Useful info: Lutron HomeWorks QS brochure
A PDF brochure giving an overview of the Lutron HomeWorks QS lighting control system.
Lutron HomeWorks
Lutron HomeWorks QSX is the latest version of Lutron’s flagship home lighting control system
HomeWorks QSX is a whole house lighting control system offering control of internal & external lighting and natural daylight with ultra-quiet electric blinds and curtains. Lutron lighting control is an industry leader. Lutron invented the category in the early 1960s and now offers a range of wired and wireless lighting control solutions.
HomeWorks QSX saves energy, integrates with security systems to give you extra peace of mind and complements great lighting beautifully. Best of all it’s wonderfully easy-to-use. If you’ve ever been put off the idea of lighting control by the thought it’s for geeks and tech-fiends only, one look at the simple, backlit and engraved keypads should reassure you. This is great lighting made simple with great control. Brilliant Lighting is an authorised Lutron HomeWorks Diamond dealer.
HomeWorks is designed to work beautifully with LED
Simple to use doesn’t mean basic. HomeWorks QS was a total redesign to address the challenges of the LED era and HomeWorks QSX builds on that. It offers a full range of dimming protocols making dimming LEDs smooth and reliable. We use DALI, 0-10v dimming, mains leading edge, mains trailing edge or DMX as appropriate.
Whilst this sounds complicated, it’s technology that’s hidden from the end user. All you see is smooth, reliable dimming with none of the flicker or odd behaviour you may have encountered trying to dim LED conventionally. Lutron lighting control works beautifully with LED lighting and simple intuitive keypads make it a joy to use.
Lutron keypad options are extensive with seeTouch, Palladiom and Alisse as well as wireless Pico options.
Pre-programmed scenes
In order to vary the focal point and mood in a room you need multiple circuits. With conventional controls you end up with a large grid of knobs and switches that you manipulate each time you want to recreate a scene. Lutron HomeWorks does this all for you with programmed scenes that set each individual circuit to a specific light level.
A single press brings up your “cooking” scene, your “dining” scene, your “party” scene etc. Mood lighting and scenes bring out the beauty of your lighting design at a single button press. Keypads don't need to have loads of scenes. In this elegant Georgian entrance hall we simply wanted to offer a welcoming bright scene and a dramatic scene as a backdrop in the evening.
HomeWorks integrates with other smart home systems
Lutron HomeWorks integrates with other residential technologies to create a complete smart home. HomeWorks QSX can be used to control heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) and can be integrated into wider home systems like Crestron, Control4, AMX and Savant alongside Audo/Video, Heating and Security sytems.
The Lutron Connect app is available for both iOS and Android putting system control on your iPhone, iPad or Android tablet or phone. Lutron Connect is also available for the Apple Watch.
Lutron HomeWorks QSX is also now controllable with Alexa, Google Home and Siri which means you can now control your lighting with your voice.
Lutron's electric blinds are best in class
Lutron HomeWorks control extends out of lighting. Lutron’s blinds are astonishing: quiet, discreet, flexible. We’ve been working with Lutron’s blinds (and powered curtain tracks) since 2014. They’ve been a major focus area for Lutron and we’ve seen a constant flow of improvements and extensions to the offering since then.
Lutron blinds can be controlled from the same simple keypads that control your lighting; it’s wonderfully discreet.
HomeWorks downloads
The latest Lutron product downloads covering the HomeWorks range, HomeWorks keypads, blinds and technical advisory notes.
HomeWorks is the ideal partner for great lighting design
We've been using Lutron HomeWorks a long time. We love the reliability, the range of keypad options and the ease of use it give us and our clients. HomeWorks is suitable for a wide range of projects. This is a selection of lighting design projects we've controlled with HomeWorks since 2008.
A selection of our Lutron HomeWorks projects
Footnote added 08/04/2025
Lutron HomeWorks has been around a long time. Prior to the latest HomeWorks QSX we had HomeWorksQS and before that, HomeWorks Illumination and HomeWorks Interactive. HomeWorks QS represented a massive shift to a new platform designed for the LED era. Lutron placed an emphasis on the fact this platform was brand new and was called HomeWorks QS.
Lutron have changed the emphasis on the branding and name over time. They're more commonly simply calling the system "HomeWorks" these days. We're changing the content on this site to reflect that change. When you read about Lutron HomeWorks, HomeWorks QS or HomeWorks QSX, you're reading about the same product; possibly at different stages of development but very much the same basic platform. If we have any legacy material talking about HomeWorks Illumination it will be clearly flagged as such.
