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Optimal Lighting for the Office

Common knowledge, backed up by scientific research proves that the quality of indoor lighting in the office can have significant effects on the performance and the well-being of employees.

In just the last few years, the understanding of how light impacts upon our health has grown by leaps and bounds. The brightness of office light effects alertness, concentration, and task performance. Adjusting the type and quality of light can significantly improve working experience and productivity.

Light Effects Discovered by Studying S.A.D.

Light is an important therapy treatment for individuals who suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder). SAD includes depressive symptoms and is experienced by approximately six out of one hundred people in the developed world, primarily in the autumn and winter months, when the days are shorter. Some studies show as much as 10 percent of people are affected.

It is now being suggested that modern working conditions can make these symptoms worse, as many workers spend the majority—if not all—daylight hours indoors, exposed to little, if any, natural light.

Nonvisual Effects of Light

Up until recently, the only purpose of indoor lighting was to aid with visually directed tasks when there wasn't enough external light. But a recent discovery has shown that light has an impact beyond merely helping us see. Nonvisual receptors in the retina of the eye form nerve pathways that directly influence our biological clock, the part of our brains that controls and moderates sleep and wakefulness, directly affecting our levels of alertness.

Sky Effect™ Technology

With this understanding of how light affects our bodies, NatureBright has created a new generation of industrial lighting. The Sky Effect™ range of fluorescent lights are specially designed for office and factory use. Unlike conventional lights, these deliver a far broader spectrum of light.

These new lights incorporate greater levels of shorter wavelength light—light in the blue range of the spectrum. This blue light has been shown to have the greatest effects upon our central biological clock. It also happens to be precisely the spectrum of light that is missing in conventional indoor lighting!

This light is only slightly different in appearance to conventional lights. Its brightness is exactly the same and its clarity is pleasing to the eye. Sky Effect™ lights are described as having a "higher color temperature" than conventional lights. And this higher temperature will result in a brighter mood—for you and your coworkers.

As you consider workplace productivity and satisfaction, look up at your lights. There may be a bright way to change your workplace and give everyone there a boost.

Invitation

NatureBright invites potential users to try this new lighting and join us in building up experience with this exciting new technology.

For information, please contact us at 1-800-622-0231