Generali office building, Paris

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The responsible way
forward in office lighting
As a responsible corporate citizen, Philips has a long-standing
commitment to providing lighting solutions that improve people’s
lives and are environmentally sound.

And as the industry leader in lighting, we are constantly striving to

deliver innovations that meet the present and future needs of the
people who use and experience our products.

New wave in office lighting

With the trend toward a knowledge-based economy, human factors
like staff well-being, motivation and retention are crucial for
businesses today.

Flexible and inspirational, lighting can play a key role in the office
environment, helping to make people’s working lives more enjoyable
and productive.

In offices, we are seeing a clear shift from functional lighting towards

intelligent, dynamic lighting. We continue to drive this trend with
innovations based on sustainable, energy-efficient technologies such
as LEDs.
Comfortable working environment with LED lighting

LED – the way ahead

Solid-state or LED lighting represents the most significant development
in lighting since the invention of electric light well over a century ago. It
offers unprecedented design freedom in terms of colour, dynamics,
miniaturization and architectural integration, as well as significant
advances in energy efficiency and lifetime. In particular, the rapid
development of high-power white-light LEDs is set to revolutionize the
way we light our homes, cities, shops and offices.
In our new range of LED office products, we managed to master typical
LED-related challenges originating from the high brightness and the
colour rendering of this new light source. All our office products are
compliant with the European standards with respect to direct and
indirect glare, as well as colour rendering.

In exploring the needs and desires of our customers and end-users in

offices, we have identified three key lighting themes – well-being,
ambience and the environment.

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LEDfor offices
Lighting

LED lighting and

well-being – enabling
high performance
Lighting doesn’t just help us to see better, it also affects how we feel.
Daylight – the form of light with which we are most comfortable –
changes in level and colour temperature throughout the day, affecting
our emotions, moods, perception and performance.

In high-intensity working environments like offices, the dynamics of

daylight have been shown to have a stimulating and inspiring effect,
enhancing staff motivation and well-being. Utilizing this potential,
Philips has developed Dynamic Lighting, and it is incorporated in our
LED office lighting range. These LED-based solutions can be
controlled in colour temperature and dimmed. This means that office
workers can also adapt the environment to their personal
preferences, enabling them to perform even more effectively.

Using LEDs for office lighting brings the challenge of transforming the
high brightness of the LED point source into a glare-free surface of
light. Philips applies advanced technologies to ensure visual comfort Bringing the dynamics of daylight indoors
that meets office lighting norms.

DayWave
Philips has developed DayWave – the first LED-based luminaire for
functional office lighting. Incorporating cool and warm-white LEDs
and an innovative optical system, this organically shaped fixture has
been specifically conceived to create a more natural, inspiring
ambience, in order to enhance staff well-being and performance.
DayWave uses the innovative Micro Lens Optic (MLO) with an
advanced optical system to ensure full compliance with the European
standards on office lighting (UGR 19, 1000 cd/m² at 65º).

DayWave – the first LED-based luminaire for functional office

lighting incorporating cool and warm-white LEDs

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 Ambience creation through LED lighting –
ever-changing atmospheres

Lighting provides a unique way to transform our Focusing attention

surroundings and create appealing, emotionally uplifting
atmospheres. Thanks to their dynamic, colour-changing
capability, wall-washing effects and ease of control, LED-
based solutions enable an ever-changing palette of lighting
ambiences.
Colour is more powerful in evoking an emotional response
than white light. In offices, (changing) coloured LED lighting
can be used to create a more vibrant and dynamic working
environment. It can also be used to adapt the ambience of
a room for a specific purpose, for instance turning a simple
meeting room into an inspiring environment for a creative
brainstorm session, or making the company restaurant
suitable for a business dinner with a client.
In public areas of offices, colour and colour-changing are
excellent means of directing attention. Here too, LEDs are
highly effective, as their saturated colours exert a strong
visual attraction.
When repetition of a colour or a colour combination in a
certain context is associated with a company, ‘branding’ has
been successful. LED-based coloured light can also be used
to increase or reflect corporate identity in
office buildings.

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LED lighting and the

environment – sustainable solutions

At Philips, we strive to improve people’s quality of life, as
well as the quality of the world we live in. We do this in a
variety of ways – for instance by reducing the environmental
impact of our products and processes.
Going beyond legislation, we believe we can help create a
sustainable future by developing innovative lighting
solutions that are kinder to the environment (minimized
hazardous substances) and offer lower cost of ownership
(maximized energy savings and lifetime).
LED solutions like our new LED-based downlight offer
significant environmental benefits. They are free of
hazardous substances, highly efficient (low W/m2), long-
lasting, reduce waste (miniaturization) and prevent light
nuisance (no spill light).
In flexitime working environments like offices in particular,
the energy and cost-saving potential of LED-based lighting
solutions, in conjunction with our advanced lighting
controls, is substantial.

LED office lighting – the future’s here today

Philips covers the entire solid-state lighting value chain and is at the forefront of the development of this new technology.
We now offer complete office norm-compliant LED lighting solutions that improve people’s lives and are environmentally
sound. In 2008 we achieved a milestone in this regard, lighting the office of French insurer Generali on the Champs-
Elysées in Paris – the world’s first office to be lit entirely with LED solutions.

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 Rogier van der Heide is an architectural lighting designer, head
of Arup’s global lighting division and a director of the company’s
Amsterdam branch.

Arup is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and

business consultants providing a diverse range of professional
services to clients around the world. It exerts a significant
influence on the built environment and is the creative force
behind many of the world’s most innovative and sustainable
designs.

