Complete care
Innovative lighting solutions for hospitals
“I always feel a bit tense in the diagnostic
room: I can’t help worrying about what’s
going to happen. The environment can be
really intimidating. Colored lighting makes
me feel more at ease and helps take my
mind off the examination.”
“I have an emotionally engaging job –
to cure patients. It requires my full
dedication. During my shift I need to focus
and sometimes recharge my batteries.
Good, flexible lighting can really help me
perform.”
“The hospital of today faces many challenges
to deliver the best possible care in an
efficient way. With good-quality, energy-
efficient lighting we can improve the
atmosphere in our hospital and at the same
time reduce costs.”
Patient
Doctor
General Manager
Contents
Complete solutions for healthcare
Balancing people’s lighting needs
Lighting a greener future
It’s a simple switch
Lighting solutions for all areas
Architectural outdoor lighting
Entrance areas and shops
Corridors and circulation areas
Waiting rooms
Examination, imaging and interventional rooms
Operating theaters and intensive care
Patient rooms
Hospital offices
Outdoor areas and parking areas
How to get there: Product solutions
Architectural outdoor lighting
Entrance areas and shops
Corridors and circulation areas
Waiting rooms
Examination, imaging and interventional rooms
Operating theaters and intensive care
Patient rooms
Hospital offices
Outdoor areas and parking areas
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Philips – one partner, many solutions
At Philips, we take people’s needs as the star ting point for our
innovative solutions. In the area of healthcare, this means focusing on
physical and emotional comfort for patients, staff well-being and
motivation, visitor hospitality and the business challenges facing
hospital management.
Understanding the high-stakes, high-stress reality of healthcare
delivery and the underlying processes, we can work with you to
create welcoming, efficient facilities that are designed around the
needs of patients, healthcare practitioners and management, and
visitors.
By combining state-of-the-ar t technology with a singularly people-
centric approach, we can help transform the entire hospital
experience for patients and healthcare professionals alike.
Light is a fundamental par t of life. It gives us the natural rhythm of
day and night, determines how we see things and brings the world
to life. Accordingly, light has a major impact on our well-being,
emotions and performance.
Complete solutions
for healthcare
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We provide total lighting solutions to optimize hospital processes
– from lamps, gear and luminaires through to lighting controls and
lighting management systems. All backed up with leading-edge
lighting design expertise and extensive application know-how.
Besides lighting, we can offer integrated solutions that draw upon
capabilities from across the entire Philips group. From digital
diagnostic imaging suites to patient data that doctors can view
wirelessly at the bedside, to the most advanced display monitors and
TV sets. All are par t of our drive to help build world-class, patient-
centric and cost-effective healthcare facilities.
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Balancing people’s lighting needs
In exploring the needs and desires of our customers and end-users
in healthcare, we have identified three key lighting themes, in
addition to basic functional lighting – ambience, well-being and
sustainability.
integrated solutions
Ambience
Sustainability Well-being
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Munich
Ambience and comfort
People who have to stay in hospital often feel anxious. Being away
from home and in unfamiliar clinical surroundings doesn’t make
things any easier. If patients can influence the room or area they are
in, they feel more in control and at ease.
Lighting provides a unique way to transform our surroundings and
create appealing, emotionally uplifting atmospheres. Simply adjusting
the light enables us to personalize a space, creating our own
ambience – whether it be bright functional light for an examination
environment or a warm, pleasant lighting atmosphere in which the
patient can enjoy a relaxing chat with visitors.
Ambience and personalization can be par ticularly relevant in
diagnostic areas, waiting areas, patient rooms and entrance lobbies/
receptions.
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Munich
Well-being and performance
Good lighting doesn’t just help us to see better, it also affects how
we feel. The rhythm of light and darkness synchronizes our biological
clock. Two of the characteristics of light that strongly influence how
we feel – both physiologically and psychologically – are the level and
‘cool’ or ‘warm’ color appearance of the light.
