Two-thirds of poll participants have never heard of integrative lighting

I would have liked to see more responses to our QuickVote poll of a few weeks back, surveying the topic of integrative lighting, but it’s interesting to look at the data regardless of the sample size. 😊 If you haven’t taken the poll, we’re keeping it open so feel free to participate!

First to the simplest of details. Nearly 65% of respondents said they had never heard the term “integrative lighting,” while approximately 35% answered in the affirmative.

Social media represented the largest source by which respondents encountered this topic, with nearly 24% of votes. Technical journal content was the second most popular source for information on integrative lighting (17.6% of votes), while industry event speakers and industry whitepapers each gained 11.8% of votes. Obviously, I can infer that the small sample size has an impact on the spread of the terminology and topic. Still, it tells us that perhaps this term hasn’t gotten a lot of traction in the industry yet. But that doesn’t mean it won’t!

Finally, most intriguing to me was the question “In your opinion, what does ‘integrative lighting’ involve?” This question was designed such that multiple answers could be selected. “Applying scientific principles related to non-visual effects of lighting design in the built environment” had the most selections. But only 17.6% of total respondents actually selected all seven options. Not that I was trying to make that obvious, but ideally all of the answers ought to be considered to achieve integrative lighting objectives within the built environment.

It’s an undeniably intricate concept. Reference a recent article by my colleague and Strategies in Light conference co-chair Clifton Stanley Lemon on integrative lighting and the complexities of changing strategy.

Clifton urges more buy-in and collaboration between all lighting and building professionals involved in a project. To put integrative lighting concepts into common practice, he says, stakeholders must fully appreciate the intersection of design (aesthetics, complementing and seamlessly blending with architecture), engineering (reliable and energy-efficient delivery of safe, quality light), and human experience factors (visual comfort, non-visual impacts) in the built environment.

That undercurrent of “integration” does run throughout the Strategies in Light program, which has been developed to orient the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) industry to changes in technologies, helping to reshape its approach to product development, design, and application. Forward-looking pivot points include energy stewardship, equity, implementing smart solutions for buildings, and developing a more agile supply chain to address these dynamics.

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