Bring Daylight Indoors with Circadian Rhythm Lighting
Human-Centric Lighting Is a Growing Trend in Wellness Real Estate
According to the Global Wellness Institute, the wellness real estate trend is expected to become a $580 billion industry by 2025. More people than ever are looking to their luxury homes as places of refuge, a sanctuary where healing, wellness, and balance become inherent aspects of their daily lives.
One of the trends gaining tremendous traction is circadian rhythm lighting. These systems offer beautiful interior lighting while promoting health and wellness. When combined with natural daylight control, beautiful outdoor areas, and amenities such as spas and saunas, a home becomes an oasis.
In response, builders, architects, and interior designers in Greenwood Village, CO and the surrounding areas are approaching new builds and remodels with wellness incorporated into the design. They may use energy-efficient appliances, sustainable building methods, solar panels, whole-home air and water filtration systems, and spa bathrooms with infrared saunas and soaking tubs. They also include circadian rhythm or human-centric lighting.
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What Is Circadian Rhythm Lighting?
This form of lighting brings daylight indoors by mimicking the changing light of the sun. Thanks to dynamic LED lighting, homeowners wake to soft yellow-toned lights, the color of the rising sun. As the morning advances, the lighting transforms to blue tones reflecting the bright sunlight and enhancing concentration and focused intent. As dusk arrives, the lights have changed to a soft amber glow, the color of the setting sun, a light that tells their bodies it’s time for rest and relaxation.
How Does This Lighting Affect Humans?
Our ancestors lived in direct relation to the rising and setting of the sun. They rose as the light broke the horizon and retired when darkness fell. Their bodies aligned with this changing light, producing hormones like serotonin that enhanced their mood and gave them energy when sunlight entered their eyes. As the day grew darker, melatonin increased, promoting relaxation and sleep.
Called a circadian rhythm, our bodies still operate on this 24-hour cycle. The only problem is that now we spend, on average, about 90% of our time indoors, and our bodies have grown out of sync with this natural rhythm—our internal clocks are controlled predominantly by light. The result is fatigue, sleep disorders, reduced productivity, irritability, and a host of other health and behavioral issues.
Circadian rhythm lighting helps change that, bringing in daylight and enhancing wellness and energy in the process.
At Harrison Home Systems, we use the latest automated technology to turn homes into sanctuaries, spaces that enhance a homeowner’s enjoyment and well-being. We work with builders, architects, designers, and homeowners and are the first choice for luxury homes in Greenwood Village and throughout Colorado. To learn more about circadian rhythm lighting and other wellness and home automation technologies or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Harrison Home Systems today.
