Coastal Source and Lutron will unveil the next evolution of intelligent residential lighting at CEDIA Expo 2026, demonstrating how lighting, shading, and outdoor illumination now work together as one seamless experience.
Building on the strategic partnership announced at last year’s Expo, Coastal Source and Lutron will showcase the industry’s first fully integrated intelligent indoor and outdoor lighting experience, powered by the new VIA intelligent outdoor lighting platform. Developed through Lutron’s Native by Design program, VIA is purpose-built to extend Lutron’s premium lighting experience beyond the home’s walls, enabling dealers to deliver a unified lighting solution across the entire property. Pre-orders for VIA begin August 18, with product shipments scheduled to begin early October.
Lutron’s Native by Design program brings together select manufacturers to develop products engineered from the ground up to integrate natively with the Lutron ecosystem. Native by Design solutions are designed to deliver a more seamless user experience while simplifying specification, installation, and programming for dealers. VIA represents the exclusive intelligent outdoor lighting platform developed through the program, extending Lutron’s indoor lighting capabilities into the landscape.
At CEDIA Expo, Destination Outdoors demonstrates how intelligent lighting should be designed as one continuous experience starting inside the home and extending into the landscape. At Destination Outdoors, guests enter a thoughtfully designed living room before progressing through an outdoor entertaining space and into a fully illuminated landscape, experiencing how lighting naturally guides the transition from indoors to outdoors.
Throughout the guided experience, visitors will watch the living environment transition naturally from daytime to evening as Lutron’s Ketra lighting and automated shading gradually reshape the interior atmosphere, before Coastal Source’s outdoor lighting brings the surrounding landscape to life. The carefully choreographed sequence demonstrates how thoughtful lighting design transforms the experience of the home as day turns to night.
The outdoor demonstration highlights VIA, alongside Coastal Source’s EVO and Niche fixture families. Together, they demonstrate how layered architectural, landscape and accent lighting create outdoor spaces that feel natural, comfortable and beautifully connected to the home.
Visitors will also experience Coastal Source’s broader outdoor technology ecosystem, including the 1000 Series Bollards, PowerSource, Uni-Connect cabling technology, and other outdoor infrastructure innovations, alongside the company’s mobile demonstration vehicle.
Destination Outdoors also marks the first public demonstration of the Coastal Source and Lutron ecosystem using commercially available VIA products, reinforcing how dealers can now deliver a truly unified lighting experience across the entire property. It also reinforces the value of designing indoor and outdoor lighting as part of a single lighting strategy rather than as separate systems.
Attendees can experience VIA and the expanded Destination Outdoors exhibit outside the main entrance to the Colorado Convention Center while also visiting Coastal Source’s indoor booth (#2117), where the company will showcase its latest lighting, audio, and power innovations.
On Wednesday, September 2nd, Day 1 of the CEDIA Expo, Coastal Source will host its annual Destination Outdoors Happy Hour from 5:00–7:30 PM MT.
For more information, visit coastalsource.com.
