Intelligent Lighting

With Lutron HomeWorks and Ketra lighting, Malibu Wired designs intelligent lighting systems that go far beyond simple dimming. We create lighting experiences that feel natural, effortless, and deeply personal — from soft morning scenes to cinematic evenings, art-focused illumination, landscape lighting, and one-touch whole-home control.

For luxury residences in Los Angeles, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and surrounding areas, Lutron is one of the most trusted platforms for refined lighting control, motorized shades, and beautifully integrated home automation.

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What Is Intelligent Lighting?

Intelligent lighting is a system where the lights, keypads, shades, schedules, sensors, and control interfaces work together as one experience. Instead of every fixture being controlled by a separate switch, the home can respond by scene: Morning, Entertain, Dinner, Movie, Relax, Goodnight, Away. One button can adjust multiple rooms, set the right brightness, warm or cool the color of the light, close shades, or prepare the home for the evening. The goal is simple: make the home feel more comfortable, more beautiful, and easier to live in.

What Is Intelligent Lighting?

Intelligent lighting is a system where the lights, keypads, shades, schedules, sensors, and control interfaces work together as one experience. Instead of every fixture being controlled by a separate switch, the home can respond by scene: Morning, Entertain, Dinner, Movie, Relax, Goodnight, Away. One button can adjust multiple rooms, set the right brightness, warm or cool the color of the light, close shades, or prepare the home for the evening. The goal is simple: make the home feel more comfortable, more beautiful, and easier to live in.

Why Malibu Wired Uses Lutron

For Malibu Wired, Lutron is often the preferred foundation because it gives us professional control over dimming quality, natural light, keypad design, shade integration, fixture compatibility, and whole-home automation. In a luxury home, lighting is used every single day — so reliability and long-term serviceability matter as much as the design.

Lutron’s HomeWorks platform is built to work natively with Lutron’s lighting, shades, and keypads, which helps create a more reliable and consistent system across the home.

Malibu Wired is proud to be a Platinum Dealer of Lutron lighting systems.

Lutron gives us access to premium light sources like Ketra and Rania, which can create more natural, refined, and consistent light than typical LED fixtures. This matters because beautiful materials, art, fabrics, stone, wood, and architecture only look as good as the light revealing them.

Learn more: Natural Light & Ketra

With intelligent lighting, the wiring strategy can be different from traditional lighting layouts. Instead of filling walls with large switch banks and relying only on conventional line-voltage switching, the system can use centralized or wireless control strategies depending on the project.

In many modern homes, this can reduce wall clutter, simplify control locations, and help preserve cleaner architecture. Ketra light sources also include individually addressable wireless control, which can reduce the need for control wire and lighting control panels in some applications.

Learn more: Planning & Wiring

A properly designed Lutron system can replace multiple switches with a single elegant keypad. Instead of controlling circuits, the homeowner controls scenes.

This is one of the biggest lifestyle upgrades: fewer switches, clearer control, and a more polished interior.

Learn more: Keypads & Controls

Lutron keypads are excellent, but Malibu Wired is not limited to only one visual style. Depending on the project, we may specify Lutron, Meljac, Basalte, Crestron, or Control4 keypads and interfaces.

This allows us to match the control experience to the architecture, interior finishes, and broader automation system.

Learn more: Keypad Options

Lutron integrates well into a larger smart home environment. It can work alongside systems such as Crestron, Control4, motorized shades, audio/video, climate, security, and voice control.

For homeowners who want Apple integration, Lutron also supports Apple HomeKit in supported systems, including HomeWorks QSX.

Learn more: Whole-Home Integration

Ketra and Rania allow the home to shift from warm evening light to clean daytime light. This can make spaces feel more alive, more comfortable, and more connected to the rhythm of the day.

Ketra offers a very wide range of natural white light from 1,400K to 10,000K, while Rania options provide natural white light in ranges such as 1,800K to 5,500K, depending on the product.

Learn more: Natural Light

Lutron’s intelligent lighting portfolio includes lamps, downlights, tape lights, linear lighting, and architectural lighting options. This gives the design team more ways to layer light throughout the home.

The system can support ambient light, task light, accent light, cove lighting, decorative fixtures, landscape lighting, and specialty areas like theaters, wine rooms, closets, galleries, and wellness spaces.

Learn more: Lighting Types

Lighting is not something clients want to troubleshoot. Lutron is valuable because it is designed as a professional-grade system with components made to work together.

For Malibu Wired projects, this means better programming, cleaner service, and a system that can support the home long after installation.

Learn more: Malibu Wired Expertise
Modern open-plan living room with gray seating, circular coffee tables, and floor-to-ceiling windows letting in natural light; pendant lights hang from the ceiling and sheer curtains frame the view of a garden outside.

Daylight

Modern open-plan living room with gray seating, round coffee tables, and a kitchen area featuring a glowing neon light sculpture along the ceiling.

