URC, a global leader in smart residential and commercial automation, announced the release of its Total Control Circadian Utility module, the latest innovation under URC’s growing Automation Engine initiative. This launch represents a major step in URC’s strategy to create a pipeline of breakthrough automation tools that reduce dealer programming, improve user experience, and expand the Total Control ecosystem through AI-enabled, pre-programmed intelligence.
A Smarter Approach to Lighting
URC’s Circadian Lighting module is designed to align indoor lighting with the body’s circadian rhythm. Built on URC’s Unified Module framework, it uses location-based data, sunrise and sunset times, and live weather conditions to calculate optimal colour temperatures. The result is lighting that adapts to daily rhythms, like cooler tones for productivity during the day and warmer tones for rest in the evening, helping users achieve greater wellness and energy balance. By combining natural daily light patterns with live weather data, the module creates an environment that feels healthier, more natural, and more adaptive to the user’s lifestyle.
The Circadian Utility module goes beyond traditional scheduling by dynamically referencing sunrise, sunset, UV index, and cloud cover to calculate optimal lighting adjustments. During the day, the system shifts toward cooler tones (higher Kelvin) to promote alertness, focus, and productivity. In the evening, it gradually transitions to warmer tones (lower Kelvin) to support relaxation and melatonin production, which can improve sleep quality.
Unlike static lighting presets, this continuous adjustment mirrors the natural outdoor cycle, allowing artificial lighting to better support human biological rhythms. The result is a more comfortable, wellness-focused environment for homeowners and commercial spaces alike. This is accomplished by warm dimming and cool brightening. The new Circadian utility reduces color temp when circadian temp is cool. Light is dimmed or cooled below 50% of the color temp. When a light is raised above 50%, the utility automatically warms the color.
This utility will launch, integrating across URC’s global brand partnerships, including Big Ass Fans, Colorbeam Lighting, Converging Systems in conjunction with AiSPiRE Lighting, Home Assistant, Govee Lighting, Lutron Unified, Nanoleaf Lighting, Phillips Hue, Phillips WiZ, PoeWit Lighting, and more.
Expanding the Total Control Automation Engine
The Circadian Utility module marks the first public release under URC’s Total Control Automation Engine, a technology incubator dedicated to transforming automation from static control to adaptive intelligence. The Automation Engine builds on URC’s pattern-recognition and AI-assisted programming infrastructure, first demonstrated through the company’s award-winning Virtual Assistant, which uses generative AI to provide 24/7 dealer support.
Together, these initiatives form the foundation for URC’s next phase: a series of pre-programmed, AI-generated modules designed to anticipate user behavior, improve wellness, and minimize configuration time. According to URC’s internal development map, this strategy will eventually expand circadian principles into shading, occupancy sensing, and predictive scene control, building toward a
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