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Smart Lighting For Smarter Working
How automated smart lighting systems can revolutionise our workplaces
By Steve Stark, Trade Sales Director UK & Ireland for LEDVANCE
Even before lockdown, we have seen more and more workplaces moving over to smart automated lighting systems. The choice of products available to choose from is amazing – smart lamps in a wide variety of shapes, smart luminaires, products for indoor and outdoor use or plugs for integrating conventional light sources into more advanced systems. Using Bluetooth, ZigBee, an app or simply their own voice, office lights can easily be adapted to suit the changing workplace, especially as many more of us now have an office at home. The
‘unprecedented times’ we are living in have already shone a light on the hygiene hazards that come from multiple hands touching a shared light switch, but there’s even more reasons for workplaces to adopt these smart systems.
Firstly, automated systems provide managers with the valuable opportunity to adapt workplace lighting to
workers’ circadian rhythms. The circadian rhythm is our 24-hour body clock that governs natural cycles of activity and rest by managing hormone levels. Humans are known to be heavily influenced by variations in natural light
throughout the course of the day. A human oriented lighting concept uses smart controllable LED lighting systems to simulate the characteristics of natural daylight, combining the visual and non-visual biological effects of light. Artificial light that synchronises with our circadian rhythms is proven to make us happier, healthier and more
productive not only in office scenarios, but also classrooms, warehouses and health facilities. Once the timings of the workday have been programmed, an automated lighting system can co-ordinate with our own natural rhythms, providing an optimum workspace. It has been scientifically proven that workspaces which use human centric lighting systems have improved employee wellbeing, concentration and reduced staff sickness.
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