Twilight

Warm, contemporary living room with beige seating, round coffee tables, and warm pendant lights; open-plan kitchen in background with a glowing light installation above.

Relax

Dim, modern living room at night with warm amber lighting, round coffee tables, and a wavy neon light above the kitchen island.

Movie Night

Natural Light, Designed Into the Home

One of the most powerful reasons to choose Lutron is the quality of light itself.

With Ketra and Rania, lighting can feel more like natural daylight instead of ordinary LED light. The home can become brighter and cooler during the day, then warmer and softer in the evening. This makes rooms feel more comfortable and helps interiors look more natural.

This is especially important in high-end homes where materials matter. Stone, wood, art, fabric, plaster, metal, and paint all respond differently to light. Better light makes the entire design feel better.

Lutron Ketra Is Integrated In Our Showroom

Downlights

Ketra, Rania, and Lumaris downlights each offer a distinct quality and range of white light that remains consistent across different form factors. Pair Ketra (1,400K-10,000K), Rania (1,800K-5,500K), or Lumaris (1,800K-4,000K) downlights with other fixture types from the same family to create layers of matching light.

Ceiling-mounted black rectangular fixture with two vent slots and a perforated white light panel beneath it

Ketra D3

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 3-inch fixed downlight with field-changeable optics for new construction projects.

Abstract metallic circular knob: silver disk with a raised dark center, viewed at an angle against a light gray background.

Ketra D3

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 3-inch wall wash downlight with field-changeable optics for new construction projects.

Black square ceiling-mounted light fixture with a round recessed element and a perforated metal plate hanging beneath the LED panel.

Ketra D2

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch adjustable downlight with exacting aim control for new construction projects.

Oval-shaped, metallic ceiling light fixture with a curved, reflective surface against a light gray background.

Ketra D2

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch wall wash downlight with smooth uniform distribution for new construction projects.

Black recessed LED downlight with white trim installed on a ceiling edge, showing a finned heatsink and power cord.

Ketra D2

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch fixed downlight for finished ceilings in remodel projects.

Black recessed spotlight with a white trim mounted on a white ceiling near a wall corner.

Ketra D2

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch adjustable downlight with exacting aim control for finished ceilings in remodel projects.

Ceiling-mounted recessed LED downlight with a black finned heat sink, set into a white angled ceiling surface.

Ketra D2

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch wall wash downlight with smooth uniform distribution for finished ceilings in remodel projects.

Adjustable ceiling track light fixture with a round white housing and frosted LED bulb

Ketra D4R

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a 4-inch fixed downlight integrating the S30 lamp for finished ceilings in remodel or retrofit projects.

White recessed ceiling downlight with circular trim mounted on a gray ceiling surface, angled to illuminate downward

Ketra S30

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a complete track fixture housing for S30 lamps with precision aiming control for retrofit and new construction projects.

Black square ceiling-mounted light fixture with a round recessed element and a perforated metal plate hanging beneath the LED panel.

Rania D2

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch adjustable downlight for new construction projects.

Two overlapping, reflective glass panels tilted diagonally on a pale background.

Rania D2

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch wall wash downlight with smooth uniform distribution for new construction projects.

Black recessed LED downlight with white trim installed on a ceiling edge, showing a finned heatsink and power cord.

Rania D2

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch fixed downlight for finished ceilings in remodel projects.

Black recessed spotlight with a white trim mounted on a white ceiling near a wall corner.

Rania D2

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch adjustable downlight for finished ceilings in remodel projects.

Ceiling-mounted recessed LED downlight with a black finned heat sink, set into a white angled ceiling surface.

Rania D2

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a 2-inch wall wash downlight with smooth uniform distribution for finished ceilings in remodel projects.

White round recessed ceiling light with black housing and exposed wiring connector

Lumaris

Tunable white and warm dim in a 2-channel retrofit downlight with 3-inch aperture for installation in finished ceilings with 4-inch cans.

White circular recessed ceiling light with diffused LED cover and wiring housing above the ceiling.

Lumaris

Tunable white and warm dim in a 2-channel retrofit downlight with 4-inch aperture for installation in finished ceilings with 5-inch or 6-inch cans.

White circular recessed ceiling light fixture with metal housing and spring clips (downlight)

Lumaris

Tunable white and warm dim in a 2-channel canless downlight with 3-inch aperture for 4-inch cutouts in finished ceilings.

White circular recessed ceiling light with diffused diffuser and trim.

Lumaris

Tunable white and warm dim in a 2-channel canless downlight with 4-inch aperture for 5-inch or 6-inch cutouts in finished ceilings.

Lamps & Track Lighting

Ketra and Rania lamps each offer a distinct quality and range of white light that remains consistent across different form factors. Pair Ketra (1,400K-10,000K) or Rania (1,800K-5,500K) lamps with other fixture types from the same family to create layers of matching light.

