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Energy savings and human-centric lighting, measuring daylight and training your brain…

People v planet? Delivering enough artificial light to meet the recommended level for circadian entrainment without glare uses up to 100% more energy than the legal minimum and demands more fittings – Energy impact of human health and wellness lighting recommendations for office and classroom applications Add the cost and carbon footprint of the upgrade. In tight […]

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For students (and parents) who hate mornings…

Blog, Newsletter / By Shelley James

Hate mornings? Blame it on your genes! This biobank study of over 280,000 Brits traced chronotype or whether you’re naturally a morning or evening person to a single gene (ARL14EP) with some additional alleles that boost the effect of daylight exposure on ‘morningness’ – or how wide awake you feel first thing – Genome-wide gene by

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Student halls, light meters and boosting sleep with pink noise

Blog, Newsletter / By Shelley James

Small but perfectly formed? According to Statista, the average student room is 13.4 square meters and a luxurious 20.6 meters if you include an en-suite bathroom – Average room size of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) en-suite and studios in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019/2020, by location Getting the lights right might just help your kids

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School refusers, sign language and trips to the loo

Blog, Newsletter / By Shelley James

Another miserable school run? If your child refused to leave the house this morning, you are not alone. Around 140,000 students in the UK spend less time at school than out of it. As Matt Buttery points out, the reasons are complex – School refusal: why is it on the rise and what can parents do?

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Exams on the horizon?

Blog, Newsletter / By Shelley James

As my nieces and so many brilliant young people start their exams, here are some notes about sleep and the brain that you might find useful when trying to convince them to switch off and get some sleep. Sleep before an exam accounts for up to 25% of their results (Sleep quality, duration, and consistency

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