Daylight Simulation & LED Lighting

 

Bringing Daylight Indoors™ 

A partnership with Summalux LLC, a Baiada Center Incubator Company and Drexel Smart House Spin-off

The built environment presents significant challenges to designers seeking to maximize daylight integration. Further, indoor spaces incorporating significant amounts of daylight have been shown to enhance occupant productivity and health, most notably by regulating the circadian rhythm, preventing seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and other conditions such as shift work dysfunction. Daylight simulation, made possible by energy efficient LED technology, has the potential to reproduce the benefits of natural sunlight. These lighting products are especially suited for commercial spaces with limited sunlight exposure, as well as residential and retail environments.

Recent advances in LED packaging, power conversion drivers, and thermal management technology are making LED lighting products more affordable for general use. Drexel Smart House and Summalux LLC plan to outfit the entirety of the 3425 property with daylight simulation lighting fixtures and study the impact on occupant health and productivity.