White LED light bulb lying on its side on a light gray surface with a soft gray gradient background.

Rania S30

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a PAR30 lamp for track and five-inch recessed fixtures.

White LED spotlight bulb lying on a light gray surface against a gray gradient background, angled to the left.

Ketra S30

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a PAR30 lamp for track and five-inch recessed fixtures.

White LED floodlight bulb lying on its side on a gray surface.

Rania S38

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a PAR38 lamp for track and six-inch recessed fixtures.

White, modern LED spotlight bulb lying on its side against a gray gradient background, showing its large reflective interior surface and screw base.

Ketra S38

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a PAR38 lamp for track and six-inch recessed fixtures.

White LED light bulb lying on its side on a gray surface, with branding visible on the bulb.

Rania A20

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a versatile A-series lamp for decorative pendants, wall sconces, and table lamps.

White LED light bulb lying on its side on a gray surface and background

Ketra A20

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a versatile A-series lamp for decorative pendants, wall sconces, and table lamps.

Adjustable white track lighting spotlight mounted to a ceiling track, angled downward to illuminate a space.

Ketra S30

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a complete track fixture housing for S30 lamps with precision aiming control for retrofit and new construction projects.

White adjustable track lighting spotlight mounted to a metal track against a gray background.

Ketra S38

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a complete track fixture housing for S38 lamps with precision aiming control for retrofit and new construction projects.

Tape & Linear Lighting

Ketra, Rania, and Lumaris each offer a distinct quality and range of white light that remains consistent across different form factors. Pair Ketra (1,400K-10,000K) linear luminaires, or Rania (1,800K-5,500K) or Lumaris (1,800K-4,000K) tape lights with other fixture types from the same family to create layers of matching light.

Linear black LED light bar mounted along a white shelf, providing under-shelf illumination (brand: Ketra).

Ketra LS0

Unmatched 4-channel Natural Light in a low-profile linear fixture with uniform lens illumination for seamless under-cabinet and display lighting.

Flexible LED strip with multiple small yellow LEDs and resistors on white tape, diagonal across the image (decorative/accent lighting).

Rania Tape Light

Exceptional 3-channel Natural Light in a field-cuttable LED tape light for accent and cove lighting applications.

Flexible LED strip light with bright white LEDs aligned along a narrow aluminum channel at a diagonal angle

Lumaris Tape Light

Full-spectrum RGB color and tunable white in a 5-channel LED tape light for dynamic accent lighting that transforms spaces with both vibrant color and precision-tuned white light.

Close-up of a white LED strip with warm LEDs lit at the end, laid on a pale surface.

Lumaris Tape Light

Tunable white and warm dim in a 2-channel LED tape light delivering superior accent lighting for architectural details and ambient illumination.

Keypad & Control Options

Keypad & Control Options

Elegant Control for Every Design Style

A well-designed lighting system should be easy to use and beautiful on the wall. Instead of large banks of switches, we use refined keypads and touch controls that activate complete scenes like Relax, Dinner, Movie, Entertain, or Goodnight.
Malibu Wired offers and specifies keypad options from Lutron, Basalte, Crestron, and Control4, with select models available to experience in our showroom. Depending on the project style, budget, and system design, these controls may be included directly in our proposals.
From minimal architectural keypads to premium touch panels and custom engraved buttons, we help choose the right control interface for the home — not only for function, but for how it looks and feels in the space.
The goal is simple: fewer switches, cleaner walls, and one-touch control that feels natural from day one.

Lutron

Lutron offers a wide range of keypad styles and finishes, from minimal architectural controls to more decorative options that can match the surrounding interior design. For designers and architects, this makes the keypad feel less like a device and more like a detail of the home.

Panel with four round labeled buttons: Open (top-left), Raise (top-right), Close (bottom-left), Lower (bottom-right) on a dark surface

Alisse

Bronze brushed-metal wall plate with six circular push-buttons arranged in two columns and three rows (lighting switches).

Aviena

Brushed metal wall plate with four vertical buttons labeled Day, Evening, Nightlight and up/down arrows for dimming control.

Palladiom

Vertical four-button lighting control switch labeled Bright, Entertain, Relax, Nightlight on a brushed metal plate

Sunnata

White wall-mounted Lutron lighting control panel with three buttons: top button shows a light bulb icon, middle square panel with a circular knob and diagonal divider with arrows, bottom button displays a lamp icon and has the Lutron logo.