Rogier van der Heide talking about the role

of LED lighting in the office of tomorrow

What are the qualities you look for in office lighting? What do
you want to achieve when you’re designing office lighting?
What I look for is the creation of a visual environment with
sufficient dynamics – visual dynamics. This doesn’t mean the
lights should go up and down: within the field of view I like
to create a contrast which is pleasant to the eye, without
strain, without fatigue. Although compliance with the norm
is often a requirement, I’m more interested in a certain level
of visual dynamics, because it offers a more attractive
environment and ultimately therefore a more pleasant
workplace.
I can create visual dynamics by making light more targeted,
more focused. But I can also work on the different materials
in the office space. They can reflect differently. So even if I
have to make a uniform lighting scheme, I can still create
visual dynamics by changing the materials in the space. I am
looking for tight integration of these elements – light and
materials.
How do you see LEDs helping you to realize these qualities?
They can definitely help. The total system efficacy might get
close to fluorescent fittings, but I don’t think LED
outperforms tube light in office lighting yet. Until that
changes, the benefits are more in the fact that they are small
and can therefore be built into all kinds of interior elements,
for example a plinth, niche, cove, etc. That was never
possible before in office lighting.
Clients want office lighting to be modular and flexible,
because they change the layout of those spaces.
Traditionally, office lighting was always in the ceiling, in a 60
x 60 cm grid. Now with LED, it has been miniaturized, we
have more opportunities to put it in places where light
couldn’t be put before – integrated in the components that
make up the office space. For me, that is the main benefit.

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Do you see the future of office lighting being a mix of conventional
and solid-state?
At the moment yes. Ultimately it may all be replaced, but at
the moment it’s a mix, definitely. Visual attraction is
something that can be achieved easily with LED, maybe not
so easily with fluorescent. Although, in our own office we
have a fluorescent system, a Philips product, with uplighting,
and in that way we create visual dynamics, because we have
highlights on the ceiling.
The new Philips DayWave LED-based luminaire installed in the Amsterdam office of Arup
LED solutions for offices
Ambience, well-being and the environment: the three
fundamentals of contemporary thinking on office lighting
design?
Yes, what I call visual dynamics is maybe more of a
theoretical term, but ultimately it creates ambience and
well-being. There are a lot of developers interested in how
these three elements link in to productivity in the
workplace. And I think developers are even more
interested in that than business owners or employers. They
see added value in cranking up the quality of the office
spaces that they try to rent out. They are in a very
competitive market. They have to offer values other than
just square metres and air conditioning. So they are all
looking for differentiation, and offices that specifically focus
on sustainability and well-being in the workplace will have a
competitive advantage.
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DayWave – bringing the rhythm

of light into your building

Philips DayWave is a LED-based luminaire designed for high-end office lighting and
representative areas with a unique breakthrough design. It has been specifically
conceived to create more natural, inspiring spaces, in order to enhance well-being
and performance.

With subtle variations and nuances of light level and light tone, it creates natural shifts in the
lighting ambience. In the early morning, the light is bright and energizing. In the course of the day,
the light level may drop gradually and shift to soft, comforting warm-white.

Incorporating cool and warm-white LEDs and an innovative optical system (Micro-Lens Optic),
the ergonomically designed DayWave delivers a uniform, high level of visual comfort – compliant
with European norms for office lighting.

DayWave is available in a choice of curved-up and curved-down shapes and in fixed and dynamic
colour-temperature versions. It can be used with DALI controls. There is also an option whereby
the luminaire continues to emit decorative blue indirect light after the luminaire has been switched
off, for example for decoration or branding purposes.

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DayWave

Type BPS800
Light source Dynamic; warm-white/cool-white version: 2x 96 x LED-HP
Mono-colour; warm-white version: 96 x LED-HP
Mono-colour; neutral-white version: 96 x LED-HP
Light colour Dynamic: 3000-5500 K (3000-5500)
Mono-colour:
   Warm-white, 3000 K (3000)
   Neutral-white, 4000 K (4000), on request
Indirect blue light (BLL)
   Note: indirect blue light only be used when all white light is switched off
Lighting distribution White: direct ca 80% / indirect 20%
Driver current 0 - 400 mA (dimmable)
Mains voltage 100-240 V
50-60Hz
Power consumption 130 W (luminaire without supply unit)
Ballast (integrated) Electronic, 100 - 240 V / 50 - 60 Hz
Driver DALI protocol (interface integrated)
Optic Micro-lense-optic (MLO)
Controls Compatible with Philips DALI controllers
Material and finishing Housing: extruded anodised aluminium, finishing brushed (BRU), polished (POL)
or white (WH)
End-caps and suspension tubes: extruded anodised aluminium, finishing brushed
with polished front end (BRU), polished (POL) or white (WH)
Cover: acrylic (AC-MLO) or polycarbonate (PC-MLO), micro-lense-optic
Ceiling unit: aluminium
Installation Suspended: individual or in line; suspended mounting with a set of two suspension
tubes 150 cm per luminaire (can be sawn to right length on site)
Lifetime 50,000 hours, 70% lumen maintenance at Ta=25°C
Remarks Lighting controls to be ordered separately. Suspension set delivered with
luminaire.
Housing shapes: curved up (H-UP), curved down (H-DN)
Main applications Office, hospitality, reception desks
Classification code Class 1, IP20
CE, ENEC

Product shown: DayWave curved down Product shown: DayWave curved up

All dimensions in mm All dimensions in mm

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