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CIE | HCL | Sep 12, 2023
Shedding Light on Circadian Health: The Transformative Role of Melanopsin in Human Well-being
Shedding Light on Circadian Health: The Transformative Role of Melanopsin in Human Well-being The ”Second International Workshop on Circadian and Neurophysiological Photoreception” technical note provides a comprehensive overview of the proceedings and consensus from the 2019 workshop. This document, prepared by the CIE Division Reporter 6-46 of Division 6 ”Photobiology and Photochemistry”, aims to shed light on the intricate relationship between light exposure and its impact on human circadian rhythms. Read more »
HCL | deLighted Talks | Apr 17, 2023
Webinar: Mimicking Daylight Indoors – Why, What, How?
Webinar: Mimicking Daylight Indoors – Why, What, How? The Good Light Group, together with the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), the Daylight Academy (DLA), the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), and Luger Research (LR), are organizing and presenting the “Mimicking Daylight Indoors – Why, What, How?” lectures. The webinar explains the need for daylight and how we can use this knowledge in lighting designs. Read more »
HCL | Book | Jan 02, 2023
Melanopsin Vision: Sensation and Perception Through Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells
Melanopsin Vision: Sensation and Perception Through Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGGs) are the most recently discovered photoreceptor class in the human retina. This Element integrates new knowledge and perspectives from visual neuroscience, psychology, sleep science and architecture to discuss how melanopsin-mediated ipRGC functions can be measured and their circuits manipulated. It reveals contemporary and emerging lighting technologies as powerful tools to set mind, brain and behaviour. Read more »
HCL | Dec 30, 2022
All Blue Light is Not Created Equal, Exposure to the Right Blue is Critical for Optimizing Circadian Rhythms
All Blue Light is Not Created Equal, Exposure to the Right Blue is Critical for Optimizing Circadian Rhythms One of the excuses the lighting industry uses to avoid addressing the harmful effects of blue-enriched LED lights at night is “circadian science is not yet mature.” Now a publication in PNAS from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital has resolved one of the last remaining contradictions in the science – what color blue is responsible for the health effects? Start 2023 off in the best light, with details from the Circadian Light Research Center on exposure to the right blue light. Read more »
Luminus Devices | HCL | COB | Featured | Mar 31, 2022
Luminus Natural, Healthy Spectrum 97 CRI Smooth White™ COBs
Luminus Natural, Healthy Spectrum 97 CRI Smooth White™ COBs Luminus Devices has expanded its portfolio of COB arrays with the launch and immediate availability of a new smooth white COB series designed for spotlights, downlights, low blue spectrum lamps, museum, hospitality, and architectural lighting applications. These new LED arrays offer excellent uniformity and color over angle consistency, as well as exceptional long-term color stability. Read more »
Nichia | Vitasolis | Featured | HCL | Mar 08, 2022
Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South Chooses Nichia’s Vitasolis™ LED Technology
Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South Chooses Nichia’s Vitasolis™ LED Technology Nichia’s Vitasolis™ has been implemented in lighting at the recently completed Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South. Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South is a large-scale complex constructed by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and Hankyu Corporation. While construction began in 2014, it was just recently completed in its entirety on February 25, 2022. The office zone from the 11th floor to the 38th floor of the building was designed with three concepts in mind: "Heart of Umeda," "Huge hospitality services," and a “Wellbeing experience.” This building actively installed a facility contributing to wellbeing with the focus of WELLCO, a floor dedicated to office workers on the 12th floor. Read more »
Human Centric Lighting | Nichia | EDEKA | Aug 12, 2021
EDEKA Equips Its Latest Store Entirely with Advanced LED Technologies
EDEKA Equips Its Latest Store Entirely with Advanced LED Technologies LED manufacturer NICHIA is a technology leader in highly efficient human centric lighting and the replication of natural light. Its innovative LED technologies are increasingly being used in retail to push the shopping experience to the next level. The most recent project is an EDEKA store in Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg, Germany, which opened its doors in May and is equipped with a lighting solution entirely based on NICHIA technology. Read more »
Full-Spectrum LEDs | HCL | Yujileds | Featured | Jun 17, 2021
YUJILEDS Introduces AP Series Full-Spectrum LEDs
YUJILEDS Introduces AP Series Full-Spectrum LEDs Full-spectrum technology enters a new era. YUJILEDS releases the AP Series full spectrum LEDs powered by the company's advanced phosphor and packaging technologies. The new product features an ultra-homogeneous spectrum achieving the closest match with the spectrum of natural sunlight in the industry. Read more »
