One of the rooms at KCX features a ceiling fitted with 50 C90 luminaires equipped with RGB and DALI technology. The lighting is controlled via Glamox Ethernet2Dali, allowing professionals to adjust brightness and color temperature from 2700 to 6500 Kelvin and reproduce almost any color using a tablet. In short, any imaginable lighting scenario can be created in this space.
This setup makes it possible to simulate a citizen’s existing lighting conditions and experiment with different luminaire placements, light colors, intensities, glare levels, and more—to find the optimal future solution for each individual.
The tool is therefore an invaluable resource for a wide range of users, where lighting plays a crucial role. This includes people of all ages, from infants to elderly individuals with special visual needs, whether due to low vision or light sensitivity caused by, for example, brain injuries or concussions.
Before the lighting lab opened, visual consultants had to perform trials using portable lamps in the citizen’s home—a far more cumbersome and less precise process.
With the lighting laboratory, the citizen and visual consultant can now work together to find a solution that is far more likely to meet their specific needs.
In addition to creating individual solutions, the long-term goal is to develop a knowledge base on lighting as an assistive tool for people with disabilities.