Diffrient Work Light

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ERGO Info

Stand up while you're on the phone. Walk to your co-worker's desk instead of phoning or messaging. Do anything but sit all day.

Awards

The Diffrient Work Light II maximizes the efficiency of compact fluorescent technology to provide cool, long-lasting illumination. A versatile task light featuring a traditional screw-in socket, the Work Light supports a wide variety of bulbs, including the latest environmentally conscious bulbs. The asymmetric conical shade minimizes glare and optimizes light distribution, while the highly engineered design provides effortless, balanced movement for easy positioning.

Designer


An industrial design legend, Niels Diffrient has been called “the granddaddy of the ergonomic revolution.”
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Responsible Design


Sustainability is the natural outcome of simple, elegant design.
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Features

  • User-friendly design promotes cost- and energy-savings
  • Developed by legendary industrial designer Niels Diffrient
  • 5 year, 24/7 warranty
  • Feather-light movement
  • No friction knobs or rigid joints
  • Reinforced plastic reflector shade cuts glare and stays cool
  • Multiple mounting options, including desktop base, clamp,slatwall, direct wall, direct desk and panel mounting options
  • Accolades include a Buildings magazine 2008 Editors’ Choice
  • Top Product Pick, a Citation of Excellence from the Buildings Product Innovations Awards Program, an iF Product Design Award, and a GOOD DESIGN award

 

Specifications

  • Versatile E26 screw-in socket for a wide variety of bulb options
  • 140º vertical and 360º rotational shade adjustability and 360º base rotation allow for infinite adjustability
  • Multiple mounting options, including desktop base, clamp, slatwall, direct wall, direct desk and panel mounting options
  • Available with single arm or double arm (up to 42” reach)
  • 5-year, 24/7 warranty

Bulb Specs

  • Ships with energy-efficient CFL:
    • 18 or 23 watts (equivalent light output of 75- or 100-watt incandescent bulb)
    • 3500 K (neutral white color temperature)
    • 10,000-hour life
    • End-of-life logic guards against violent failures
    • No lead glass
    • Rapid start technology
  • Bulbs Accepted:
    • Up to 26-watt, compact fluorescent bulbs
    • Up to 60-watt, type A incandescent bulbs

Sustainability

The Diffrient Work Light is a great example of Humanscale's environmental purpose.

  • Made predominantly of aluminum
  • Contains 90% recycled content (63% post-consumer, 27% pre-consumer)
  • 90% recyclable
  • Designed to accommodate the latest energy-efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs

 

Earn LEED Credits

The Diffrient Work Light can help building projects achieve valuable LEED credits.

LEED FOR COMMERCIAL INTERIORS

Energy & Atmosphere

Credit 1.1
Optimize Energy Performance, Lighting Power

Materials & Resources

Credit 3.3
Resource Reuse, 30% Furniture & Furnishings

Credit 4.1
Recycled Content, 10%

Credit 4.2
Recycled Content, 20%

Indoor Environmental Quality

Credit 6.1
Controllability of Systems, Lighting

LEED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION

Materials & Resources

Credit 3.1
Materials Reuse, 5%

Credit 3.2
Materials Reuse, 10%

Credit 4.1
Recycled Content, 10%

Credit 4.2
Recycled Content, 20%

Indoor Environmental Quality

Credit 6.1
Controllability of Systems, Lighting

LEED FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS: OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE

Indoor Environmental Quality

Credit 2.2
Occupant Comfort: Occupant-Controlled Lighting

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