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The key considerations when choosing lighting for healthcare settings, with a reminder that, while important, there is more to effective lighting schemes than simply cost control.

With efficiency objectives topping the agenda for healthcare at a time of tight control on costs, the latest advances in lighting offer a valuable way to save money, cut time spent on maintenance and repairs, and reduce electricity consumption.However, argues Graham White, technical manager for lighting at Eaton, ‘there is far more to effective lighting schemes than simply cost control’.Here he looks at some of the key lighting considerations for today’s healthcare facilities.

If the healthcare sector was invited to the clinic for an annual check-up, it would undoubtedly be advised to reduce its monthly consumption of energy. By cutting its intake, the industry could shed more than a few pounds, and emerge in better shape financially, as well as improving its environmental performance – as required by the increasing implementation of sustainable procurement criteria.

Many industries will be familiar with this advice, but the health sector, with the huge number of properties it operates – including many ageing buildings – is a textbook case. According to one industry estimate, hospitals typically consume twice the energy per square metre of an average commercial office building.

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