Artificial Skylight by Coelux – CoeLux® is an optical system based on nanotechnology to artificially reproduce the natural light and visual appearance of the sun and sky.
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Artificial Skylight by Coelux – CoeLux® is an optical system based on nanotechnology to artificially reproduce the natural light and visual appearance of the sun and sky.
The human being recognizes in the sky an element of vital importance, a global ancestral language that binds man to the outdoor environment.
Light is, in this sense, the key element to maintain a good psycho-physical balance during our days.
Sunlight / the highly collimated, low CCT (yellow-orange) direct light component simulates sunlight, creating a defined, uniform beam of light, projecting parallel, sharp shadows of the lit objects.
Skylight / the high CCT (blue) diffused light component mimics the soft lighting effect of the sky inside the room with a blue light. The shapes and volumes of the objects, enhanced by the clear shadows cast by the sun, are thus tinged with azure blue
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Scientists at the University of Insubria in Italy took the best part of a decade to develop CoeLux, which manages to cleverly replicate the visual appearance of the sun and sky through a solid layer of nanoparticles that produce Rayleigh scattering – the scientific process that makes our sky appear blue.
CoeLux® is a scientific breakthrough, allowing you for the first time to reproduce in an interior space the physical effects and optical phenomena of natural light, specifically the diffusion and transmission of sunlight through the atmosphere. CoeLux® technology recreates the sun and sky allowing you to truly experience the outdoors while indoors.
CoeLux® combines three key elements:
The effect of warm, artificial, direct sunlight illuminates and enhances objects, completely transforming domestic and public spaces, giving them volume and shape through light and shadow, and creating a new relationship between people and the architectural space which surrounds them.
CoeLux was awarded at the European Innovation Prize for Retail 2017 for revolutionizing artificial daylight. The applications for CoeLux are endless, as it is not only an awe-inspiring decorative lighting solution.
Using an artificial daylight like CoeLux may be important in countries where skylight is scarce, or in buildings that may extend multiple stories underground. As we continue to innovate space-saving solutions, CoeLux can help us recreate the natural daylight that humans miss when spending all of their time indoors.