Artemide

The human light Lighting is essential for human health and well-being. Light determines our circadian rhythm, influences our mood and changes the atmosphere around us. Therefore an appropriate workplace lighting is a key driver of comfort and performance, while the consequences of an inadequate lighting are proven to be low efficience and motivation, and physical deseases. Artemide has a wide range of luminaires made for offices, with different types of light emission - indirect / direct darklight / direct Prismoptic - that provide the best solutions for any kind of office layout (openspace, individual office, home working) and configuration of architectural spaces. The advantage is a combined lighting: one general and uniform for the space, the other one focused on the desk. Thereby, the user has the opportunity to personally manage his workstation, to supplement the general lighting, according to his individual requirements. Guidelines in office project development Innovation in energy saving To create environmentally sustainable solutions can be considered the basic rule and the new trend in Office Lighting, in order to save electricity and guarantee the planet well being, this according of Kyoto agreements on gas emission reductions, and of the European Directive on the improvement of building energy efficience (2002/91/CE - 2010/31/CE) The energy efficiency of a lighting project is achieved either by intelligent control systems integration - regulating artificial light according to natural one - that uses last generation Led sources, optimizing consumption significantly compared to traditional sources, aiming at a real  green office . The care for sustainability of Artemide - a Company certified ISO 9001 and WMT - is ensured by its French plant Megalit, in charge of designing and manufacturing the appliances of the architectural line, accredited with ISO 14001 and implementing the Carbon Footprint, and by its focus on product lifecycle (LCA), i.e. design, choice of raw materials, processing in view to minimise transportation, and down to assembly, packaging, and disposal. As far as appliance efficiency at use is concerned, continuous improvement is ongoing in terms of energy saving, reliability, and durability of the implemented technical solutions, as well as to reduce CO2 emissions. Artemide has developed solutions that carry significant energy saving, up to 75% vs systems of an earlier design: LatestgenerationtopqualityLedthatguarantee extremely high efficiency and lighting performance, Highefficiencyfluorescentlamps(upto104lm/W) with a 20,000 hour service life, Majormakesofelectronicballasts(Aclassesonly), Highperformanceopticalsystems, Lightmanagementsystemscombiningmotion sensors with lighting level. The design effort dedicated to the control and management intelligence embedded in the appliances also includes minimized consumption in the standby mode, anticipating future regulations. Combining soundly designed and functional appliances with emotional light and customizable luminous scenarios, with special care for sustainability, is the cultural challenge pursued by Artemide, which is capable to supply with its technologies designers and sensible lighting, operators to implement ideas in their creations. Solutions for the office: the pillars for Artemide philosophy Innovation in project consultancy Our Prescription department produces lighting planning studies that guarantee lighting level and luminance control, a uniform light distribution over the entire work surface, as well as the choice of the latest generation of lamps and ballasts. There are two new hot trends in office lighting, that make the office space feel a lot more comfortable for employees and customers: one very technical - a layout where the technical aspect is exploited to enhance efficiency - productivity by system control innovations, and the trend called home-office - where the coolness of an impersonal office is reviewed with warm elements to turn the atmosphere more friendly for both employees and customers. Moreover, our Prescription department has the opportunity to offer together with the light design project also a system integration project. This allows an easy and efficient light layout reconfiguration; control over colour / white temperature, and most importantly, when speaking about an office building, helps maximise energy saving, minimises CO2 emissions, optimises maintenance costs and total cost of ownership. cover SIA Milan (IT) Architectural project: Walter Incerti (IZed Partners) Products: Kao, Picto Ph: Beppe Raso on the left Innowatio SpA Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park Bergamo (IT) Architectural project: Giovanni Rizzi Product: Kalifa Ph: Beppe Raso