is frequently a little bright for ordinary evenings once the system is lived with, and being able to pull the whole yard back to sixty percent transforms how it feels — softer, more even, more atmospheric, and easier on the eyes from inside the house looking out. It also extends fixture life and cuts energy use. We set initial dim levels at final aiming and leave you able to adjust them whenever.
We install smart outdoor lighting and controls throughout Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Happy Valley, Beaverton, and the surrounding metro — both as part of new systems and as upgrades to existing ones. Contact PDX Outdoor Lighting to talk through options.
Our Process
How We Work
Free Design Consultation
We walk your property with you, talk through what you want the space to feel like after dark, and note the trees, architecture, and pathways worth lighting — no pressure, no obligation.
Your Lighting Plan
We put the design on paper fixture by fixture — what gets lit, from where, with which beam spread — and price it as a fixed proposal. Nothing is ordered and no deposit is taken until you've approved it.
Clean, Low-Voltage Install
Our crews hand-dig and tuck 12-volt cable below grade, set transformers discreetly, and mount solid brass and copper fixtures — with your lawn and beds left the way we found them.
Night Aiming & Ongoing Care
We return after dark to aim every fixture by eye, set your timer or app schedule, and walk the finished system with you — then keep it dialed in with optional annual maintenance.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I actually control from the app?
Do color-changing lights look tacky?
Can smart lighting be added to my existing system?
Does it work with Alexa, Google Home, or HomeKit?
What happens if the Wi-Fi goes down?
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Serving the Greater Portland Area
PDX Outdoor Lighting installs smart, app-controlled outdoor lighting throughout Portland, OR and the surrounding metro. With sunset swinging more than four and a half hours across the year here, astronomic scheduling alone justifies the upgrade — plus zoning, scenes, and dimming. Serving Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Happy Valley, and Beaverton.
- Portland
- Lake Oswego, OR
- Beaverton
- Tigard, OR
- Tualatin
- Hillsboro, OR
- Milwaukie
- Happy Valley
- Sherwood
- Aloha
- Multnomah County
- Washington County
