Light focused on you
Lighting focused on you
Daily routines have a significant impact on our well-being and health, and different light colours play a key role in regulating our biological rhythm. Light with a higher colour temperature stimulates our activity in the morning, while a warmer colour in the evening prepares the body for rest and sleep. Therefore, adjusting the lighting in the home to the cycle of the day can significantly affect our energy, mood and sleep quality.
What is Human-Centric Lighting?
Human-centric lighting is an approach to lighting design that takes into account the needs and well-being of people. It involves adjusting the intensity, color temperature, and direction of light based on changing user needs, such as time of day, tasks, and situations. The main goal of HCL is to create optimal lighting conditions that promote human health, comfort, and productivity.
Human-Centric Lighting is an innovative lighting design strategy that places emphasis on human needs and well-being. By adapting the intensity, colour temperature and direction of light to changing user needs, HCL provides numerous benefits, including improved health, productivity and comfort. Consider implementing this strategy in a variety of spaces to increase people’s quality of life and efficiency.
There are many strategies that can be used within Human-Centric Lighting to achieve the desired effects. Here are some of the most important:
Variable lighting: HCL systems allow you to adjust the intensity of light throughout the day, for example by increasing the brightness of light in the morning and decreasing it in the evening. This helps to adjust the lighting to the human biological rhythm. Color temperature control: Lighting can be adjusted to the natural color changes of light throughout the day, which affects our well-being and energy levels. Warmer morning light can improve our activity, while cooler evening light can help us relax.
Automation: HCL systems can be programmed to automatically adjust lighting based on motion sensors, sunlight, or other factors. This saves energy and ensures optimal lighting conditions at any given time.
Personalization: In some HCL applications, you can customize the lighting to users’ individual preferences, which can improve their comfort and efficiency.
Numerous benefits
Improve health and well-being: Tailored lighting regulates biological rhythms, improving sleep, increasing energy and quality of life.
Increased productivity: Optimal lighting increases employee efficiency, improving concentration and focus.
Energy and financial savings: Automatic lighting control contributes to savings in electricity and financial costs associated with lighting.
Improving comfort in public spaces: Human-Centric Lighting enhances the appeal of places such as stores, restaurants and museums, attracting customers and visitors.
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Human Centric Lighting
Lighting design in the Human Centric Lighting (HCL) approach is more complicated than traditional lighting, because it must take into account a range of biological, behavioral and environmental factors.
So why is it so important to implement healthy habits related to the use of technology? How can we minimize the potential negative effects while enjoying the many benefits of technology? Here are some proven ways:
Understanding the diurnal rhythm
The body operates on a circadian rhythm that affects sleep, appetite, energy, and mood. HCL lighting should follow this rhythm, e.g. brighter, whiter light during the day and warmer, softer light in the evening to support a healthy rhythm of life.
Sustainability
HCL lighting design should also consider sustainability. This means choosing energy-efficient light sources, such as LEDs, and minimizing light emissions into the environment that could disturb wildlife.
Mimicking natural light
Studies show that natural light has a positive impact on human well-being and productivity. HCL lighting should mimic its variability, using different light sources to create an optimal lighting effect.
Health and safety
HCL lighting must protect the health and safety of users, by minimizing glare, reflections and flicker, and ensure the safety in areas accessible to children.
Personalization
Everyone has their own lighting needs, depending on age, health, lifestyle, and tasks. HCL lighting should be flexible, e.g. adjustable in intensity, direction, and color of light.
Benefits of smart lighting
Light in the color of the sun’s rays adds energy.
Smart lighting has numerous practical applications:
Safety and security: Prevent darkness in your home by using random turning on lights while you are away and motion sensors to automatically illuminate outdoor spaces.
Convenience: Automatic nightlight off and scheduling make it easy to manage lighting without the need for manual control.
Health and well-being: The gradual awakening of light and synchronization with the solar cycle promote good mood and energize, and adjust the color of the lights for creative notifications, such as informing you of rain in blue or red.
Create your own
Daily cycle
Human Centric Lighting (HCL) largely involves mimicking the natural rhythm of sunlight by adjusting the intensity, color, and distribution of light throughout the day. Below we propose an example of a circadian lighting cycle that can be based on HCL principles:
Of course, the schedule below is an example and should be adjusted to the individual needs, lifestyle and circadian rhythm of the users. It is also important to consider natural sunlight and how it affects indoor lighting.
Morning 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Gradually increase the intensity of light, transition from warm to cooler color, assisting the transition from sleep to wakefulness.
Day 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Bright, cool light (white or blue) to promote alertness and productivity, minimizing shadows and glare.
Evening 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Gradually reduce brightness and move toward warmer colors, for better comfort and to avoid glare.
Night 8:00 pm - 6:00 am
Minimal light so as not to disturb sleep, with the option of soft, warm lighting if needed.
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