Lighting & Electrical
Lighting and its effect on our wellbeing
A recent article from Forbes
highlighted the way artificial light
impacts our mental health and
wellbeing both in the workplace and at
home.
Poor lighting is known to have negative
effects on our health, both physically
and mentally, including eye strain,
headaches and increased anxiety.
However, well-considered lighting
designs and installations can evoke
more positive reactions; they can calm,
motivate, inspire or even enliven us.
Using the right lighting components
can also reduce our propensity to suffer
from seasonal affective disorder (SAD),
and improve our sleep – with exposure
to excessive amounts of white or blue
light known to impact our overnight
activity. Additionally, in the home,
clever use of lighting can make a family
feel warmer or cooler, even if the room
temperature stays the same1.
As such, modern architecture trends
are leaning towards the use of clever
lighting technologies as a more
experiential factor both at home and
work, using it to lift our moods while
additional creativity for those wanting
to use light to do more than simply
illuminate a space.
simultaneously adding style and
function to a space.
For those working with contractors
to create desirable spaces and
atmospheres that are also sustainable,
LED lighting offers the perfect solution.
With low heat up, small in size and
providing long operating life, LED
lighting systems – such as Loox by
Häfele – deliver an easy-to-install
option that creates expressive and
usable spaces.
The Loox Plug and Play system, with
its clear colour coding, makes the
system simple to assemble and install,
without the need for an electrician.
Its flexibility makes it easier to plan
lighting installations and offers
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Instead, Loox lighting can be used to
produce certain atmospheres within
rooms, and particularly furniture, with
specific tasks or outcomes in mind,
making light a tool for productivity, or
simply to make families happier. With
Loox, users can also change and control
lighting themselves via an app on their
phone. This means that in a kitchen,
for example, a family could change the
mood and lighting depending on what
the space was being used for.
Häfele is one of the biggest suppliers
of furniture lighting solutions in the
industry, and its Häfele Connect range
of smart products offers new, surprising
possibilities for lighting solutions.
Its Loox by Häfele range fulfils strict
worldwide quality criteria and is
designed to have a long service life.
For more information, please contact
Häfele.
www.hafele.co.uk/en/