Human Centric Lighting | GE Lighting | LED Bulb | Apr 15, 2021
GE Lighting Introduces GE Sun Filled LED Bulbs
GE Lighting Introduces GE Sun Filled LED Bulbs GE Lighting, a Savant company is helping consumers maintain their circadian rhythm, the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle, because when we sleep well, we feel well and our best selves can fill the day. New GE sun filled™ LED bulbs do not emit the invisible blue spectrum peak that can interfere with the body’s circadian rhythm, making it easier to get the kind of sleep dreams are made of. And by enhancing the color appearance of objects,* these bulbs pack more benefits owners will enjoy. Read more »
Human Centric Lighting | Lumileds | Bios Lighting | Featured | Mar 24, 2021
New LUXEON® SkyBlue™ LED Solution Simplifies and Speeds Development of Human-Centric Lighting
New LUXEON® SkyBlue™ LED Solution Simplifies and Speeds Development of Human-Centric Lighting Lumileds today announced the immediate availability of its new LED human-centric lighting solution – LUXEON SkyBlue. In partnership with BIOS Lighting, Lumileds has engineered a circadian lighting solution that delivers superior melanopic ratios at comfortable CCTs – 3000K, 3500K, and 4000K – with industry-leading efficacy and uniformity at the lowest solution cost. Read more »
Human Centric Lighting | Market Assessment | Mar 12, 2021
Light and Wellness Market Assessment
Light and Wellness Market Assessment The DLC has released a request for proposals for a consultant to characterize the LED light and wellness lighting market as it pertains to commercial applications. Proposals will be accepted until March 29, 2021. Read more »
HCL | Components | LEDs | White LEDs | Feb 05, 2021
euroLighting's New LED Series with Broadband Light Spectrum up to 1000 nm
euroLighting's New LED Series with Broadband Light Spectrum up to 1000 nm With the new PW series, euroLighting is expanding its power-of-sun range to include LEDs with broadband light spectrum from 380 to 1000 nm. This broad spectrum is currently highly innovative for use in lighting to promote health and well-being. The LEDs have a very high light quality with a color rendering value of 98.9 and can support the body's own healing processes. Read more »
SSL | Smart Lighting + IoT | Human Centric Lighting | Controls | Tunable White Light | Outdoor Applications | Jan 22, 2021
Tridonic Introduces SIDEREA - Future-Proof Outdoor Lighting Solution for Towns and Cities
Tridonic Introduces SIDEREA - Future-Proof Outdoor Lighting Solution for Towns and Cities Modern infrastructure is an essential stepping stone towards a smart and digitally connected city of the future. Urbanization, climate change and digitalization require new mindsets and solutions in towns and cities. SIDEREA from Tridonic is a new lighting solution with a comprehensive portfolio for smart city outdoor lighting. Read more »
Commentary | HCL | Health + Wellbeing | Jan 13, 2021
Good Light Helps Prevent Winter Dip
Good Light Helps Prevent Winter Dip The holidays are over, it's cold and dark, we prefer to sit inside. Nevertheless, you need a daily portion of good light: it makes you more energetic, happier, and healthier. Make sure that you go outside for a good time every day and that you also have enough good light indoors during the day. Daylight is best, but there are also good alternatives with LED lighting and light therapy lamps. Read more »
HCL | Systems + Applications | Luminaires | Color-Tuning | Smart Lighting + IoT | Nov 11, 2020
Transform Your Space with Thorn's New VCT Technology
Transform Your Space with Thorn's New VCT Technology VCT technology (Variable Color Temperature) brings a new dynamic to your space. It is now possible to set dedicated color temperatures for specific areas of your space, ranging from 2700 K to 6500 K. The VCT enables you to manually and automatically adjust light levels and to set pre-defined lighting scenarios to your exact requirements. Read more »
HCL | Systems + Applications | Luminaires | Health + Wellbeing | Medical | Oct 28, 2020
Axis Lighting Launches BalancedCare™ Product Lines and Brand
Axis Lighting Launches BalancedCare™ Product Lines and Brand BalancedCare by Axis Lighting is a new brand focusing on healthcare facility lighting, and features a comprehensive and complementary family of luminaires. Mindful of both style and function, and taking into account the latest LED chip design, BalancedCare luminaires are engineered to meet all of the requirements of today's complex healthcare environments. Designed for patient rooms, bathrooms, corridors, nurses' stations and common areas, these luminaires provide lighting for wellness without trade-offs. Read more »
HCL | Driver Modules | DALI-2 | Tunable White Light | Aug 31, 2020
Helvar Introduces New Compact 45W Tunable White Driver
Helvar Introduces New Compact 45W Tunable White Driver Helvar is passionate to spread the message of wellbeing through human-centric lighting solutions. Therefore, Helvar is very excited to announce a new Tunable White LED driver with some fantastic features for professional lighting. Helvar's new 45 W DALI Type 8 compact driver comes with wide output current range, parameter setting option with NFC, and SELV60 rating, all great benefits for flexible luminaire design. Read more »
