by Brianna Crandall — May 24, 2019 — Cree Lighting, an Ideal Industries company, has just announced the availability of the architectural-grade Cadiant dynamic skylight, a luminaire engineered to recreate the experience of being under a natural sky with remarkable realism.
Available to order starting in August 2019 and currently on display this week at LIGHTFAIR International 2019 in Philadelphia, the Cadiant dynamic skylight is designed to create the sensation of natural sunlight and a blue sky in interior spaces via a virtual skylight experience.
Cadiant uses advanced lighting controls in combination with multi-dimensional LED (light-emitting diode) panels and color-changing technology to simulate the natural dawn-to-dusk, east-to-west arc of the sun, providing a valuable sensory connection to the outdoors for people working in spaces without access to natural daylight.
Kathryn Caspar, vice president, Indoor Product Marketing, Cree Lighting, remarked:
Since we first introduced the Cadiant concept, it has been met with enthusiasm from across the industry. Cadiant is a remarkable breakthrough lighting experience that enhances architectural designs with visual impact and dramatic scene-setting, allowing people to feel a real connection to the outdoors.
The Cadiant dynamic skylight is a local standalone system that uses SmartCast Technology advanced lighting controls to interact and connect with other fixtures in a space, creating an overall scene that enhances the design of the space. An intuitive SmartCast wall-mounted touchscreen provides easy control over multiple Cadiant dynamic skylights with both automatic presets and manual control for a complete lighting experience that is designed solely for the people in the space.
For architects, lighting designers and specifiers seeking the visual impact and natural benefits of a real skylight — but without the associated high costs or construction limitations — the Cadiant experience can be a stimulating, dynamic lighting solution that is simple to specify for both new construction and retrofits, bringing the outdoors in to any interior space.
Additional LIGHTFAIR introductions
At LIGHTFAIR, Cree Lighting also unveiled its new SmartCast Touchscreen Control that integrates luminaires and software, such as for the Cadiant skylight; intelligent light applications with one of Cree’s software development partners, Losant, using the SmartCast API; a collaboration with Synapse Wireless for intelligent area and high-bay luminaires; the new Stylus Series Linear and LSQ Square Series Linear’s new square-lens design for commercial environments; and the updated VuePoint Series High-Bay and KBL Series High-Bay with Emergency Battery Back-Up for industrial environments.
To learn more about Cree Lighting highlights at LIGHTFAIR, visit the company’s website.
