Feature
Furthermore, smart lighting installations require offices to transition their lighting to LED luminaires, which are significantly more efficient than traditional incandescent or fluorescent
lights. Too many workspaces are lagging behind and still using yesterday’s inefficient energy-hungry lighting, at the expense of reduced financial cost. Moreover, the fluorescent lighting that many workspaces and facilities are settling for contains harmful mercury gases and produces a
yellow-tinged lighting, which can cause migraines and eye strain amongst workers. An upgrade to SMART lighting brings an office up to date with 21st century technology, improving employee health and wellbeing in the process.
In addition, lights that are not switched on all the time and tailored to the individual requirements of an office provide excellent energy savings. Luminaires can be programmed with the start and end times of a working day to illuminate the office only when necessary. They can be further programmed to turn themselves off when a room or floor of an office is unoccupied. Besides convenience, these systems eradicate unnecessary cost caused by a light being left on accidentally overnight, consequently saving employees time when they leave and need not check for this sort of mistake. Smart lighting systems achieve ultimate energy efficiency by protecting themselves against our own human inefficiency.
When considering the benefits of automated lighting systems to their workplaces, facilities managers will generally note convenience and cost benefits. However, these systems can have an additional positive impact on employee wellbeing and productivity as well. In short, an upgrade to automated lighting can quite simply revolutionise how we work.
How to achieve Human Centric Lighting
A human-oriented lighting concept known as human centric lighting (HCL) uses smart controllable LED lighting systems to simulate the characteristics of natural daylight with brighter, bluer light during the day which reduces in brightness and blue content in the evening. The easy controllability of LED lighting makes it possible to replicate and even idealise natural light, to better support human circadian rhythms. This enables everyone to be happier, healthier, and more productive.
Continued on Page 24
fmuk 23
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44
