The Power of Light: How the Spectral Power Distribution affects human well-being. And how light levels in combination can contribute to less depression and energy in patients.
Circadian Lighting
Light is much more than just a light source - it's a crucial factor that affects our mood, energy levels and overall well-being. By using advanced spectral power distribution, we can create lighting that supports productivity, relaxation and even supports medical treatments.
At Lumega, we offer customized lighting solutions for nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, hospitals and prisons, where the right lighting not only improves the environment for patients and staff - but also supports health and well-being.
How Light Affects the Human Body
Our eyes and nervous system are extremely sensitive to different wavelengths of light. Our circadian rhythm - the body's internal clock - is controlled by light input via the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the brain.
✔ Blue light (5000K-10,500K) in the morning promotes alertness and concentration by inhibiting melatonin and increasing cortisol, making us more alert.
✔ Warm light (1800K-3000K) in the evening calms the body and helps us settle down by signaling it's time to rest.
✔ Balanced spectral lighting throughout the day stabilizes sleep rhythms, improving both mental and physical health.
Circadian Lighting in Specialized Environments
1. Nursing homes & Dementia wards
Dementia patients often experience sleep disturbances as their circadian rhythm is disrupted. This leads to restless nights, increased anxiety and daytime fatigue. By implementing circadian lighting in care homes, we can:
Improve sleep quality and reduce night wandering
Minimize anxiety and agitation by simulating natural daylight
Reduce the need for medication, improving the patient's quality of life
2. Psychiatric Hospitals & Prisons
Lighting plays a critical role in environments where mental health and safety are essential. Studies of Baker-Miller Pink light show that specific wavelengths of pink light can reduce aggression and create a calmer atmosphere.
Tunable white (1800K-6500K) stabilizes circadian rhythm and mood
RGBWWA lighting enables dynamic light settings for different purposes
Blue-free night light improves sleep without disrupting melatonin production
3. Hospitals & Intensive Care Units
Patients recovering from surgery or serious illnesses benefit greatly from customized lighting solutions that support the healing process. Lumega's advanced adjustable lighting in hospitals helps to:
Reduce patient stress and anxiety
Improve vision conditions for medical staff
Promote faster recovery by optimizing light conditions
Renovation with AI-Optimized LED Inserts
By using our advanced AI model, Lumega is the only company in the world that can scan existing luminaires and produce perfectly customized LED inserts. This revolutionizes renovation projects where we reduce carbon footprint, minimize material waste and optimize lighting performance.
With this method, old fluorescent tubes can be replaced with modern LED inserts without changing the luminaire design - a sustainable and cost-effective solution. But the solution doesn't stop there! Older LED luminaires can also be upgraded to avoid inefficient lighting and instead get the latest technology with higher energy efficiency, better light quality and longer lifetime.
Our AI-optimized LED inserts are designed to fit 100% precisely into existing luminaires, ensuring quick and easy installation, often in under 15 minutes. This makes it the fastest and most efficient way to renovate lighting in offices, hospitals, schools, industry and retail.
Whether it's older fluorescent tubes or outdated LED solutions, Lumega can create future-proof lighting that meets the latest requirements for energy efficiency, glare control (UGR) and intelligent lighting control. With the ability to integrate DALI-2, Casambi, KNX and other smart lighting systems, we ensure that lighting becomes user-friendly and flexible in any installation.
Why Lumega
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Complete solution
At Lumega, we offer more than just luminaires. We provide a fully integrated solution with hardware, software and staff onboarding so that the lighting is actually used optimally and benefits staff and patients.
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Unique composition of the SPD
Customized spectral power distributions for specific needs. State-of-the-art luminaires with RGBWWA and tunable white (1800K-10,500K). Integrated with the best and most stable lighting control. Complex control, but as simple as pushing a button for staff.
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Lighting renovation
Lumega is the only company in the world to offer AI-optimized LED retrofit solutions that extend the lifetime of existing luminaires. In renovation projects, the latest technology can be offered, but the economy is drastically reduced due to the AI model.
Selected lamps for the healthcare sector
At Lumega, we have gathered a wide range of luminaires to suit every space and need. See our full selection for your segment or download the dynamic lighting ideas catalog.
Inspiration
FAQs
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Over the past 5 years, we have helped a number of regions. Being prescribed or in special cases delivering as a contractor delivery depends on the project. Lumega is ready with a large backpack of knowledge and research studies with evidence of the impact of good lighting for the healthcare sector. Contact us for a preliminary talk about the possibilities.
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If you are facing a project in the Prison and Probation Service, the military, psychiatry, hospital or nursing home, Lumega is ready to help. Whether it is a renovation project or new luminaires can be assessed by a non-binding inspection. Initially, a phone or team meeting can be booked for a closer dialog about the possibilities.
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This is a direct question that is difficult to answer without further background knowledge, but the short answer would be: The use of RGBWWA, i.e. red, green, blue, blue, white, warm white, yellowish is used for processing and thus works in a more intense range than dynamic white lighting, which only consists of changes in the white light color. Here it will typically be 2700K-6500K or lower levels with multiple channels. Please contact us for a 15-minute team or phone call to discuss the possibilities in an exciting area.
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Ergonomic lighting is designed to improve visual comfort, physical well-being and psychological balance by optimizing lighting conditions in work environments, especially where screen work and precision tasks are part of everyday life. By dividing the space into colored and white light zones, each with a specific function, ergonomic lighting creates a more efficient and comfortable working environment. This innovative lighting solution is now standard in hospitals in Scandinavia, and more newly built hospitals are choosing to implement ergonomic lighting in all operating rooms.
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At Lumega, we have great expertise in planning and designing lighting solutions. We offer specially developed wall and bed luminaires tailored to different needs. In addition, we have a wide range of ceiling luminaires that can be installed both surface-mounted and recessed, depending on the room requirements and design preferences.
To find the perfect lighting solution for your project, we invite you to a Teams meeting where we can go through the different options and present relevant luminaire designs tailored to your needs.
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With 25 competent electricians across Denmark, Lumega can offer to take care of the complete renovation of the lighting system. This includes the entire project planning, energy calculations and any energy subsidies. From production to the last person in your staff fully understanding the use of the lighting is when Lumega is chosen as your partner for new lighting.
In conjunction with consultants, Lumega detailed design a complete circadian lighting system
Patients
- Overall, to create a visually safe lighting environment of the highest quality.
- Help treat patients' biological circadian rhythms for better sleep.
- Combine wavelengths, intensity and programming to create the ideal lighting system for the patient.
- The light will contribute to the hospital's fundamental purpose of helping sick people to be discharged faster.
The staff
- Support the natural human circadian rhythm and directly minimize physiological discomfort and hormonal imbalance when the body's natural circadian rhythm is forced out of natural sunlight. Here we work with evidence from previous projects on the best composition of the lighting system.
Get the best lighting
If you are interested in learning more about good lighting for healthcare, fill out the contact form and our CEO Rune Søgaard Larsen will contact you.
