Artificial lighting has always pursued one goal: to achieve the same effects as natural light. Precisely for this reason, technology has been evolving, creating increasingly complex and complete luminaires and systems until reaching human-centric lighting, the most important development to date.
This system has been a revolution in lighting design, and it is now possible to achieve greater comfort and well-being in any space thanks to this new way of lighting that has already become a real trend in interior design, do you want to know what it is?
Here we tell you about it!
What is Human Centric Lighting?
Human-centric lighting is a way of adapting the characteristics of lighting to the needs of people with a specific type of light for each specific moment of the day.
What is special about it and what differentiates it from traditional lighting systems is that it adapts to each of the situations that occur throughout the day and the activities that users carry out, always offering the highest quality lighting at all times.
It is a way to control something as important as the design of the lighting so that it is something beneficial to the health and well-being of each person. Because light is something that influences the performance and the physical, mental, and emotional state of the users and now, with human-centric lighting, it is possible to use light in a way similar to natural lighting by regulating three aspects: intensity, color temperature, and direction of the light.
Human-centric lighting, in short, is manifested through the design of four types of lighting that improve our health, performance, and mood:
Circular lighting.
It is a light that changes color and intensity throughout the day, which is adapted to our vital rhythms.
- Activating lighting. Thanks to its high blue (or cool white) component, it increases the ability to concentrate.
- Relaxing lighting. As its name indicates, this type of light has a relaxing effect, thanks to its white and warm tone.
- Emotional lighting. It is a light that can adapt to our emotional needs through intensity and chromatic tonality.
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What are the benefits of Human Centric Lighting?
In a society where healthy living is becoming more and more important, the time we spend in confined spaces where lighting is often inadequate already goes against the general trend. Precisely for this reason, the lighting sector has evolved to align itself with the demands of society, putting comfort and well-being first.
In this sense, human-centered lighting has gained recognition for its ability to positively and directly affect the health and well-being of users. By more closely replicating natural lighting conditions, human-centered lighting has a number of benefits for people:
- Improved sound cycles
- Contributes to improving biorhythms
- Optimization of people's performance
- Improved moods
- Improved responses to seasonal changes
These improvements in people's health, comfort, and well-being are due to the fact that lighting directly affects the neck by controlling the production of melatonin and serotonin, which greatly influences mood. Moreover, this form of lighting adapts to our circadian rhythm, changing its intensity and color as the day progresses to support our sleep and wakefulness rhythms as if it were natural light.
Therefore, controlling the lighting and adapting it to each moment and activity of the day with human-centric lighting is undoubtedly one of the best ways to achieve optimal comfort and well-being.
How to apply the concept of Human Centric Lighting?
In addition to being beneficial for health and comfort, human-centric lighting brings to interior design a way to personalize a space completely by means of environmentally friendly lighting. And it is that adapting the lighting to the needs of the users at every moment of the day also means an important energy saving.
Human-centric lighting can be applied to interior design by means of an intelligent installation that allows lighting to be controlled in a comprehensive manner in any space.
With this, it is not only possible to achieve an original and completely functional space, but also to guarantee the best comfort to the users in every activity they do.
At FARO Barcelona we always have the latest technology in lighting and years of experience in the sector.
If you want to know more about human-centric lighting and how it can revolutionize your interior design project, do not hesitate to contact us and we will advise you with the best lighting design to take part in your project, we are waiting for you!