Lighting systems integrating landscape lights and strip lighting

A lighting system comprising:

• a plurality of strip lights to be installed on a building;
• a plurality of landscape lights to be installed at landscape elements about the building;
• a converter in electrical connection with the plurality of strip lights, the converter for supplying power to the plurality of strip lights;
• and
• a controller for controlling a light output of the plurality of strip lights.

A method of powering strip lights, the method comprising:

• connecting a converter to a plurality of strip lights, the plurality of strip lights to be installed on a building;
• providing an initial power level to the converter;
• converting, by the converter, the initial power level to a first power level to power the plurality of strip lights;
• powering the plurality of strip lights at the first power level;
• and controlling a light output of the plurality of strip lights.