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  • Discovery - in plastics based on renewable raw materials instead of fossil oil.

    Rediscover Discovery

    Now Fagerhult has made it even easier to make a sustainable choice for your lighting solution. In our updated luminaire Discovery, we have reduced the amount of fossil raw materials by using plastic from renewable sources.

  • Optics of the future is already here.

    Induflex – Light at new levels

    The reliable and powerful Induflex luminaire is an excellent solution for industrial sites, warehouses or grocery stores. With long life time, low energy consumption and high light performance, it is optimal for areas where maintenance and service access of luminaires is difficult and/or entails costly interruptions in operations.

  • United to create healthier, more productive indoor environments

    United to create healthier, more productive indoor environments

    The four companies Camfil, Condair, Fagerhult and Swegon have teamed up to establish Healthy Indoors Alliance, a joint initiative to improve the healthfulness, productivity and comfort of the people in commercial, public and residential buildings. The website, healthyindoors.eu, features comprehensive information vital to understanding how we can create sustainable, healthy indoors.

  • Bea Szenfeld is the trained potter who’s giant paper dresses now can be found on celebrities, at the Nobel prize ceremony, in fashion magazines and in museums.

    The future is handmade

    Art and culture are excellent ways to turn given concepts upside down. One avant-gardist, who does not fear new paths, is artist and designer Bea Szenfeld. She is the trained potter who’s giant paper dresses now can be found on celebrities, at the Nobel prize ceremony, in fashion magazines and in museums. We met with her to hear her thoughts on exploring new materials – and her love to paper.

  • Working in an underground environment is a great challenge both physically and mentally – and even biologically.

    Lighting for underground spaces

    Working in an underground environment is a great challenge both physically and mentally – and even biologically. The constant lack of daylight, and connection to the world, during work hours may cause disorders in the innate biological clock. Hear Henrika Pihlajaniemi, M.Sc. (Arch), D.Sc. (Tech) University of Oulu, describing the attempt to mimic daylight 1 400 meters underground.

  • Hear interior design company Kinnarps thoughts on how the office might be redefined post-pandemic.

    Redefining the workplace - a visionary outlook on the office from Kinnarps

    Interior design company Kinnarps originated as a family owned business (and still is to this day) from the country side - and is now a synonym internationally for ergonomics and quality. We have met with Henrik Axell, Workplace strategist, and Johanna Walden, Brand and concept marketing manager, to hear their thoughts on how we can redefine the workplace post-pandemic.

  • The European standard for lighting in indoor workplaces, EN 12464-1, has been revised. Here are the news.

    Keep up with standards

    This autumn 2021 a revised version of EN 12464-1 is published, which sets requirements for Lighting of indoor work places. We met with Tommy Govén, Senior Designer and Adviser in Light and Lighting, and Klas Rejgård, Standard Specialist at Fagerhult, to learn more.

  • Post-pandemic, many companies has re-evaluated what the purpose of the physical office is. Here are some examples of why we still need the workplace.

    What is the purpose of the office?

    Our flexible and digital way of working during the past year has changed the way we perceive what can pass as a work space. But, post-pandemic, what is really the purpose of a physical office space? We need a place where we can collaborate, have a good working environment - and come home from, and separate work and free time.

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