A Q&A Webinar with Truls Löwgren from BrainLit discussing the emerging field of Lighting for Health and Wellbeing. What Impact will Lighting have in Making our Buildings Healthy?
BioCentric Lighting: The Way to Benefit Health Through Lighting for the Individual
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BioCentric LightingTM - The way to benefit
health through lighting for the individual
Truls Löwgren / Chief Technical Officer
The BCL™ System by BrainLit – an intelligent lighting solution
reproducing natural daylight indoors for human well-being
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10 000 generations vs 5 generations vs circadian rhythm.
The natural light environment
100,000 Lux
Clear sunny day
10,000 Lux
In the shade
6,000 Lux
Under an awning 10 Lux
In the basement
1 Lux Candlelight
0.2 Lux
Full moon at midnight
10,000 Lux
Overcast sky
2,500 Lux
At the window
inside the room
300 Lux
In the middle
of the room
10 Lux
Streetlighting
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10 000 generations vs 5 generations vs circadian rhythm.
The artificial light environment
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10 000 generations vs 5 generations vs circadian rhythm.
The circadian photosensitive system
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10 000 generations vs 5 generations vs circadian rhythm.
The circadian photosensitive system
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The decreasing transparency
of the ageing lens
Age
Based on: Prof. Dr Jürgen Staedt, Prof. Dr. Dieter Riemann (2007):
Diagnose und Therapie von Schlafstörungen, Stuttgart
Sleeping Patterns are individual,
hereditary and evolves through life
Sleep
The difference between indivual’s
response may vary by a factor 100
Sidney Lerman on Radiant energy and the eye
Genetics
Impact from light exposure is individual
Human physiology changes through life
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In BioCentric LightingTM all properties are tailored to optimize light impact on wellbeing
Light for health does not exclude light for sight
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Light for health vs light for sight.
The BioCentric LightingTM System
AUTO
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Thank you!
Truls Löwgren / Chief Technical Officer
The BCL™ System by BrainLit – an intelligent lighting solution
reproducing natural daylight indoors for human well-being
BioCentric LightingTM – by BrainLit