HCL | Systems + Applications | Lamps | LEDs | Aug 28, 2020
"Power of Sun": euroLighting's LED Program According to the Model of the Sun
"Power of Sun": euroLighting's LED Program According to the Model of the Sun Under the slogan "Power of Sun" euroLighting will in future offer its comprehensive range of full-spectrum LEDs and LED lights, including from SMART ECO LIGHTING, which have a light spectrum almost equal to sunlight. The new generation of light-emitting diodes emits a fully uniform spectrum over the entire visible range and as a further version up to 1000 nm wavelength in the infrared range, following the example of the sun, and imitates the biological effects of sunlight. Read more »
HCL | Systems + Applications | Luminaires | Circadian Light | Jul 24, 2020
Ledvance Extends Its BIOLUX HCL Range that Supports Circadian Rhythms
Ledvance Extends Its BIOLUX HCL Range that Supports Circadian Rhythms Ledvance have launched a new range of BIOLUX HCL products which are tailored to the specific demands of healthcare environments. The new products provide biologically optimized day-night lighting which reflects natural circadian rhythms to benefit both patients and medical staff, improving sleep regularity, concentration and mood. Read more »
HCL | Components | LEDs | LED Modules | Tunable White Light | Jun 04, 2020
Bridgelux Vesta® Thrive™ Enables Natural Human Centric Lighting
Bridgelux Vesta® Thrive™ Enables Natural Human Centric Lighting Bridgelux today announced commercial availability of new versions of its Vesta product line, adding full natural spectrum white point options to the industry's largest portfolio of tunable white solutions. Vesta Thrive, the winner of a 2020 LightFair Innovation Award, leverages patented Thrive technology to deliver the closest spectral match to natural light available in an easy to use tunable white solution. Read more »
HCL | Luminaires | Signify | May 23, 2020
NatureConnect - An Innovative Lighting System Inspired by Nature
NatureConnect - An Innovative Lighting System Inspired by Nature Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, introduces NatureConnect, a lighting innovation inspired by nature to make people feel happier and healthier. The system is built on proven biophilic design principles, which use elements of nature in interior spaces to create healthy, engaging and inspiring environments. The first implementation of NatureConnect is currently taking place at one of Skanska’s offices in Warsaw, Poland, a leading international project development and construction company. Read more »
Multi-Color LEDs | HCL | May 15, 2020
Improved Color Variety: New, Compact LED Family from Osram Covers a Wide Range of Applications
Improved Color Variety: New, Compact LED Family from Osram Covers a Wide Range of Applications In recent years, modern LED technology has established itself as a standard in more and more application fields. The new Synios S 2222 family from Osram Opto Semiconductors is suitable for a wide range of applications: from customized lighting solutions for electronic devices, ambient lighting for trains and planes to high-quality architectural lighting. The product family is characterized in its compact dimensions, combined with very good brightness values and the ability to cover the entire color palette. Read more »
HCL | May 15, 2020
Bridgelux Develops a New Metric to Quantify the Naturalness of Light
Bridgelux Develops a New Metric to Quantify the Naturalness of Light Bridgelux today announced development of a new metric to enable objective comparisons of light sources to natural light. With the growing market interest in human-centric lighting, the question of “naturalness” of light source spectra is becoming a frequently asked question. Standard lighting quality metrics such as CRI and TM-30 do not fully address the naturalness question. The Average Spectral Difference (ASD) metric has been developed by Bridgelux to address this shortcoming in available light quality metrics. Read more »
HCL | Components | LED Modules | Apr 29, 2020
GlacialLight - New Natural Sunlight GL-LMR50-12-24V-NL with DC Input Voltage
GlacialLight - New Natural Sunlight GL-LMR50-12-24V-NL with DC Input Voltage GlacialLight, the LED lighting division of GlacialTech Inc., announces the natural sunlight GL-LMR50-12-24V-NL with DC 24 V of 3000 K warm white. With a CRI of 97, as well as the CQS (Color Quality Scale) is up to 97. The color fidelity index (TM-30-15 Rf) and color gamut score (TM-30-15 Rg) are close to natural sunlight. It can be non-dimmable and dimmable with given the appropriate DC electrical signal; the brightness can be freely adjusted with DC constant voltage PWM signal. GlacialPower GP-CVM constant voltage series driver provides non-dimmable and most popular three dimming functions include AC-TRIAC dimming, 3-in-1 dimming and DALI dimming for greater lighting flexibility and are suitable for GL-LMR50-12-24V-NL. Read more »
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