In high-intensity 24/7 working environments like hospitals, a stimu-
lating lighting ambience and the possibility to adapt the environment
to our personal preferences enhances our motivation and sense of
well-being, helping healthcare professionals to perform even more
effectively.
Well-being can be par ticularly relevant in staff offices and patient
rooms.
Sustainability
Philips has a long-standing commitment to providing lighting
solutions that improve people’s lives and are environmentally sound.
We believe we can help create a sustainable future by developing
innovative lighting solutions that are kinder to the environment
(minimized hazardous substances) and offer lower cost of ownership
(maximized energy savings and lifetime).
In round-the-clock working environments like hospitals in par ticular,
the energy and cost-saving potential of our advanced lighting
solutions is substantial. Find out more on the following pages.
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Lighting a greener future
Environmentally friendly innovations
Eco-Design has formed the cornerstone of Philips Lighting product
design since the launch of the first energy-saving compact fluo-
rescent lamp in 1980. Now we are the industry leader in energy-
efficient lighting with, for example, our state-of-the-ar t MASTER TL5
lamps, MASTER TL-D Eco lamps, LED light sources, electronic gear,
high-efficiency optics and energy-saving lighting controls.
Ahead of legislation
Our solutions are ahead of legislation set by governmental
authorities. Our energy-efficient products cut energy costs and at
the same time reduce greenhouse gases (expressed in CO
2
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addressed, for example, in the Building Directive and the for th-
coming legislation on Energy Using Products (EUP). Moreover, going
beyond the European legislation on the Restriction on Hazardous
Substances (RoHS), we are setting the pace in mercury reduction to
Asklepios Hospital, Hamburg
ensure a safer environment. Finally, longer-lasting and lifetime-reliable
products reduce the cost associated with the take-back legislation
Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). These
products enable the reduction of waste and, at the same time,
reduce maintenance and end-of-life costs.
Over the coming years, the sustainability imperative will increasingly
affect every area of the healthcare facility. We are committed to
driving the sustainability process forward, in order to help secure a
greener future for all.
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Upgearing
HF Performer
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Controls
ActiLume
HF-Regulator
Energy consumption
Luminaire upgrading solutions
100%
Philips ActiLume
Cost savings
on energy bill
up to 75%
75%
HF BallastEM Ballast
55%
HF-R
Daylight linking
25%
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It's a simple switch
Rising energy prices and the pressure to reduce CO
2
emissions are
major issues for many organizations. Not to mention the impact that
our energy use has on the environment. Lighting consumes around
20% of all electricity worldwide. We cannot do without lighting, but
we can make it more energy-efficient. For example, a typical office
building (2000 m2) using older less energy-efficient lighting
technology could save 15,000 kg of CO
2
and €3000 in running costs
per year by upgrading its lighting to the latest technology. So how
can your hospital make a difference? It‘s simple: Philips offers a
complete range of energy-saving solutions. You can recognize these
products by our Green Logo. Products with this logo are not only
energy-efficient, and reduce the running cost of lighting, but also
provide better-quality light. It’s a simple switch!
For example, by replacing your T8 fluorescent lamps with MASTER
TL-D Eco lamps you immediately save more than 10% energy. How-
ever, it is even more effective to upgrade your lighting installation
to, for example, a T5 fluorescent system with lighting controls. In this
way, you can save up to 75% energy.
For more information on our green products and their impact,
please visit www.asimpleswitch.com.
Lighting solutions for
all areas
Hospitals are made up of a large number of different kinds of rooms,
such as corridors, restaurants, technical rooms, lobbies, etc. Many of
these can also be found in other large public buildings and are rather
similar in terms of lighting requirements. Many others, however, are
completely unique to the hospital environment, e.g. patient wards,
examination rooms, scanner rooms and operating theaters. Lighting
such a variety of spaces presents a significant challenge. Philips has
the expertise and a complete range of solutions to create lighting
designs for any given area, both inside and outside the hospital.
The map to the right shows the routing of a visitor to and through
the hospital. The application pages of this brochure appear in the
same order as the visitor experiences the different areas of the
hospital, star ting from outside: the visitor sees the hospital building
from a distance, parks his or her car in the car park and then
experiences the main indoor spaces inside the building.
