Earthlight offers decision‑support software that embeds human ROI modeling into lighting design and specification workflows, translating circadian‑related productivity, health, and retention impacts into financial terms. By quantifying these benefits early in the tender process, the platform helps designers and procurement teams justify lighting investments, protect design intent from value‑engineering cuts, and align capital spending with long‑term operational savings.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Lighting projects are often subjected to value engineering that removes or reduces design elements aimed at supporting human circadian health, leading to lost productivity, higher health-related costs, and reduced employee retention. The financial impact of these cuts is rarely quantified, so organizations cannot align capital spending on lighting with long‑term operational performance.
Solution
Earthlight provides decision‑support software that integrates human ROI (return on investment) modeling into lighting specification and proposal workflows. The platform quantifies the financial implications of circadian‑related outcomes—such as productivity capacity, error probability, absenteeism risk, and health‑related cost exposure—allowing designers and specifiers to present lighting as a performance investment rather than a purely aesthetic expense. By translating biological benefits into monetary terms early in the tender process, Earthlight helps prevent value‑engineering erosion, reduces unpaid rework, and aligns CapEx decisions with expected OpEx savings. Stakeholders receive clear, data‑driven justifications for lighting designs, enabling stronger client alignment and measurable operational outcomes.
Target Audience
Primary customers are lighting designers, specifiers, and engineering firms that create commercial and enterprise lighting projects, as well as corporate procurement and facilities teams seeking to justify lighting investments with measurable business outcomes.
Features
- Integrated modeling of circadian impacts on productivity, error rates, absenteeism, retention, and health‑related costs
- Financial translation of biological benefits presented in standard ROI language for procurement teams
- Workflow embedding that surfaces performance metrics during specification, tender, and procurement stages
- Automated generation of stakeholder reports that pre‑answer objections and demonstrate long‑term operational savings
- Analytics dashboard tracking projected versus actual performance outcomes post‑implementation
- Tools to reduce unpaid rework and protect lighting design intent from value‑engineering cuts