LED Lighting in the Healthcare Industry: Moving Towards a Greener Future

There is a need for high standards in the overall lighting in hospitals and other healthcare centres, especially at a time when green and clean energy is at the top of the agenda in India and around the globe.

- EB Bureau

In the healthcare industry, electricity is used 24x7. Hospitals are the second largest energy consumers as well as producers of greenhouse gases. LEDs are today the preferred lighting choice at hospitals across the world, and this has helped them lower their carbon footprint and energy bills by incorporating green designs.

LED manufacturers offer a wide range of solutions, which are tailored to meet the requirements of the healthcare sector. LED lighting solutions can be used in patients’ rooms, waiting areas, lobbies, etc. The benefits include low maintenance, energy efficiency and the fact that the technology enables the development of products with very specific functionalities. LEDs help to maintain light levels for critical visual tasks, like in the operating theatre.

Latest trends

The latest trend and the most important use of LED lighting is in MRI and CT scan rooms. Apart from that, LED fixtures are being used for general lighting in hospitals.

The three latest trends in the healthcare sector with respect to LED lighting are:

Display signage, which is used to create a pleasant ambience for bedridden patients.

Blue LEDs, which are used to cure that newborn babies are sometimes afflicted with—the technology used in D-Rev’s Brilliance device.

High-brightness LED strips with special colour temperatures that are used for X-ray viewing machines.

Benefits of LEDs in hospitals

Sealed LED lighting units protect harmful bacteria from spreading in the hospital. The fully-sealed units prevent dust, deadly bugs and harmful bacteria from collecting around the light fittings.