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The Lighting Handbook
Light for Health and Care
Health and activity
Quality for patients and persons
in need care
– Taking into account dementia patients
– Avoiding mirror effects and reflections (delusions)
Feeling ease and supporting
the inner clock
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In many healthcare facilities, daylight important means
of stabilising the inner clock available
– Little time spent outdoors
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Compensation artificial lighting: well-adjusted changes in
light colours and illuminance levels
– High intensity pools light
Enhancing comfort and
providing security
– Bedside lighting
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Age-appropriate lighting scene concept line with healthcare
requirements
Reliability and functionality
Visual comfort and security for
patients and residents
– Emergency lighting
– Providing orientation
– Avoiding heavy shadows and dark zones
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Pleasant corridor design using indirect light components on
ceiling and walls
Supporting diagnosis and
treatment
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Increase illuminance levels: the press button the
patient’s bedside via additional light components
– High colour rendering index
Optimising doctors’ and nurses’
working conditions
– Individual settings, intuitive operation
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Special illumination meet high demands (operating theatres
and intensive-care units)
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Where people work night: support the circadian rhythm with
biologically effective lighting
Flexibility –
Modular lighting design that the light can easily adjusted to
the way the room used
Application areas
