The SkyView™ Tile is a groundbreaking circadian ceiling light that redefines indoor wellness lighting through its scientifically validated biological performance. Designed to meet and exceed the most demanding health and wellness lighting standards, SkyView™ Tile delivers a targeted melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (m-EDI) of 250 lux on the vertical plane of the eye—precisely aligning with recommendations from the WELL Building Standard and IES RP-46-23. This ensures optimal support for human circadian rhythms in environments where alertness, productivity, and well-being are critical throughout the day.
At its core, SkyView™ Tile incorporates patented GCO™ (Gradient Circadian Optimization) Technology, an innovative system that spatially separates high and low correlated color temperature (CCT) light within the luminaire. This creates a naturally blended visual experience that mirrors the color contrast and gradient of viewing a blue sky over a sunlit landscape. The result is a lighting environment that authentically replicates the biological benefits of natural daylight while maintaining exceptional visual comfort and task clarity.
SkyView™ Tile stands apart as the only luminaire on the market capable of delivering truly immersive circadian lighting while maintaining compliance with North America’s most stringent energy codes. During daytime operation, the system provides a melanopic ratio unmatched by any comparable solution—achieving 250 m-EDI at an average of 300 lux in daytime mode. This powerful biological signal enhances alertness, supports healthy sleep-wake cycles, and promotes overall wellness in interior spaces. At the same time, the fixture ensures superior energy performance and high visual quality, balancing human-centric design with environmental responsibility.
Ideal for commercial offices, classrooms, healthcare environments, and other shared spaces, the SkyView™ Tile promotes sustained circadian health through exposure to biologically effective light. Replacing existing 2×2 fluorescent or LED luminaires with SkyView™ Tiles—or installing them approximately ten feet apart—achieves the recommended 250 vertical melanopic lux, satisfying WELL and IES wellness lighting criteria. The result is a built environment that supports both productivity during the day and circadian balance across the full 24-hour cycle.
Constructed with precision and durability in mind, the SkyView™ Tile features a formed 23-gauge steel housing with universal T-bar clips and seismic restraint tabs for secure installation. The interior is finished with a high-reflectance white matte powder coat diffuser, maximizing optical performance. Its precision-molded, high-transmittance LLDPE plastic diffuser ensures uniform light distribution, is fully recyclable, and maintains high efficiency over time. The LED system delivers long life and excellent lumen maintenance, achieving L90 performance at 60,000 hours in typical TM-21 testing.
The fixture is available in 3000-, 4000-, and 5000-lumen packages, each maintaining a CRI of 90 or higher and R9 values exceeding 80, with color-accurate binning within 2 SDCM for visual consistency across installations. SkyView™ Tile’s integral high-efficiency drivers support 120–277 V operation at 50–60 Hz, with a power factor greater than 0.90 and total harmonic distortion below 20%. Dimming capabilities include standard 100–3% dimming and Day/Evening dimming from 100–0.01%, offering smooth transitions between daytime and evening modes to align with circadian needs. The system also includes surge protection meeting ANSI C82.11 and ANSI/IEEE C62.41, with inrush current compliance to NEMA 410 standards.
Emergency functionality is available through an optional 10 W Class 2-rated battery pack providing up to 90 minutes of illumination, typically producing 1150–1750 lumens during emergency operation. An optional GTD (Generator Transfer Device) can also be integrated, ensuring seamless power transitions in critical applications without disrupting 0–10 V control functions.
The SkyView™ Tile’s patented Gradient Circadian Optimization™ Technology sets a new benchmark for biological lighting, offering a color-segmented light engine that balances the energizing blue sky signal with high-quality white task light. The luminaire achieves exceptional color fidelity with CRI values above 91 and R9 values above 90, ensuring both accurate color rendering and superior circadian impact. Its color-segmented approach provides the proper visual angle and spectral distribution needed to achieve a 1.4 MDER (Minimum Daylight Exposure Requirement) and deliver 250 m-EDI—the key threshold recommended by IES RP-46-23 for interior environments that prioritize occupant health and wellness.
By combining precise biological lighting science with elegant engineering, the SkyView™ Tile brings the benefits of natural daylight indoors, offering a lighting experience that is as restorative as it is visually refined. Whether installed in workplaces, educational facilities, or healthcare spaces, it represents the new gold standard in human-centric, circadian-effective architectural lighting.
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