Some Background Information regarding Healthy Lighting Products and Viva-Lite™.

The illuminating idea - or why is healthy light meaningful and essential.

Introduction:

For the existence of man, nourishment, water and air alone are not enough. Another essential element that influences our psyche and health and is, at the same time, least perceptible to us, is light, because man is accustomed to a life under the daylight since millions of years. Whereas 100 years ago man spent every day of his life up to 90% under natural sunlight, today on average it is a mere 10%. Artificial light – above all at the place of work – dominates our modern lifestyle. The unpleasant concomitant symptoms are familiar to us and many investigations have affirmed it: rapidly decreasing concentration, feeling out of sorts, inexplicable fatigue, intense feeling of stress, headache or even depression.

All the same, today while we are relatively more conscious about our nourishment and there is much being done about the quality of air and water, we are mostly helpless against the phenomenon of "bad light". We feel it in us how the body and soul yearn for the sun. Probably, we sense it how the light on a sunny day lifts up our spirits. Also our body signals to us that brightness alone is not sufficient, more important is rather the quality of the light. A comparative study of the spectrum of the conventional artificial light with that of the sunlight gives us the explanation. Besides strong deviations in all visible colours, colours not visible to the human eye, namely ultraviolet and infrared, are missing in artificial light and, precisely these colours in correct doses play the decisive role as the actual health-giving constituent of the light.

The alternative solution is hence: Viva-Lite®.

History & Development:

As early as the 1930s, Dr. John Ott and Prof. Dr. Fritz Hollwich conducted research on sunlight-like light sources and carried out many experiments. Developed later in USA in order to counteract health related problems among submarine crews and astronaut teams successfully, Healthy Light increasingly gained recognition also at work and in homes and thereby contributed immensely to better well-being and higher levels of performance. Since the beginning of 1980s Healthy Light is being employed in light therapy, which meanwhile has full scientific backing.

Based on personal experience, we at Light-Office are determined to popularize and propagate Healthy Light. This intention of ours gave rise to the product range of Viva-Lite®.

Viva-Lite® Healthy Light is manufactured under strict quality controls employing the latest technologies. The wide range of lamps offers the ideal product for every occasion. Naturally, there are no limits to one's personal taste and, thanks to simple handling, your surroundings can be literally plunged into a new light: Bright white light to enhance concentration at work and for brilliant illumination ("Full spectrum light") or warm cosy light for a relaxing atmosphere in the morning or evening ("Natural spectrum"). Viva-Lite® has a solution ready for every situation.

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