Homes
Lighting designed around waking, working, family life and evening recovery.
Solacera — Tromsø
Light designed around your day.
Personalised lighting and home automation systems for better mornings, focused days and calmer evenings — designed for life in the Nordic north.
The problem
Indoor light was designed so we can see. Not around how we live.
In northern Norway, daylight varies dramatically across the year. Standard indoor lighting usually stays the same, whether it is a dark winter morning, an afternoon of concentrated work, or the hour before sleep. We design systems that change with the time, activity, season and people using the space.
01Timing
02Intensity
03Direction
04Spectrum
Timing, intensity, direction and spectrum all matter. Colour temperature alone is not a biologically effective system.
Your day
Move through a day in a Solacera room.
Drag the marker to see how the room changes with the hour.
09:00Focus
High-quality, appropriately positioned light supports visual comfort and an alert working environment.
How Solacera works
An engineered result, not a box of hardware.
01
Understand
We review the household, rooms, schedules, daylight exposure, sleep patterns, activities and existing electrical installation.
02
Design
We develop lighting scenes and automation around the occupants, architecture and seasonal conditions.
03
Install
Qualified professionals install the luminaires, controls, sensors and associated electrical components.
04
Calibrate
We commission the system in the actual rooms, explain its operation, and refine it after real-world use.
Solutions
Environments we design for.
Performance & home offices
Individually configured work environments for people who depend on sustained concentration.
Schools & teaching
Dynamic lighting scenes for instruction, independent work, presentations and transitions between activities.
Northern & irregular schedules
Systems adapted for polar-night conditions, shift patterns and unusual working hours.
Research pilot
Women's wellbeing
We are investigating whether personalised light routines can support sleep, comfort and daily functioning across different phases of women's lives. This is a research pilot, not a medical claim.
What is installed
A designed environment, not a single lamp.
The final system may combine existing compatible equipment with new luminaires, sensors and controls. We choose components according to the property, budget, installation requirements and required light performance.
- 01Indirect ceiling light
- 02Task lighting
- 03Low-level evening lighting
- 04Automated blinds where applicable
- 05Daylight and occupancy sensors
- 06Wall controls
- 07Control unit
- 08Mobile interface
- 09Manual override
- 10Commissioning & calibration
Personalisation
Your home does not follow a factory preset.
Inputs we use when designing your system:
01Latitude and season
02Normal wake and sleep times
03Work and school schedules
04Room orientation
05Daylight availability
06User age and preferences
07Activities performed in each room
08Existing lighting
09Sensitivity to glare
10Desired degree of automation
Evidence & measurement
Designed from evidence. Verified in the room.
We measure what actually reaches the occupant, not just what leaves the fixture.
- Illuminance at relevant positions
- Glare and visual comfort
- Colour rendering
- Flicker
- Lighting schedules
- Daylight availability
- System energy use
- User-reported comfort and sleep-related outcomes
We distinguish between established lighting principles, promising research, outcomes still being studied, and what Solacera actually measures.
Read our Science & Standards noteFirst case study
Tromsø home office, winter 2025.
- Situation
- Remote software professional in Tromsø. Irregular winter sleep schedule and insufficient daytime light in the home office.
- Intervention
- Added high-output indirect morning and work lighting, workstation task lighting, automated transitions and low-level evening scenes.
- Measurements
- Before-and-after lighting measurements, system schedule, energy consumption and user feedback.
- Result
- The client reported easier morning activation and preferred the automated evening transition. A single case is not clinical proof.
Service packages
Transparent starting points.
01
Light Assessment
Evaluation of one home or working environment, measurements and written recommendations.
Email us to book02
Room System
Design, equipment, installation and commissioning for one priority room.
Email us to book03
Whole-Home System
Integrated design and automation across principal living, working and sleeping areas.
Email us to bookFinal pricing depends on the property, electrical installation, selected luminaires and degree of automation. You receive a fixed proposal before installation begins.
Frequently asked
Practical questions.
Yes. Every scene and schedule has a manual override at the wall control and in the app. Automation is optional at every level.
Yes. Luminaires, sensors and the control unit belong to you after installation. No subscription is required for the system to run.
A single room typically takes one to three days on site after design is agreed. Whole-home projects are planned in stages.
Sometimes. During the assessment we test compatibility and only replace what is required to reach the design intent.
Sensor data stays on your local control unit by default. Any cloud services are opt-in and named in your proposal.
Two years on installation work, plus the manufacturer warranty on each component. We commission and re-calibrate within the first year.
Next step
Book a light assessment.
A short visit to your home or workplace. We measure the rooms, discuss how you actually live in them, and follow up with a written recommendation.
Email us to bookhei@solacera.no