International Stress Awareness Week The World Health Organisation describes stress as “A state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation. Stress is a natural human response that prompts us to address challenges and threats in our lives. Everyone experiences stress to some degree. The way we respond to stress, however, makes a […]
Stress-busting lightbulbs – and a podcast about red, white and blue Read More »
Feeling safe enough to sleep? As we wrap up National Home Security month with darker evenings, there’s lots of talk about crime waves sparked by the clock change, mostly sponsored by companies trying to sell you a floodlight or a camera-activated doorbell. But there is some evidence that more crimes like burglaries and criminal damage
Making peace with the dark – and zombie zoom effects Read More »
World information overload day 😉 Happens to be the same as world statistics day… Your brain is whirring along at around 10 bits/second, while your senses are collecting data at 109 bits/second – The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s? It’s no secret that processing speed slows down with age. But other
World information overload day… – and allotments inside Read More »
What do Google and Chanel have in common? The smart building leads for these iconic brands will both be talking to me about why they’ve put human resources in the driving seat when it comes to choosing and implementing their smart building systems, along with Tomas Mac Eoin, Chief Executive of Hereworks, at the Smart
Control freaks – and bearded ladies Read More »
Can you sleep at night if the people in your care can’t? As a care provider, how would you feel if you came into work in the morning and found someone in your care had fallen and spent two hours lying in pain on the floor, knowing you could have done something about it? That
Creating great places to sleep – a duty of care Read More »
Counting down to the Care Show! I’ll be banging on about the business case for circadian lighting in residential care – and of course hoping to win the National Care Forum Innovation Challenge (please come along to stand C10 and say ‘hello’ and vote for us too!) But the real win will be the opportunity
How old is old? – and the business case for lighting Read More »
World Car-Free Day I’ve inherited my Dad’s Brompton – he was an avid cyclist all his life – another thing he passed on to me. But, just like Dad, lots of older adults stop cycling, feeling too wobbly on their feet to take the risk. And yet, paradoxically, cycling is the best exercise you can
On your bike – and pitching for the purple pound Read More »
It’s Migraine Awareness Week here in the UK. Migraine affects around one in seven of us at some point in our lives – over a billion people worldwide. This chronic condition causes debilitating headaches alongside difficulty focusing, nausea, problems with vision and extreme sensitivity to light, sound and smell – Migraine. Research over the past decade
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Lies, damned lies, and statistics How do you know if applied lighting research results are valid? Veitch et al ask this important question in this brilliant paper, using the celebrated Kruitoff Curve to demonstrate her argument: Kruithof proposed that we prefer bright lights to
Damned Lies and Statistics – and lighting = electric windows… Read More »
Design for Diversity As many as one in five of us are neurodivergent in some way – Neurodiversity at work: a biopsychosocial model and the impact on working adults. An estimated one in 100 people in the UK experience some degree of autistic traits, with over four times as many boys as girls receiving a diagnosis
Divergent or inclusive? – and spectral tuning for art’s sake Read More »