Achieving the Positive Impacts of Light by Means of the Smart Lighting

Light has always been an important issue for human, especially after invention of the electrical light bulbs, which open a gate to a new kind of technology. Therefore, that in today’s world using the light in a smart manner and to benefit from the lighting is a new field for many studies. Light and lighting play a very important role in different places and spaces for the need and tasks of users. Designing the smart lighting systems in order to make the technology organizing the lighting according to the situation can be very beneficial for both the architect and user. Also due to the known negative impacts of the improper kind of lighting, and the necessity of the lighting in almost every space, many studies have been conducted about lighting. Although lots of information and research has been done also on the smart lighting, the lack of information clearly known related to the designer (architecture). In order to achieve this task, information and data related to light, lighting and smart lighting is collected and analyzed. Thereby the study is based on the literature review over the light and artificial light natures and their impacts on energy consumption and human from the psychological and physiological points of view. Also the examples from the international companies, is reviewed to reach the conclusion. It also should be mentioned that the study is based on the qualitative enriched by the quantitative methods. Finally, the results reveal that the smart lighting has the potential to be used by the architects and users to fulfil the positive impacts of the light from the energy cost reduction in the buildings and improve the human health. Keywords: Smart Lighting, Light, Energy Consumption, Human Health