Outdoor areas
Waiting rooms
Lobby
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Restaurants and cafés
Lobby
Conference room
Examination
rooms
Office
Corridors
Operating theaters
Imaging rooms
Traffic and car parks
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Patient rooms
Architectural outdoor lighting
The patient as customer
More and more patients are deciding for themselves which hospital
to go to. Their choice is based on a variety of factors. They usually
follow the advice they are given by their own doctor. However, since
it can be difficult for a patient to evaluate the medical quality of a
hospital, the general image and reputation of the facility and factors
like service, atmosphere and accessibility will play an increasingly
important role.
LEDflood
LEDflood is a distinctive outdoor floodlight
range for illuminating and enhancing
structures with light.
Affinium LED String
Flexible string of LEDs that has been
especially designed for channel letters
LEDline2
LEDline2 is a LED-based range of linear
floodlights that can be used to illuminate and
enhance both contemporary and historical
architecture.
Colored architectural façade
lighting creates an unforgettable
landmark
Image and recognition
through lighting
Façade lighting communicates
care and hospitality
Architectural lighting makes the
building a visible par t of the city skyline
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Lighting is an image builder
Lighting can help to communicate the hospital’s healthcare mission
to the outside world and at the same time can increase its operating
efficiency. Architectural outdoor lighting, for example, can turn the
building into a prominent landmark, a living symbol of care and
hospitality.
Solid-state or LED lighting represents the most significant
development in lighting since the discovery of electric light well over
a century ago. Offering unprecedented design freedom in terms of
color, dynamics, miniaturization, architectural integration and energy
efficiency, it is opening up possibilities we could previously only
dream of, e.g. for image building and ambience creation.
Entrance areas and shops
MASTER PL-R Eco lamp and gear
Energy-efficient compact downlight offering
outstanding light quality
Mood and effect lighting
in the restaurant
Welcoming light
expresses hospitality
Welcoming and attraction
through lighting
Warm bright light creates an
atmosphere conducive to communication
Homogeneous bright light attracts
attention and creates a good
working environment at the reception
A good first impression
Attractive lighting in the entrance area can make a hospital seem
more welcoming. A harmonious lighting atmosphere makes people
less apprehensive, inspires confidence and makes the surroundings
look inviting. Also, a patient or visitor is less likely to feel intimidated
if they can find their way around easily.
Entrance halls generally consist of four distinct zones – the entrance
area, the reception desk, the waiting area and the area that leads
people into the rest of the building. The entrance hall almost always
connects to a restaurant and a gift shop. Attraction and guidance are
the main priorities here. The reception desk in par ticular is a
multi-purpose area in which many different tasks are performed,
including reading, writing, computer work and, most importantly,
communication. The reception desk also needs to be the eye-catcher
in the space, so that visitors will be drawn to it straight away.
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Fugato downlight
Comprising both fixed and adjustable
downlights, the Fugato range provides
exceptional freedom in terms of
lighting design.
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SmartForm
Reflecting Philips’ drive for simplicity,
SmartForm recessed is a family of highly
versatile modular luminaires. Available in
square and rectangular versions for MASTER
TL5 lamps.
Adaptation
The adaptation zone in the entrance hall is where people step from
bright daylight into the darker hospital interior during the day and
from the darkness outside into a brightly lit interior at night. In order
to help people’s eyes adjust to the different levels of brightness, the
adaptation zone should have lighting at the entrance that is
par ticularly bright during the day, with the level of interior lighting
decreasing towards the exit at night. Daylight-following dynamic
lighting is an excellent option here.
Combining functional and decorative solutions, the right choice of
lighting in the entrance hall immediately reinforces the hospital’s
identity. Uniform general lighting helps convey a sense of security,
while LED-based luminaires are an ideal option for guidance and
orientation.
SmartForm
Reflecting Philips’ drive for simplicity,
SmartForm recessed is a family of highly
versatile modular luminaires.
