ESG Initiative – Quality Lighting Scheme
In the commercial, educational and healthcare sectors, lighting quality has a direct impact over performance, productivity, learning outcome and healing recovery. The functionality of a building is largely dependent on the quality of its lighting. In order to safely and comfortably perform their tasks, occupants need lighting that provides adequate visibility without causing discomfort or distraction. But a focus on quality is also the key to create wellness and achieving sustainable development.
Putting human-centric thinking and approach at the heart of design is a key first principle, the benefits have been tested and proved. Providing employees, students, and patients with comfortable, engaging, and responsive lighting reflects the organization’s commitment to the well-being of their occupants.
Lighting Quality
Sustainability & Wellness
Why Is ESG Important
ESG Investing is the practice of incorporating an organization’s ESG initiatives into an investment decision. With stakeholders and investors becoming increasingly aware of corporate social responsibility initiatives, the ESG strategy of an organization is now an important screening tool for stakeholders when evaluating potential investment opportunities.
Promising Future for Environmentally Friendly & Wellness
ESG stands for environmental, social and governance. An ESG Strategy represents how an organization operates regarding environmental issues, social responsibility and stakeholders wellness. All of these contribute to the sustainability development ability of the organization. Investors often take into account an organization’s ESG strategy to gauge investment risk.
Build the Brand Value
Developing an ESG strategy is not only beneficial for potential investors, but it also helps building the brand as a whole, demonstrating a socially-conscious approach and conveying a commitment to the community.
Reduce Carbon Footprint
ESG strategies include comprehensive energy optimization scheme. *Lighting is the second largest electrical energy use next to air conditioning in Hong Kong. About 15% electrical energy was consumed for illumination. Reduction of lighting energy consumption can be realized by reviewing the existing lighting system, modernize the lighting design and adopting appropriate lighting technologies.
*EMSD, 4th January 2023
Wellness Benefits
Lighting plays a vital role in our health, wellbeing & mood. Studies have found that in developed countries, we spend 90% of our time indoors, office or indoor work environment counts most of the time we spend on weekdays. Indoor environment with good-quality lighting helps creating a pleasant momentum. Engaging occupants’ needs, providing a healthy ambience is one of the ESG goals.
Sustainable Growth
An organization with a modernized indoor space provides incubation support for occupants to grow. Lighting quality is quantified and can be measurable. Upon establishing the goals for energy saving and wellness, persistent actions drive the organization to a sustainable direction.
Quality Lighting Impact
Because the lighting in a space has such a significant impact on how people use that space and how they feel while in that space, it is critical to the human-health component of sustainability. Lighting affects not only the performance and productivity of occupants but also, more critically, their health and well-being.
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