The impact of lighting on health and comfort
1.Impact on health
Regulating the biological clock
The biological clock of the human body is greatly affected by light. Intelligent lighting system can simulate the change of natural light, for example, gradually increase the brightness in the morning, simulating sunrise, sending signals to the body that it is time to get up and promote the reduction of melatonin secretion. Melatonin is an amine hormone secreted by the pineal gland in the human brain, and its secretion has the characteristics of low day and high night, which is closely related to sleep.
In the evening, smart lights can slowly reduce brightness to simulate sunset, which helps to increase melatonin secretion and make it easier for people to go to sleep. This regulation of the biological clock helps to improve sleep quality and reduce insomnia and other sleep disorder problems.
Vision Protection
Intelligent lighting can automatically adjust the brightness and color temperature according to the ambient light and usage scenarios. When reading or working, it provides the right amount of brightness and avoids too bright or too dim light from harming your eyes. Too bright light may lead to glare, which fatigues and dries out the eyes, and even causes vision loss; while too dim light will over-adjust the eyes, making them equally prone to visual fatigue.
Some intelligent lighting devices also have no strobe function. Traditional lighting fixtures if there is a strobe, the naked eye is not easy to notice, but long-term in this light environment, the eyes of the ciliary muscle will frequently contract and relax, resulting in eye muscle fatigue, and no strobe smart lights can reduce this harm, helping to protect eyesight.
Emotion Regulation and Mental Health
Emotion Regulation and Mental HealthThe color temperature of light affects a person’s mood. Cooler color temperatures (e.g. 5000K – 6500K) are brighter and make people more alert and focused, making them suitable for work and study situations. Warmer color temperatures (e.g. 2700K – 3000K) give a warm, comfortable feeling and help relax the body and mind.
Intelligent lighting systems can adjust the color temperature according to the user’s mood and activity scenarios. For example, when users feel stressed, turning the light to a warm color temperature can relieve anxiety and reduce psychological pressure. Being in a good light environment for a long time also has a positive effect on the prevention of mental illnesses such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).SAD is mainly caused by emotional depression due to short daylight hours and insufficient light in the winter, and intelligent lighting can make up for the lack of natural light to a certain extent.
2.Impact on comfort
Personalizing the lighting experience
Smart lighting allows users to customize lighting scenes according to their preferences and needs. For example, users can set different scene modes, such as “Reading Mode”, “Movie Watching Mode”, “Party Mode” and so on, through mobile apps. In reading mode, the light will focus on the book area, with the brightness and color temperature adjusted to the most suitable state for reading; movie watching mode will dim the surrounding ambient light to create a cinema-like atmosphere and improve the comfort of movie watching.
Automatically adapts to changes in the environment
The smart lighting system senses changes in ambient light and automatically adjusts indoor lighting. For example, during the day, when there is plenty of sunlight, the smart light can be automatically dimmed or turned off to save energy and avoid over-illumination of the room; while on cloudy days or at night, it will automatically come on to provide sufficient illumination. This auto-adaptation feature allows users to always be in a comfortable light environment without having to manually operate it.
Convenient control methods
Smart lighting can be controlled in a variety of ways, such as mobile apps, voice control, remote control and so on. Users can adjust the brightness and color of the light by voice commands while lying on the bed. This convenient control greatly improves the comfort of use, especially for people with limited mobility or in situations where both hands are occupied (such as carrying objects into the room).
