CRI 90

It’s time toshow yourtrue colors

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Your employees’ health and well-being areimportant, and you of course want to create
the best conditions to encourage creativity andoptimal output. Lighting plays a big part in that.
We are introducing a new specification for theEuropean portfolio of Philips luminaires for officeapplications, a phase-over from CRI 80 to CRI 90.

Why make a shift to CRI 90?
With office lighting design high on manyorganizations’ agenda, the new CRI 90 luminaires
support designing for health and well-being as
defined by the WELL Building Standard.
With the introduction of our CRI 90, also the R9increases to ≥ 50 which meets the color quality
requirements from WELL v1 feature 58. Plus, thetransition from CRI 80 to CRI 90 does not entail any
significant loss of energy efficiency (lumen/Watt)and no reduction of lumen output.

Well-compliant color quality – Efficiency and lumen output

Two good reasonsLive up to world-class standards

The WELL Building Standard, launched in 2014, is leading the global
movement to transform buildings and communities in ways that help
people thrive. It explores how design, operations and behaviors within
the places where we live, work, learn and play can be optimized toadvance human health and well-being. Lighting is one of the sevenconcepts in this global rating system.
The new CRI 90 portfolio also meets the additional requirement on
red rendering: additionally R9 ≥ 50. It is fully compatible with efficient
lighting automation with daylight and occupancy sensors (why put
the light on when there’s no one there?). CRI 90 takes lighting-led
well-being to the next level.
R9 ≥ 50 requirement explainedThe WELL Building Standard requires that next to the standard set oftest color samples as measured via the CRI, an additional red color test
sample (R9) is rendered in a good way. R9 represents how red objects
are rendered in comparison to the reference light source. User tests
have shown that people find the color appearance of reddish objects
very important. Red also has a positive impact on skin tones.

Efficiency and lumen output
Switching to CRI 90 will without
a doubt make your office a more
pleasant place to work, andsupport employee well-being.
Indeed, this marks a uniqueachievement in the lighting
industry as there is no significant
loss of energy efficiency (lumen/Watt), and no reduction of lumen
output, when transitioning toCRI 90. Energy efficiency remains
same as in the CRI 80 portfolio
within ± 3% tolerance. So there’s
really no reason not to upgrade.

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Standard CRI 80

Our CRI 90

Most office lighting today is CRI 80, so the shift to CRI 90 marksa change in lighting quality – and we are implementing thisimproved CRI across our office portfolio in Europe as the newstandard. See the next page for the applicable luminaires.

“Lighting can be used to create
modern, flexible and comfortableworking environments that foster
creativity and innovation.”Why does CRI 90 better meet theWELL standard than CRI 80?
Color Quality is one of the features of the ‘Light’ concept within
the WELL Building Standard. It indicates: “Color quality impacts
visual appeal and can either contribute to or detract fromoccupant comfort. Poor color quality can reduce visual acuity andthe accurate rendering of illuminated objects. For instance, foods,human skin tones and plants may appear dull or unsaturated
under lights that have low color quality metrics.”
Our higher CRI 90 spec means colors are rendered more faithfullycompared with our CRI 80 products.

Please note:
Printed colors, or those displayed on monitors, may varyfrom the actual appearance of colors when illuminated.

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