{"id":11288,"date":"2021-09-23T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iconeluce.com\/?p=11288"},"modified":"2021-09-13T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:48:53","slug":"light-as-a-timer-of-our-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iconeluce.com\/en\/light-as-a-timer-of-our-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Light as a timer of our body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n<em>Human\nCentric Lighting: first and foremost, well-being and <\/em>\n<em>and respect for the biological rhythms of human beings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThere\nis a discrepancy between <strong>natural\nlight and artificial light<\/strong>,\nit concerns the intensity, the colour, and the dynamism of the light.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nNatural\nlight is not always the same, it is <strong>dynamic<\/strong>,\nit varies depending on the time of day, from dawn to dusk (and also\non the geographical location). Artificial light, on the other hand,\n<strong>remains\nthe same <\/strong>at\nall times of\nthe day, from waking up until going back to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nOn\na sunny day outdoors there are about one hundred thousand lux, on a\ncloudy day it&#8217;s down to ten thousand, but normally people spend 90%\nof their time indoors. In an office, there are usually around 500\nlux, and in a school 300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nYou\ntherefore need the right light for different activities (<strong>circadian\nrhythm<\/strong>),\nin the right place at the right time, i.e::<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n\tCold, high-intensity light is\n\tneeded in the morning\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tIn the afternoon the ideal light is\n\twhite, always at high intensity\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tWarm, low-intensity light is best\n\tin the evening\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tThe night&#8230; the artificial light\n\tis off\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThe\nlighting at each of these times of day should then be considered in\nrelation to the place of application: office, factory, school,\nretirement home, hospital or home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nLight\nand darkness are equally important to us, they are like a <strong>timer\nfor our body<\/strong>,\naccompanying and helping our moments of dynamism and those of rest\nand sleep. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nLight,\nin particular, affects vision, attention and cognitive performance,\nemotions and energy. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nPeople-based\nlighting improves all these aspects of our everyday lives.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>Human\nCentric Lighting<\/strong>\n(HCL) is a type of lighting that can benefit people&#8217;s health and\nbiological well-being. This type of lighting is achieved by adjusting\nthe intelligent light source, almost always an LED, to mimic the\nlevels of sunlight during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nAt\nwork, the well-being that HCL brings is able to increase productivity\nand decrease errors and even the number of absences (Source:\n\u201c<em>Quantified\nbenefits of Human Centric Lighting<\/em>\u201d,\nreport by LightingEurope &amp; ZVEL, 2015). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>Lighting\ndesign<\/strong>\n is therefore not just about looking after itself and the needs of\narchitects and rooms, because lighting design cannot ignore people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Centric Lighting: first and foremost, well-being and and respect for the biological rhythms of human beings. There is a discrepancy between natural light and artificial light, it concerns the intensity, the colour, and the dynamism of the light. 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