MASTER TL5 Xtra lamps and
HF-P Xtreme gear
Thanks to their long and reliable lifetime, this
system is ideal for applications where lighting
is burning almost 24/7.
MASTER TL-D Eco
Replaces T8 fluorescent lamps and enables
energy savings of more than 10%.
Corridors and circulation areas
Linking function
Corridors and other circulation areas form the link between the
different areas of the hospital, which is often open 24 hours a day.
Because people prefer to enter a brightly illuminated corridor than a
dark one, specific lighting requirements are specified to create
optimum guidance, par ticularly for visitors who have come to the
hospital for the first time. In addition, the comfort of patients who
are being wheeled along the corridor on trolleys also has to be
taken into consideration. They are looking upward, and a high level of
brightness can be extremely uncomfortable. In public corridors
where patients are not being wheeled along, the lighting should
focus more on guidance and ambience.
Bright light gives a feeling of safety
A good lighting scheme helps to
guide people around the building
Guidance and safety
through lighting
Smart lighting control helps to save energy
and reduce costs by dimming lighting
when fewer people are around
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Lighting design enhances atmosphere
Here we can see how lighting can help to
enhance the atmosphere in areas which are
normally perceived as transit spaces. For
example, lighting up the ceiling makes rooms
appear higher. Light effects on the walls give
monotonous areas more variety.
Coordinated lighting levels
The lighting in corridors and other circulation areas should be
coordinated with the lighting in the adjacent rooms to avoid
differences in illuminance when a person passes from one area to
another. This often means that provision must be made to reduce
the illuminance in the corridor at night. In cases where the corridor
does not receive sufficient natural daylight during the day, the
ar tificial light in the corridors should facilitate visual adaptation by
providing a fairly high illuminance on the wall opposite the doors of
the rooms.
Luminaire mounting
An asymmetrical layout of luminaires along the corridor is less
disturbing to patients who are being wheeled along the corridor on
trolleys. The frequency, spacing and specific mounting features of the
luminaires can enhance the guiding qualities of the lighting.
Waiting rooms
Light, clean spaces
There’s no better place to star t with ambient lighting than the
waiting room. It sets the tone for the entire hospital. In the waiting
area of an outpatient depar tment, where people may be tense,
anxious or in pain, a soft homely atmosphere has a welcoming,
calming effect, while the impression of hygiene and cleanness fosters
a sense of trust.
Potential for more
In many cases, the waiting room could offer patients and visitors a
much more pleasant experience than it currently does. As well as
the standard basic facilities – chairs, books and magazines – there
could, for instance, be a visitor’s desk where you can borrow radio
headphones, portable audio players, audio books and hand-held
video games. There could also be an area with individual TVs and
headphones to enter tain you without disturbing others, and tables
where you can play cards or even plug in a laptop.
Celino Free Floor-Standing
The free floor-standing range is a new lighting
solution that provides maximum flexibility
as a stand-alone light source or secondary
task lighting.
Good lighting can create distraction
and stimulate social interaction
Reduced anxiety and increased sense
of well-being through lighting
A clean and open atmosphere
creates a hygienic impression
Soft light creates a
homely and calming effect
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UnicOne
With the Philips UnicOne collection you can
truly blend your luminaires into your interior
architecture.
MASTER LED
Offering 45,000 hours of energy-efficient,
high-quality light, this LED lamp is the ideal
alternative to incandescent, halogen and
compact fluorescent lamps.
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Designed to relax
Lighting solutions for a waiting room should be designed around the
people – children or adults – who are going to experience them. A
home-like lighting ambience has a settling effect on patients as they
wait. General lighting combined with dimmable wall lighting and
flexible free-standing or table luminaires will radiate a relaxing,
‘domestic’ ambience. Such a positive ambience can be achieved by
using more indirect than direct lighting, in warm white light, with
different lighting systems for different par ts of the waiting area and
not-too-dramatic accent lighting. Color accents from LED elements
can be used to create distraction and promote social interaction,
while daylight-following dynamic lighting will fos