Human-centric lighting

Does lighting in malls, business centres and offices really affect staff and visitors? Which luminaires help the first work efficiently and with pleasure, and the second enjoy shopping? Let us look at these questions.

You probably know first-hand that light can affect how a person feels. In winter, when there is almost no natural light, most people feel gloomy and lose energy and productivity. The same happens in offices and other rooms where the placement and quality of the lighting were not thought through. Elsewhere, on the contrary, we feel a surge of energy, the brain works faster and we are ready for new achievements. Light in a shop can attract or put off a customer just as much as new arrivals and discounts. So the task deserves top priority.

How to choose lighting for retail

Light of the right colour temperature and brightness does more than energise or relax. It acts directly on the body by taking part in hormone production. In bright light we feel more alert, because blood pressure rises, attention sharpens and coordination improves. If office lighting is set up badly, the body starts producing melatonin and prepares for sleep rather than productive work. There is no point blaming an employee for laziness: their natural rhythms have simply been disrupted, they feel tired and think only of sleep rather than of important tasks.

LED lighting helps solve these problems. Contact our managers for detailed advice on choosing luminaires for your conditions. Everyone needs productive work, but the light in a huge hypermarket and in a small office will still be different.

Track lighting is in high demand today: it helps emphasise some objects and draw attention away from others. This way you can light an employee's workstation and set soft, cosy light in the rest area.

Experience from other countries

We aim to offer our clients only the most modern and innovative solutions, so we keep a close eye on news in this field. In the USA and some European countries dynamic solutions have started to appear. These are complex lighting systems that measure all the necessary light characteristics in a room throughout the day, brightness and colour temperature, following a set algorithm. This makes it possible to analyse the effectiveness of lighting for places such as:

• hospitals: it is very important that doctors and other medical staff keep their productivity throughout the day, so cool light is installed in working rooms. Patients do not need that concentration: warm light in the wards helps them recover faster after illness;
• offices: there are already first examples of successful human-centric projects. In the morning the light is at its brightest and energising; towards evening it changes to follow the body's natural rhythms;
• production sites: companies use dynamic lighting to raise staff KPIs and minimise errors.

Smart ceiling luminaires have already proved their effectiveness. Employees miss work less, make fewer mistakes and work more productively and, above all, more willingly. Follow the news at Vision Lighting and we will find the best solution for your business.