Pico

Meljac

Meljac is a beautiful option when the wall control should feel more like a crafted architectural detail than a standard technology device. Known for its solid materials, refined finishes, and distinctive tactile “click,” Meljac brings a very satisfying physical experience to lighting control. The brand offers a wide variety of finishes, plate styles, button configurations, toggle options, and custom engraving, making it especially valuable for homes where every visible detail matters. From brass and bronze tones to more contemporary finishes, Meljac keypads can complement door hardware, stone, wood, metal accents, and the overall interior design language of the residence. For Malibu Wired projects, we often consider Meljac when the client or designer wants lighting control that feels timeless, substantial, and beautifully made.

Brown wall-mounted control plate with four gold push buttons labeled Lights, TV, Dim, Fireplace; Hold 120 text at bottom.

Classique

≤ 4 toggles or 6 push buttons

Brushed metal wall plate with six square push buttons in two columns and three rows, each with a small indicator dot above it.

Cresnet

≤ 6 push buttons

Bronze brushed-metal 4-gang wall light switch with four square push buttons

Damier

≤ 6 push buttons

Beige 4-gang metal wall plate with four small rocker switches arranged in a 2x2 grid (two on top, two on bottom).

Ellipse

≤ 4 toggles or 4 push buttons

Brushed bronze wall plate with rounded corners, featuring a vertical toggle switch above a round black push button.

Solaris

≤ 4 toggles or 4 push buttons

Crestron

Crestron is ideal when lighting control is part of a larger, highly customized smart home system. Crestron keypads can control lighting scenes, shades, audio, climate, security, gates, entertainment systems, and more from a single location. This makes them especially valuable in larger residences where the homeowner wants a consistent control experience across the entire property. With multiple keypad styles, finishes, engraving options, and deep programming flexibility, Crestron gives Malibu Wired the ability to build very personalized control logic around the way each client actually lives.

Brushed brass mood-lighting switch plate with four labeled buttons: GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT, RELAX, ENTERTAIN, and a separate LIGHTS row with up/down arrows.

Horizon

Metal finish

Vertical stack of five labeled buttons: GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT, RELAX, ENTERTAIN, with up/down arrows and LIGHTS at the bottom.

Horizon

Glass finish

Mood lighting control panel with five buttons labeled GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT, RELAX, ENTERTAIN, and LIGHTS (dimming arrows).

Horizon

Textured finish

Wall-mounted black mood-light controller with buttons labeled GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT, RELAX, ENTERTAIN, LIGHTS (up/down arrows), and OFF.

Cameo

Smooth

Mood-light remote with stacked buttons labeled GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT, RELAX, ENTERTAIN, LIGHTS (up/down arrows) and OFF.

Cameo

Textured

Control4

Control4 is a strong option for homeowners who want elegant, reliable, and easy-to-use whole-home control. Control4 keypads can activate lighting scenes, music, shades, fireplaces, security modes, and entertainment presets with one touch. They are practical, clean, and familiar for many smart home projects, while still offering customizable button layouts and engraving. For Malibu Wired, Control4 keypads are often a great fit when the project needs a beautiful everyday interface that connects lighting with the rest of the home automation system.

Wooden wall plate housing a vertical row of black buttons labeled Kitchen, Prep, Music, Next, with up/down arrows

Lux

Basalte

Basalte is an excellent choice for projects that need a very clean, modern, and architectural control experience. The design language is minimal, precise, and distinctly European, with controls that feel elegant without drawing too much attention. Basalte keypads are especially strong for homes that need simple scene control with a refined tactile feel and beautiful material options. They work well in contemporary interiors, where the goal is to reduce visual clutter and make technology feel fully integrated into the architecture.

Brushed metal elevator control panel with two black bars labeled 'lights' and 'shades' and up/down arrows on each bar.

Fibonacci

4 buttons
Black side-by-side refrigerator with a vertical front seam and a lights control bar.

Fibonacci

2 buttons
Two-by-two layout of brown square tiles with blue grout lines forming a cross shape at the center edge-to-edge gaps on a light background

Sentido

4 buttons
Copper-colored textured notebook or journal with a blue elastic band wrapping around the middle edge of the cover.

Sentido

2 buttons
Dual horizontal light switches on a brushed metal plate with blue indicator lights on.

Chopin

Malibu Wired + Lutron HomeWorks

Certified Lutron HomeWorks Experts

Lutron HomeWorks is not a basic smart lighting installation. It requires proper design, planning, programming, and long-term support.

Malibu Wired is a Lutron Platinum Dealer with experience designing and installing lighting control systems for luxury residences throughout Los Angeles, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, West Hollywood, and surrounding areas.

We help clients and design teams make the right decisions early: fixture types, keypad locations, scene logic, shade integration, wiring strategy, control interfaces, and future serviceability. The result is a lighting system that feels natural, beautiful, and reliable from the first day.

Bring Natural, Intelligent Light Into Your Home.

A great lighting system should not feel complicated. It should feel like the home knows what you need. With Lutron HomeWorks and Malibu Wired’s design-focused integration expertise, your lighting can become one of the most beautiful and valuable systems in the home.

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