The next generation of recessed troffer luminaires introduces intelligent innovation across design, optics, controls, and installation, offering a complete solution for modern office and educational environments. A clean and fluid exterior gives the fixture a sleek, timeless aesthetic that blends seamlessly into elegant interior spaces. The carefully balanced proportions and minimalist lines allow it to complement contemporary architecture without distraction, while still delivering a highly technical performance.
At the heart of the luminaire lies Thorn’s advanced MV-Tech optic, developed by their expert optical team to provide exceptional uniformity, superior glare control, and a balance of direct and indirect light. This innovative system delivers strong horizontal illuminance on desks and vertical illuminance on faces and walls, creating a more communicative and comfortable working environment. By distributing light softly across people and surrounding surfaces, the optic helps avoid shadows and ensures that body language and facial expressions remain clear in both face-to-face and video communication. With performance levels meeting EN12464 standards, the optic provides 500 lux for office desk-based tasks and 300 lux for schools, while also ensuring the recommended uniformity, cylindrical illuminance, and modelling index for optimal visibility and comfort.
The luminaire’s intelligent control options add a new dimension of adaptability. Integrated PIR and microwave sensors allow the system to respond to occupancy and daylight, providing dynamic lighting that saves energy while supporting user comfort. Presence detection can deliver energy savings of up to 40%, while dual-sensor solutions achieve as much as 70%. For wireless control, the luminaire is compatible with BasicDIM Wireless, which uses Bluetooth® 4.x technology to enable app-based operation, wall switch integration, and flexible scene setting. These solutions make the fixture equally suitable for new projects and refurbishment installations, where minimal disruption is essential.
Ease of installation is another defining characteristic. With Thorn’s innovative red flag design, installers can access the pull-up set directly from below the ceiling without removing the optics, ensuring a secure and straightforward fixing to the grid. Delivered pre-assembled, the luminaire requires no on-site opening, protecting the internal components while simplifying the process. Elongated suspension holes allow precise adjustment, while surface-mounted and suspended models can be configured as through-wired versions for continuous row installations using the available connection kit. This modularity ensures that the luminaire family covers recessed, surface, and suspended applications while maintaining the same unified, glare-free visual identity.
Constructed from high-quality materials, the luminaire combines durability with visual refinement. The frame and end caps are made of polycarbonate, complemented by a polycarbonate diffuser and an aluminium-designed heatsink for effective thermal management. The body is manufactured from highly reflective steel, with a pre-coated white steel gear tray to maximize light output and efficiency. The finish is a clean white tone, close to RAL 9016, that harmonizes with modern ceiling systems.
From a performance perspective, the fixture achieves high efficacy levels up to 103 lm/W, with available colour temperatures of 3000K and 4000K and a colour rendering index above CRI 80. Its glare control achieves UGR <19, delivering comfort that minimizes eyestrain and fatigue even in spaces dominated by screens, glossy surfaces, and long operational hours. With a rated lifetime of 50,000 hours at L90 Ta 25°C, the luminaire ensures long-term reliability and consistent illumination.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of today’s schools and offices, the luminaire addresses the challenges of extended screen time, video conferencing, and natural daylight variations. Poorly distributed, dim, or overly bright lighting can cause issues such as eyestrain, headaches, or blurred vision. This system combats those risks through superior uniformity, glare management, and soft yet effective illumination. By balancing task lighting, wall lighting, and cylindrical illuminance, it promotes health, comfort, and productivity.
The MV-Tech optic is central to this success. Its “M” light path directs light upward and reflects it back down through the diffuser for excellent task lighting, while the “V” path disperses light outward to softly illuminate faces and surrounding surfaces. This dual-direction system provides a unique lighting quality that enhances communication and supports both human interaction and concentration.
With its combination of intelligent optical engineering, advanced controls, easy installation, and clean design, the luminaire is a versatile solution for offices, schools, and workplaces. Whether recessed, surface-mounted, or suspended, it delivers the same refined appearance and comfortable light. The result is a lighting system that not only meets standards but also elevates the quality of visual environments, creating spaces where people can work, learn, and communicate effectively.
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