Iphone/app controlled light switches

[Maxf]

We are replacing a gazillion halogen downlights with a smaller number of LED lights (thanks Guy!) in various, more sensible, positions. As part of the job we would like new switches; which all seemed nice and straightforward until I employed man-maths and started wondering about app-controlled lighting.

I'm not sure such a thing exists (in my budget anyway), but what I was thinking was 7 or 8 1/2 gang switches which link (wirelessly?) to some kind of base station so we can turn on/off and dim in each room with our phones/ipad as well as from the walls.

We dont need colour changing solutions, and really just would like to turn on/off various zones and maybe have a few pre-set levels - like 'dim' for watching TV or 'all-off' for the zombie apocolypse etc. nothing rediculously fancy and we certainly cant afford to go down the total home automation route (we seem to be doing this piecemeal anyway with streaming music and wireless thermostats etc).

Controlling a few lamps would be nice too, so I can turn them off remotely as they seem to be on ALL OF THE TIME!

Does anything sensible exist?

[Pheo]

LightwaveRF. However there isn't one standard for this stuff yet, its very new, so I'm holding off until I'm sure that what I invest in won't become obsolete.

BTW, can you dim the ECOLED Stuff?

[jon-]

As above, I'm waiting for something that'll integrate with nest / google

[Maxf]

Waiting until it can all be integrated would probably be sensible - I think I'll do that and go for standard switches for the time being.

I'm having a Nest thermostat fitted in a week or so, and lighting must be a fairly logical step for them to take; given the naturally modular nature of lighting.

Oh, yes EcoLED are dimmable.

[chockymonster]

I have standard switches that I like (click deco range) that I've retrofitted fibaro z-wave modules to. The central controller (indigo) can run zwave, light wave rf, x10.
I'm just about to interface it all to a DSC alarm and I can control the whole lot from a iPhone app, a web page, set triggers from pir sensors or anyone the alarm sensors.

[Murph7355]

Lightwave RF is neat stuff, and pretty cheap.

You can also get heating and security add ons now, plus various inline relays etc which make the possibilities reasonably endless.