Office lighting for wellbeing
Give each employee their own remote for the lights in their office. They set brightness and colour to suit their mood and health — and from our installations, that improves wellbeing and reduces sick days.
Personal remote control, desk by desk
PS-WELLBEING is built around a simple idea: each employee gets their own remote control for the lights in their office. They can set brightness and colour temperature according to their mood and health through the day.
Polaris’s experience from installations is that this improves wellbeing and reduces sick days. We do not publish measured percentages for those outcomes, because we have not run a controlled measurement programme of our own.
See the PS-WELLBEING product page for the panel range and specification sheet.
Can office lighting help reduce headaches and migraine?
Light helps set the body’s circadian rhythm — the daily cue for energy, mood and sleepiness. When timing, intensity or colour are a poor fit for the work being done, people often find it harder to stay alert and focused.
Flicker and glare matter too. Older fluorescent systems and poorly driven LEDs can introduce temporal modulation that some people notice as discomfort. Wilkins et al. (1989) linked fluorescent lighting with headaches and eyestrain in office work. The US Department of Energy has published a practical summary of IEEE Std 1789 recommended practices for mitigating health risks from LED flicker. Reducing flicker and glare will not cure migraine, but better lighting may help reduce headaches that are linked to those conditions for some people.
PS-WELLBEING is not a medical device. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent migraine, headaches or any disease.
What workplace research shows
The CBRE Healthy Offices research (2016), with the University of Twente and VU Amsterdam, studied lighting and other healthy-office measures with 124 participants. As reported via CIBSE Lighting 2018 for the healthy-spot lighting condition, participants reported feeling 76% happier and 50% healthier, with a 12% increase in accuracy on an objective test.
Those figures describe that study’s lighting condition. They are not a guarantee that the same results will appear in your building. We do not use unverified productivity percentages from secondary summaries.
PS-WELLBEING features
- Personal remote control for brightness and colour
- Adjustable colour temperature 3,000–6,000 K
- Dimmable output
- Non-flickering TÜV driver
- 100 lm/W, 120° beam
- 5-year warranty on the fitting
Specification
Current PS-WELLBEING sizes and outputs:
| Model | Watts | Efficacy | Dimensions | Beam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS-WELLBEING | 30 W | 100 lm/W | 595 × 595 × 10 mm | 120° |
| PS-WELLBEING | 40 W | 100 lm/W | 595 × 595 × 10 mm | 120° |
| PS-WELLBEING | 45 W | 100 lm/W | 595 × 595 × 10 mm | 120° |
| PS-WELLBEING | 60 W | 100 lm/W | 595 × 1,195 × 11 mm | 120° |
| PS-WELLBEING | 72 W | 100 lm/W | 595 × 1,195 × 11 mm | 120° |
Download PS-WELLBEING specification sheet (PDF)
From recent installations
Install photographs are from a Polaris LED panel project. Faces and identifying signs have been blurred where needed. We do not name the client or location.
Frequently asked questions
What is special about PS-WELLBEING?
Each employee gets their own remote control for the lights in their office, so they can set brightness and colour temperature to suit their mood and health. From Polaris installations, our experience is that this improves wellbeing and reduces sick days. We have not published measured percentages for those outcomes.
Can this lighting cure or treat migraine?
No. PS-WELLBEING is an LED lighting product, not a medical device. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent migraine, headaches or any disease. Research on flicker and glare suggests that better lighting may help reduce headaches linked to those conditions for some people. Anyone with migraine or persistent headaches should speak to their GP or a qualified clinician.
What colour temperatures and control does it offer?
PS-WELLBEING offers adjustable colour from 3,000 K to 6,000 K, dimmable brightness, a non-flickering TÜV driver and a remote control unit.
What sizes are listed?
PS-WELLBEING panels are available at 30, 40 and 45 W (595 × 595 mm) and 60 and 72 W (595 × 1,195 mm), all at 100 lm/W with a 120° beam.
What research do you cite?
We cite Wilkins et al. (1989) on fluorescent lighting, headaches and eyestrain; the US Department of Energy practical summary of IEEE Std 1789 on LED flicker; and the CBRE Healthy Offices research (2016) as reported via CIBSE Lighting 2018 for the public figures 76% happier, 50% healthier and 12% accuracy improvement in the healthy-spot lighting condition. Workplace study results are not a guarantee for your building.