Philips lighting helps innogy create Europe's leading innovative office environment

Philips Lighting recently announced that it has installed a new color-tunable LED lighting system for the headquarters of Czech energy company innogy. This set of advanced lighting systems based on Circadian Rhythms adjusts lighting changes according to time, helping to stimulate the vitality of employees. Powering the successful transformation of the office. In the morning and afternoon, the system simulates natural daylight, enhances the visual comfort of the office, and injects vitality into the staff. This kind of "people-oriented" lighting that changes the lighting effect according to the human's physiological rhythm, the effect is comparable to a cup of super strong coffee.

In November 2017, Innogy completed a deep renovation of its 10,000 square meters office space in its Prague headquarters. The company opened up traditional closed office spaces and actively created a comfortable, healthy, and efficient office environment for its 550 employees. The lighting system, along with new restaurants, furniture, health food, kitchens and innovative spaces, was listed as the focus of the renovation.

The intelligent connected lighting system deployed by Philips Lighting in this project includes about 2,000 Philips LED lamps. Among them, 860 sets of Philips Power Balance color-adjustable ceiling lights and 96 sets of Philips LuxSpace color-adjustable downlights can adjust the lighting intensity and color temperature at different times. These delicate changes not only ensure the eye comfort of employees, but also can be customized according to individual work needs. In addition to improving employee comfort, the system can also improve operational efficiency through remote monitoring and maintenance.

Tomá Michna, senior manager of innogy's Czech facilities and services, said: "We want to provide employees with the best office environment. In the morning, the office's lighting system will simulate natural daylight to refresh employees; as time passes, the lighting intensity will gradually weaken; Until after lunch, it became weaker and stronger, and once again improved the work vitality of employees. According to an internal survey of the company, 80% of employees think that the color-adjustable temperature lighting system is better than previous fluorescent lights, and 60% prefer the current office environment.

"The color-tunable LED lighting system has a good effect in hospitals and schools, so we brought this system into the office to improve work efficiency through lighting." Said Jirí Tourek, general manager of Philips Lighting, Czech Republic. "In a comfortable light environment staying for an hour is like drinking a cup of strong coffee, which can boost the spirit. Dimming the light before lunch and before work can slowly relax people. "

In addition to the automatic change according to the circadian rhythm, innogy employees can also use the Philips Antumbra Dynalite wall switch to adjust the light at any time according to their needs to meet their own work needs. The touch switch can not only control the lighting switch, but also customize the lighting effect of the area where the employee is located.