Switching to LED lighting has, specialist supplier of such technology, Exled maintains, ‘proven to be one of the most significant cost-saving activities hospitals can undertake’.
Alongside the financial gains, other benefits include higher levels of patient satisfaction with lighting ‘quality’ and ambience, and improved environmental credentials. Here Exled MD, Michael Renecle, discusses LED lighting in healthcare in some detail, offers useful pointers on specification, examines some of the ‘significant savings and environmental improvements’ available to those ‘making the switch’, and considers the positive experiences of a number of NHS Trusts who have done so.
Lighting has a profound effect on people – visually, biologically, and emotionally. Used effectively in healthcare facilities, it can enhance the patient and visitor experience, helping to improve ambience and lift mood, and improve user comfort, and playing a significant role in patient recovery.
Our wellbeing is directly affected by our surroundings; and introducing natural daylight into hospitals and clinics is now afforded a high priority in new design. For all areas deeper in the building, and for times where there is no daylight, good artificial lighting is imperative.
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