Light + Health

For the September 2018 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I contributed a feature article about various research that is slowly building a case for circadian lighting, and may inform best practices.

In this week’s featured episode of NAILD’s Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, Clifford J. Yahnke, Ph.D, Director, Clinical Affairs at Indigo-Clean, talks about the potential benefits of visible light disinfection.

In this week’s featured episode of NAILD’s Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, Gayathri Unnikrishnan, Concept Lead for Light at International WELL Building Institute, talks about the WELL standard and the importance of good daylighting and electric lighting to human wellness.

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) recently unveiled the WELL v2 pilot, the next version of its WELL Building Standard, the first building rating system to focus exclusively on the impacts of buildings on human health and wellness.

Circadian lighting describes lighting systems designed to support human health by stimulating the body’s circadian system. While a young trend, it is potentially transformative in how we design and use lighting. This article provides a basic introduction to the topic.

Lighting plays a crucial role at the Washington, DC HQ of the ASID, the first project certified Platinum by both LEED and WELL.

My contribution to the May issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talks about a complex but suitable application for circadian lighting–hospitals.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has launched an initiative to develop a recommended practice for the specification, measurement, and application of lighting to support circadian entrainment of individuals in daytime work environments.

In 2017, the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute published a study showing that office workers who receive a robust dose of circadian-effective light experience better sleep, and lower levels of depression and stress, than those who spend their days in dim or low light levels.