Atlanta-based Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced its partnership with CIRCADIAN ZircLight, Inc., Stoneham, Mass. The business partnership includes a licensing of CIRCADIAN ZircLight intellectual property and a collaboration intended to accelerate commercialization within North America of CIRCADIAN’s Zirc-branded technology through Acuity Brands’ portfolio of indoor luminaires.
Over the past five years, CIRCADIAN ZircLight has created evidence-based specifications for workplace lighting and developed LED chips, light engines, control systems, and luminaires to address the need for circadian lighting.
“Circadian lighting supports the natural circadian rhythms of human beings,” Earlywine adds. “Our bodies are tuned to respond to the key circadian signal in natural light, which is blue-rich during the day and depleted of blue after sunset.” He adds that CIRCADIAN ZircLight’s technology address this need in current lighting technology, which was largely designed without circadian considerations in mind.
“Extensive research over the past fifteen years has shown that the spectrum, intensity, and timing of light exposure can impact human health and well-being by either maintaining or disrupting circadian rhythms,” explains Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, CEO of CIRCADIAN ZircLight. “For example, not having enough daytime exposure to blue-rich light may impact one’s alertness and productivity. On the other hand, exposure to blue-rich light at night, whether through electronics (TV, mobile phones) or through lighting, can disrupt melatonin production and impact one’s sleep quality.”
This partnership reinforces both companies’ commitment to lighting designed for human productivity, health, and alertness.
