Acuity Brands Announces Strategic Partnership with CIRCADIAN ZircLight, Inc.
December 03 2019 - 08:15AM
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) today announced it has
entered into a strategic partnership with CIRCADIAN
ZircLight, Inc. This business partnership includes licensing of
CIRCADIAN ZircLight intellectual property, and a collaboration
intended to accelerate commercialization within North America of
CIRCADIAN’s Zirc™ branded technology through Acuity Brands’
portfolio of indoor luminaires.
Over the past five years, CIRCADIAN ZircLight
has created evidence-based specifications for workplace lighting
and developed specialized Zirc™ LED chips, light engines, control
systems and luminaires to address the need for circadian lighting.
This partnership reinforces both companies’ commitment to
innovation that advances the value proposition of lighting designed
to enhance human productivity, alertness and health.
“Circadian lighting supports the natural
circadian rhythms of human beings,” said Rick Earlywine, Acuity
Brands Lighting Senior Vice President, Architectural Lighting
Solutions. “Our bodies are tuned to respond to the key circadian
signal in natural light which is blue-rich during the day and
depleted of blue after sunset. Yet, traditional lighting
technologies, including LEDs, were developed to provide
energy-efficient lighting with high enough light levels for humans
to see well; circadian lighting considerations were not really in
the mix. CIRCADIAN ZircLight is addressing this limitation by
providing improvements through both patented LED technology and
lighting controls to provide lighting that is more in tune with the
blue-rich day and blue-depleted night signal of natural light.”
“Extensive research over the past fifteen years
has shown that the spectrum, intensity and timing of light exposure
can impact human health and well-being by either maintaining or
disrupting circadian rhythms,” explained Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, CEO
of CIRCADIAN ZircLight. “For example, not having enough daytime
exposure to blue-rich light may impact one’s alertness and
productivity. On the other hand, exposure to blue-rich light at
night whether through electronics (TV, mobile phones) or through
lighting can disrupt melatonin production, and impact one’s sleep
quality. CIRCADIAN ZircLight addresses these issues through its
patented Zirc™ LED technology that defines the circadian spectral
characteristics of light and uses this information to provide
dynamic lighting solutions that foster more productive and safer
work during both day and night.
“As a market leader in lighting and building
management solutions, we are very excited to be working with
CIRCADIAN to commercialize circadian lighting technology to support
our customers’ growing desire to use lighting that is designed to
promote well-being,” added Earlywine.
About Circadian ZircLight
CIRCADIAN ZircLight is a member of the worldwide
CIRCADIAN® group of companies, bringing health, productivity and
safety solutions to the 24/7 business workplaces around the globe.
Born out of breakthrough research on human circadian clocks at
Harvard Medical School, CIRCADIAN has led in the transition of
medical science breakthroughs including evidence-based circadian
lighting into the 24/7 workplace. CIRCADIAN is unique in deeply
understanding both the science, and the practical realities of 24/7
work.
About Acuity Brands
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is the North
American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of
lighting and building management solutions. With fiscal year 2019
net sales of $3.7 billion, Acuity Brands currently employs
approximately 12,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and
Asia. The Company’s products and solutions are sold under various
brands, including Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Aculux®, American
Electric Lighting®, A-Light™, Antique Street Lamps™, Atrius®,
Cyclone™, DGLogik™, Distech Controls®, DTL®, eldoLED®, Eureka®,
Gotham®, Healthcare Lighting®, Hydrel®, Indy™, IOTA®, Juno®,
Lucid®, Luminaire LED™, Luminis®, Mark Architectural Lighting™,
nLight®, Peerless®, RELOC® Wiring, ROAM®, Sensor Switch®,
Sunoptics® and Winona® Lighting. Visit us at
www.acuitybrands.com
All trademarks referenced are property of their
respective owners.
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Media Contacts: Neil Egan
Neil.Egan@acuitybrands.com770-860-2957
Patricia LeverPlever@circadian.com781-439-6360
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