Photonstar LED Group PLC Completes full circadian lighting retrofit
October 27 2015 - 3:00AM
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PhotonStar LED Group Plc
Completes full circadian lighting retrofit in London hospital
ward
PhotonStar LED Group Plc (AIM: PSL, "PhotonStar" or "the
Group"), the British designer and manufacturer of smart LED
lighting solutions, has completed the full circadian lighting
retrofit of a dementia care ward of a hospital in London, using
PhotonStar's proprietary halcyon(TM) wireless lighting and control
system and halcyonLIFE(TM) LED luminaires.
The NHS project was initiated and driven by demands from senior
clinical staff for a circadian lighting solution for the benefit of
the elderly patients and reduced nursing costs to the hospital, but
was fully justified on energy saving payback. halcyon(TM) wireless
controls made the project affordable.
Studies have demonstrated that more natural light and dark
cycles have numerous benefits including typically 25% faster
recovery times, enhanced immune response, reduced dementia symptoms
including at least 35% better cognitive processing speed, memory
and concentration, and can eliminate night waking. This is expected
to reduce hospital stay times and improve patient outcomes.
Circadian lighting mimics natural daylight in the day and
creates as close to 'biological darkness' as possible at night by
changing the colour and spectrum automatically throughout a 24-hour
period. The project used PhotonStar's halcyonLIFE(TM) biologically
optimised light sources, which provide light that is at least 60%
more effective than a conventional hospital LED light at achieving
circadian levels of light, under new methods of measuring light
supported by Public Health England.
The halcyon(TM) wireless control system reduced the necessary
controls cost by 80% against a wired alternative, and will achieve
project payback of less than 38 months, as compared with a wired
controls system where it would be 60 months.
James McKenzie, the CEO of PhotonStar, said:
"We are delighted to be playing a major role in this innovative
approach by the NHS to the care of patients with dementia. This
project is a clear demonstration of the health benefits and cost
effectiveness of our halcyon(TM) wireless lighting and control
systems in both public and private environments."
PhotonStar LED Group Plc (www.photonstarled.com) +44 (0)2381 230381
James McKenzie - Group Chief Executive
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Geoff Nash/Giles Rolls (Corporate Finance)
Malar Velaigam (Corporate Broking)
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Kay Larsen/Chantal Woolcock
About PhotonStar LED Group Plc
PhotonStar LED Group Plc is a leading British designer and
manufacturer of intelligent lighting solutions. The Group's
proprietary technology Halcyon(TM) is a connected lighting platform
that includes hardware and software for wireless, microprocessor
controlled retrofit LED lighting and control systems, optimised for
energy saving, circadian and data-centric applications.
As light is needed wherever there are people, the halcyon
platform can also provide a connected grid that will enable rich
data collection, as well as an ecosystem to enable other devices to
operate.
PhotonStar is based in Romsey, Hampshire with a manufacturing
facility in Wales.
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