WELLNESS LIGHTING
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What is wellness or Human centric lighting in the residential space?
Human-centric lighting and wellness light curation are associated with many names:
We often notice how light changes our mood. The human body is very sensitive to changes in light experienced naturally across day and night. We notice how strong daylight makes us feel energized, where warm, glowing light is relaxing. We notice how the type of light we are exposed to before bed affects the quality of our sleep.
Our evolution has set us up for hormone production and restoration processes triggered by light exposure markers associated with the ebb and flow of sunrise, midday and sunset light intensity and colour changes.
To a degree homes are ‘artificial light environments’ and often static. 9p.m can look like midday. Smart Residential Dali lighting control is changing this in many contemporary home designs where adaptive light fittings allow more organic exposure to light or flexibility in the moment.
Often, we like living spaces warm and inviting. Having the flexibility to change to ‘cool (brilliant) white light’ for tasking can be great in the kitchen momentarily. You can see more clearly the cooking process for preparation of food or cleaning the benches. But when having a wine around the island bench, or watching TV in the adjacent space, smart lighting control allows effortless adaptation of the open plan area with the press of a button. You benefit from a cozy, warm and relaxing candlelight room experience. With that, a better night’s sleep awaits.
For bedrooms and ensuites, low, ‘golden light’ helps you get to sleep more easily leading up to bedtime. When entering walk-in robes or ensuites late at night, sensor-activated lighting to candlelight intensity, automatically helps you find your way while making it easy to get back to sleep. Compared to traditionally turning on lights at daylight intensity in this instance, your body would have been flushed with cortisol having risen to daylight-like light but in the middle of night.
But when flexibility is demanded in a Master Suites at night, with the touch of a button you momentarily change to brilliant daylight-mimicking light for applying make-up with precision or picking colours and tones for your best matching outfit. So tunable smart lighting gives you adaptation flexibility for the task when you need it too.
When working from home, you can adapt a study for energizing light for that early conference call or soft warm light before retiring to bed.
Many luxury homes have basement areas with habitable entertainment rooms, gyms and dining cellars. In these environments, tunable light activates the experience of daylight to mimic the conditions outside during the day. Then at night it can adapt to that warm relaxation feeling for a more restful evening.
When it comes to interior design, CCT lighting (Correlated Colour Temperature) can be an important characteristic to ensure decor, paint tones and artwork are presented at their best. The quality and colour balance of light affects perception of the decor, so light colour accuracy helps to solve wider design aims.
Where the appeal of wellness and tunable lighting fits your desires, it all starts with smart lighting control and a considered lighting design to gain the benefits of a responsive home to your lifestyle and wellness aspirations.