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Scientists in the spotlight – and why a clean fridge is good for your waistline!

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This week we’re showcasing the scientists who presented their remarkable findings at the Innovators in Healthcare event last month. Don’t bother with night-shift mode – just get some daylight First up, Professor Russell Foster OBE, FRS with a timely reminder of why sleep matters for a Monday morning- and a brilliant description of the mechanisms […]

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How darkness cuts falls in residential care – and introducing a ten-part podcast series

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Hope you’re having a good week? This week, you’ll hear from three of the speakers from the Innovators in Healthcare online event last month. This afternoon workshop brought together healthcare professionals and scientists to share insights from the lab and practical applications in the real world. For all the recordings and transcripts, please see here. Lighting doesn’t

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Focused or friendly? – and reducing trips on night time trips to the loo

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Lighting for the Activity-Based Workplace You may not charge your team out by the hour, but the meter is still running and marginal gains in productivity add up.  There’s plenty of evidence that lighting, noise, and temperature make a difference . When environmental stressors accumulate—such as poor lighting, air quality, temperature, or noise—productivity can drop

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Monday blues – and counting down to our panel debate at Light24

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Monday blues? Social jetlag – getting to bed and waking up more than an hour later than usual over the weekend will give you that groggy feeling on a Monday. Just three hours delay on Friday and Saturday can increase blood pressure – Acute social jetlag augments morning blood pressure surge: a randomized crossover trial, and regular

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Generation C, Wednesday is the new Monday – And trade fair headaches

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One week on from Worktech Stockholm with the Glamox team, I’ve been pondering the Five C’s, taking inspiration from Portland Director Ibrahim Ibrahim’s brilliant talk about GenC – not an age but a state of mind. Change – The only certainty, so the real work of creating an effective space for sustained productive activity (time to

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Tunable, dynamic or circadian – and seagulls never forget a face!

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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.

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Number crunching – and how you see pink

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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.

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