Lighting guide
Tunable White and Circadian Lighting
In short
Elevated Integration designs tunable white and circadian lighting that moves from cool daylight to warm evening light through the day, using Ketra, Rania and Lumaris on Lutron, and USAI with Savant Daylight mode. Our Hamptons Wellness Residence in Sagaponack, featured by Savant, is built on it.
Daylight changes color from morning to night; most interior light does not. Tunable white fixtures close that gap: cooler and brighter in the working hours, warmer and lower as the evening comes on.
Done well, no one notices the change. The room simply feels right at every hour, and the house winds down with the people in it.
- Tunable white
- Fixtures that move between warm and cool white. Ranges vary: Lumaris runs 1,800K to 4,000K, Rania 1,800K to 5,500K, and Ketra further still, with full color.
- Warm dim
- Light that warms as it dims, as an incandescent bulb once did, down to candlelight. A simpler choice for rooms that never need cool light.
- Following the day
- Savant Daylight mode, and Ketra and Rania schedules on Lutron HomeWorks, adjust color and level through the day without anyone touching a keypad.
- Warmer evenings
- USAI now offers dedicated 2,200K and 2,400K, and Lumaris and Rania reach 1,800K, for rooms that should glow rather than shine at night.
What we specify
Ketra
Lutron
Natural light and full color in downlights, lamps, track and linear.
Rania
Lutron
Natural white from 1,800K to 5,500K in D2 downlights and tape.
Lumaris
Lutron
Tunable white downlights and tape from 1,800K to 4,000K.
USAI with Savant Daylight mode
USAI
The pairing behind the Hamptons Wellness Residence.
GE Proseo
Savant
Savant's own lighting, tuned in the Savant app.
Atmosphere
AiSPIRE
Natural tunable white in the Quartus fixture body.
Artafex and M Series
DMF
Tunable white and warm dim through PhaseX.
For designers and architects
Specified with you, from the first drawing
We place fixtures and keypads on your plans, coordinate with the electrician and builder, and set the scenes with you on site. See what is new this season, or how we work with design teams.
Questions
Circadian lighting, answered.
- What is circadian lighting?
- Circadian lighting changes color temperature and brightness through the day, cooler and brighter in the morning and warmer and lower in the evening, to follow natural daylight.
- What is the difference between tunable white and warm dim?
- Tunable white can be set anywhere between warm and cool white at any brightness. Warm dim gets warmer only as it dims, like an incandescent bulb. Tunable white is the one that can follow the day.
- Where has Elevated Integration installed circadian lighting?
- At the Hamptons Wellness Residence in Sagaponack, we paired Savant Daylight mode with USAI fixtures so the light follows the day from cool morning to warm evening. Savant featured the project as a case study.
Light the house the way it should feel.
Elevated Integration designs and installs lighting from Armonk, NY, across Westchester, Fairfield County, New York City and the Hamptons.
212-634-9091 · Photography: USAI Lighting, Lutron.