Circadian LED Lighting Technology

Circadian lighting has been shown to regulate healthy sleeping patterns and promote sleep quality. Many of our personal devices now have an amber or nighttime dimming feature to help this transition to sleep. 

Many of us have experienced times when limited access to daylight negatively impacted our health with things like eye strain, exhaustion, or a weakened mental health state.

Scientists have now found that the benefits of circadian lighting go beyond short-term wellness and can affect not only our productivity level but are also tied to long-term health. 

Read more about the science behind circadian lighting here. 

Spending time outdoors keeps our bodies' clocks in alignment, but extended periods of time indoors can prevent these clocks from working properly. However, by incorporating circadian lighting solutions into buildings and architectural designs, we can keep our bodies' clocks better aligned. 

A healthy contrast between daylight and darkness allows our circadian rhythms to function as designed. Circadian light sources like BIOS SkyBlue® technology provide the correct light spectrum to work in harmony with your body's circadian rhythm. 

BIOS SkyBlue® works with white light LEDs, so it maintains the white light output in familiar color temperatures. SkyBlue® lighting systems can deliver the benefits of natural light without compromising light quality.

 BIOS SkyBlue® works with the body on a biological level by providing a specific wavelength of light that stimulates our circadian system. This SkyBlue 490nm wavelength communicates with human biology via a non-visual photoreceptor in the eye, known as ipRGCs (photosensitive retinal ganglion cells). These ipRGCs contain melanopsin (a protein) which, when stimulated by light signals the body to trigger a variety of biological processes, including the production of cortisol and suppression of melatonin production.

Research has shown that our bodies' circadian system has its peak sensitivity in the cyan region near 490nm. That's why SkyBlue® delivers a distinct peak in this region, a region where traditional white light LEDs have a significant drop in their spectral content.

By surpassing traditional white LEDs in melanopic content, BIOS SkyBlue® optimizes this natural process without increasing illuminance levels or unnatural color temperature changes.