Unsung Heroes Lighting professionals like to moan about their clients who ‘value engineer’ the value out of their vision to end up with a legal minimum. So, I’ve been on a mission to find the exception that proves the rule: clients investing in circadian lighting in the uniquely demanding and cash-strapped residential care sector. And, […]
Unsung heroes – and pigeon-power Read More »
School’s out – let them lie in? Millions of children are getting ready for a long summer break. They’ve been working hard all term – shouldn’t you just let them sleep in? Adolescents accumulate a ‘sleep debt’ during term time because they just can’t get to bed early enough to get the duvet-time their brains
Let sleeping teens lie? – and pigeon-power Read More »
Data mining and decision-making Building professionals traditionally relied on years of training and trial and error to build a database of tacit knowledge. But growing complexity, competition and legal liabilities mean that cumulative analogue strategy is just too risky today. Here are three different approaches harnessing machine learning to stay ahead of the curve. 1.
Tunable, dynamic or circadian – and seagulls never forget a face! Read More »
Data mining and decision-making Building professionals traditionally relied on years of training and trial and error to build a database of tacit knowledge. But growing complexity, competition and legal liabilities mean that cumulative analogue strategy is just too risky today. Here are three different approaches harnessing machine learning to stay ahead of the curve. 1.
Number crunching – and how you see pink Read More »
The massacre of the Dilberts A phrase coined by Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney back in 2018 to describe the impact of automation on millions of routine white-collar workers – Tech Upheaval Means a ‘Massacre of the Dilberts,’ BOE’s Carney Says. So what does that mean for all of us ‘Dilberts’ in the
Massacre of the Dilberts – and ant colony optimisation Read More »
The IALD’s Enlighten Europe kicks off this Thursday afternoon with an open invitation to the Lighting Industry Resource Council meeting at the Zumtobel showroom in Islington. We’ve a rare chance to hear from the other side of the pond with Andrea Hartranft’s keynote on Friday morning. We’ll then be treated to a brilliant line-up covering
Showtime, stimming – and wiggly worms Read More »
Measuring the rainbow The only measure that really counts is how the light in a space makes you feel. But numbers can be useful too. Here’s a run-down of the main measures of brightness out there. Most relate to visual response. But the discovery of the ipRGCs have led to measures of non-visual response such as melanopic
Measuring the rainbow – and snails on the move Read More »
Comfortable Spaces for Spiky profiles The ‘Spiky’ profile is often used to describe the wide differences in ability associated with neurodivergence compared to the ‘norm’ – What is Neurodiversity? But what does that mean for lighting design, especially given that light and sound consistently come top of neurodivergent individuals’ concerns – Exploring the Design Preferences of Neurodivergent
Designing for neurodiversity at home and on the move – and dragonfly day Read More »
Critical contrast Your body clock evolved to respond to regular patterns of bright light and darkness. If you get enough bright light in the morning, your body clock will stay on track even if you get too much light in the evening, although low light in the evening is best – Blue-Enriched Morning Light as a
Light for Long-Covid – and the link between darkness and hearing loss Read More »
Critical contrast Your body clock evolved to respond to regular patterns of bright light and darkness. If you get enough bright light in the morning, your body clock will stay on track even if you get too much light in the evening, although low light in the evening is best – Blue-Enriched Morning Light as a
Light-dark adaptation- and the sunshine effect that keeps on giving Read More »