Switch to Tunable Lights in Your Home for a Natural Environment
Did you know that natural light helps you feel better? When you get adequate natural light throughout the day, your mood, sleep, and overall wellness improve. That’s why more and more people throughout Hypoluxo, FL, are installing circadian lighting in their homes. The lights change color and intensity throughout the day based on your body’s natural rhythm.
Start the morning refreshed, enjoy more energy during the day, and go to bed peacefully. Those are the benefits you’ll enjoy from tunable circadian lighting. Read more to see how circadian lighting works and why you need it in your home.
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How a Circadian Lighting System Works
The sights, sounds, and sensations we experience directly affect our moods and even our thoughts. So, it’s no wonder that lighting contributes to wellness. In fact, studies show that sunlight helps to regulate our brain chemistry, specifically serotonin and melatonin hormones.
When you wake up in the morning, blue-white light stimulates the production of serotonin in your body to energize you. Later in the day, as evening approaches, the amber-hued light prepares our minds for rest by stimulating production of more melatonin. This is something ordinary light bulbs cannot do.
Circadian lights (or human-centric lights) consist of LED bulbs that change color and intensity to mimic the sun’s rays throughout the day or promote a certain mood. They are set to schedules that synchronize with our circadian rhythms. State-of-the-art controllers monitor each LED bulb, adjusting the color temperature and brightness based on preset programs or ones you program. As you move throughout your day, your lighting will adjust to help you stay alert while you’re working and wind down slowly in the evening. Once you set up the system, you won’t need to adjust anything. Instead, your smart home system gradually changes the lighting on its own.
The Right Lighting for Every Room
It can be challenging to implement the correct circadian lighting in every room. After all, it varies depending on the amount of natural light that enters that area. Also, your lighting needs may be different based on your work/life schedule. Perhaps your job requires you to work later in the evening and you need energizing light to last longer during the day.
Fortunately, smart lighting systems provide light solutions that can be completely personalized. Set up is straightforward too. The system comes with preset programs for various rooms in your house. It adjusts the brightness and hues based on the dynamics of each space. And of course, when needed, you can override a program and adjust lighting for that room manually. As an added feature, incorporate motorized shades to your smart lighting system, so they automatically raise and lower at the desired time of day.
Want to learn more about how tunable lighting improves your sleep and wake cycles? Call IQ Automation at (305) 910-2890 or fill out our online contact form to discuss your project. We look forward to hearing from you.
