Over the past few years, commercial buildings owners have seen a wide range of innovative lighting options flood the market. Accordingly, a bigger percentage of them continue to work towards improving the aesthetics and functions of their lighting systems to ensure that their tenants are comfortable while also benefiting from cost savings.
To ensure that you are not left behind, here are a few commercial lighting design trends to expect in 2019.
1. Use of natural light
Several studies cite the benefits of natural lights to employees, including better performance, job satisfaction, increased sales, and even increased sleep. Increased use of natural light in the workplace can also lower a building’s energy loads, which is great for the tenant’s and the building owner’s bottom-line. People are shifting to smart LED lighting systems that can automatically adjust their outputs depending on the levels of natural light. The trend will continue to gain traction in 2019 and the years to come.
2. The use of more and more sensors
Besides daylight and occupancy, today’s light sensors can detect a wide range of other parameters including relative humidity, environmental pollutants, particulate matter, and more. Although some commercial building owners don’t know the full potential of some types of sensors, they believe that there are hidden benefits of these sensors, and they don’t want to be left behind whenever a trend hits. You shouldn’t be too.
3. Code compliance and energy consumption
Although energy codes have been driving the commercial lighting digitization over the past decade, we cannot afford to drop it in this list. This is because energy consumption continues to influence a wide range lighting design decisions, especially considering that codes are continually being updated. Stricter rules are anticipated in 2019, and commercial building owners and managers would do well by paying a close attention to these updates.
4. Soft gold is making a comeback
Lastly, we are seeing a lot of shift towards soft colors. A bigger percentage of high-end homes are using interior finishes in grey and beige. Soft gold is also under this spectrum of soft colors, which continues to be the go-to choice for contemporary interior decors. Accordingly, when choosing overhead lighting in 2019, consider going for fixtures that are closely designed to accentuate the gold.
There you have it; the top 4 trends that will have a broad impact on the commercial lighting industry in 2019. Each of the trends is a good pointer to the direction that lighting systems seem to take as far as the broader smart building and internet of things (IoT) world is concerned.
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