- GE Lighting’s new Align™ technology harnesses the power of lighting
to help regulate melatonin, the “sleep hormone”, production, promoting
the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- (Business Wire)
An estimated 50-70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep issues,
according to the National Institute of Health. In honor of National
Sleep Awareness Week, GE Lighting has developed a light bulb to help
promote the body’s natural sleep cycle; GE Align™ lighting is available
on Amazon.com.
“Aren’t we all tuned to the good feelings on a bright and sunny day, or
the feelings we have on a gloomy day? Light impacts not only our mood
and wellness, but our ability to fall asleep,” says Dr. Gary Allen,
Physicist, LED Innovations Principal
Engineer at GE Lighting. “By changing the timing, amount, spectral
quality of light exposure, we can avoid disrupting the body’s natural
circadian rhythms.”
GE
Align LED lighting technology is engineered to help promote the
body’s natural sleep cycles by controlling the blue concentration of
light output. By tuning the spectrum of light, GE Align AM bulbs mimic
daylight and suppress the body’s production of melatonin. GE Align PM
bulbs, meant to be used in the evening, produce an amber light,
reminiscent of candlelight and campfires, and do not disrupt sleep
circadian rhythm.
How It Works
A century ago, humans’ sleep patterns were altered with Thomas Edison’s
first viable light bulb, and human activity was no longer dependent upon
daylight. Today, the use of modern electronics such as computer screens,
phones and tablets is further disrupting sleep patterns. These devices
produce high levels of blue light, which tends to suppress the body’s
production of melatonin, the “sleep hormone.”
By reducing the amount of blue light emitted, the GE Align PM setting
doesn’t impede the body’s production of melatonin and promotes its
natural sleep cycle. Consumers should use this extra-warm light for
about 30 minutes before bedtime.
Conversely, the GE Align AM setting puts off a concentrated bluish-white
light that suppresses melatonin production. Simply using this light 30
minutes after waking in the morning promotes the natural wake cycle.
These easy-to-use, familiar A-line-shaped bulbs fit most common
fixtures—perfect for any bedside lamp, bathroom vanity or kitchen light.
GE Align bulbs last 22.8 years, based on three hours of daily use. Like
the rest of its LED product portfolio, GE’s Align technology is designed
to minimize energy consumption: The AM setting uses 11 watts to put out
900 lumens per hour while the PM setting uses just 7 watts for 350
lumens per hour. GE Align AM and PM bulbs are available at www.amazon.com.
For more on GE Align LED technology or other GE Lighting innovations,
please visit http://www.gelighting.com/LightingWeb/align/index.jsp.
About GE Lighting
GE
Lighting invents with the vigor of its founder Thomas Edison to
develop energy-efficient solutions that change the way people light
their world in commercial, industrial, municipal and residential
settings. The business employs about 13,000 people in more than 100
countries, and sells products under the Reveal® and Energy Smart®
consumer brands, and Evolve™, GTx™, Immersion™, Infusion™, Lumination™,
Albeo™ and Tetra® commercial brands, all trademarks of GE. For more
information, visit www.gelighting.com.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t
and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings
together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can.
In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is
inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the
world. www.ge.com
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Contacts:
GE Lighting
Megan Lavelle, 216-266-9702
megan.lavelle@ge.com
Source: GE Lighting
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