Every home environment is different, layout and occupants. We use occupancy sensors in spaces where we enter at random times, Our primary living area is open, kitchen and living room are a large open space. There we use scenes tied to time of day initialized by Alexa or a smart switch.button controller.; Alexa. "Turn on Cooking, "Turn on Evening." Three car garage has two Hue outdoor motion sensors set up with the motion zone app. The overhead lights are triggered by motion, man door contact sensor or a garage overhead doors opening. Lights off is a few minutes after no motion detected in the zone. I've had that running for a couple of years with only two or three unexpected turn offs when I was static too long for both of the overlapping Hue sensors.
I use Alexa commands and webcore switches to lock on devices. I can reset with voice or my nightly reset routines take care of it.
That is a very handy and effective way of doing it. I am in the midst of a whole home remodel that I am doing myself, so each room gets taken down to subfloor and drywall. So all my motion sensors and voice control devices (Alexa) are removed. I put in the Third Reality buttons and disable the current rules. The button allows me to turn the lights on and off during the remodel. Then I just leave them in. For different reasons I chose to go with smart bulbs instead of switches so the buttons work well.
