LIGHT IN OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION

Typology of lighting conception

Lighting of worktops can be attained by two guiding principles.

Direct lighting Light spreads directly to the workplace. On one side, being efficient on horizontal worktop, on the other side, having disadvantages of poor space effect caused by dark ceilings and sharp shadows.
Indirect lighting Light of the lighting fitting reflects from the ceiling and walls, and therefore falls down onto the worktop. Pleasant light effect is tempered by indistinct impression from a room without shadows. By combining them, we can obtain two other basic versions of office lighting.
Directly indirect lighting Directly indirect lighting combines advantages of both above-mentioned principles. This combination forms effective intensity of lighting, which makes rooms congenial.
Conception "Mellow light" This conception is focused on daylight characteristic. Light makes a pleasant mellow impression and is attractive to look at. It is distinguishable, where the light comes from.

Accessories to lighting conception

Lighting fittings on tables in working places
Stress the individual parts. Suitable as a component of direct light for combination with lighting fittings "Mellow light", or indirect lighting.

Accent lighting
Using reflectors that put the accent on vertical planes or sculptures and make representative room features stand out.

Asymmetric wall lightning
Helps mainly in bigger offices to create better space impression, making the room vivid.

Active lights in offices

Natural light determines our space and time perception. Daylight alters the world, as it is constantly altering itself. Its variations and cycles influence people's health and comfort in a fundamental way. Lack of bright daylight thus cuts our productivity down considerably and causes early tiredness. Stable light with low static level of brightness, ever-identical distribution of light intensity and homogenous light colour result in an evident decrease of productivity.

Artificial light can have the same qualities as normal daylight. Deliberate play with dynamic light, being in motion all the time, can be given new implications by means of goal-directed proposal and management of lighting. The Active Light , thus makes it possible to get back dynamic qualities of daylight and let them affect in places, where natural light is very rare: office light stimulated, activated, motivated.

Lighting system with Active Light provides office rooms with lively atmosphere of natural daylight. Active Light enables to simulate light proportion similar to day ones by harmonization of electronic light control and specially adapted light technique.

Active Light originates by supplementary light effects natural variations and course of light. At the same time, daylight is automatically integrated into programmable course of lighting. Nevertheless, active light allows to arrange individually and directly lighting fittings in single workplaces.

Active Light program coordinates electronically all the changes of light intensity, brightness and colours in one program harmonized for daylight. Supportive changes of the light can be also used, e.g. slowly moving random lightning (flashes) on ceilings and walls using lighting fittings, or automatically adjusted blinds to reduce the daylight. Required situations are defined in a draft design; to make precise day and year harmonization on space and functional conditions is also possible.

Lighting with Active Light can further exploit possibilities of modern light techniques and show a new dimension of dynamic lighting.