Welcome back – 2023 is going to be brilliant! Loads of exciting projects and events in the pipeline. First up – Tuesday 7th of March online from 3-5pm UK time – an online debate about the science and real world effects of circadian lighting for people living with dementia. I’m so chuffed to host luminaries […]
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Take Ten… In the run-up to Christmas it can be hard to find time to take a breather – and just ten minutes outside may be enough to cut your stress levels Minimum Time Dose in Nature to Positively Impact the Mental Health of College-Aged Students, and How to Measure It: A Scoping Review If
Good lighting can do so much… for your health, vision and your taste buds, too! Read More »
Not perfect, but a good place to start… The WELL standard is far from perfect – etymonline (https://www.etymonline.com/word/well) gives the first meaning as “in a satisfactory manner,” As a member of the WELL Home Advisory team, I know how much passion – and painful compromise – goes into every line. Anyone who has ever been
Built to Perform… but to perform what? So many weighed into the debate last week about how to measure biological response. Kevin Houser and Tony Esposito’s brilliant work are a great place to start – Correlated color temperature is not a suitable proxy for the biological potency of light and discussion – Correspondence: Designing and
You manage what you measure… but what measures should you use? Read More »
Built to Perform… but to perform what? ‘What gets measured gets managed’ has become a truism – although Peter Druker never said it – and didn’t believe it either – but that’s another story – this article is an interesting read – The fallacy of “what gets measured gets managed” The question was top of
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Prospect and refuge Following the lively debate last week about the pros and cons of street lighting, prospect, concealment, and entrapment provide a valuable framework for evaluation with the potential to shift us away from the relatively crude brightness measure. My call for a more sensitive approach to street lighting was not meant to underplay
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‘Street lights cut crime’ think again! Local Authorities in the UK face a perfect storm of rising energy costs and demand, including policing and social care for the elderly. Could the humble street light hold the answer? Street lighting burns an estimated £300m per year in electricity according to this report from the UK Lighting
Lights keep us safe after dark! Read More »
As the shelves are stacked with gift ideas, I’ve been wondering whether a lightbulb might be the perfect thing for that ‘someone who has everything’ in your life. Posh lightbulbs may not be an obvious gift on your list. But given that we spend 9 hours out of every ten indoors, and at least eight
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– aka the midlife crisis In praise of shadows… To balance the brilliance of the Diwali celebration of light last week, I would like to put in a good word for darkness. Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s elegant essay – In Praise of Shadows – suggests that the Western obsession with bright, shiny transparency may undermine our ability to embrace the
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A selection of articles about autumn for you this week as we get ready for the clock change and for many of us a period of gloom – and that’s without thinking about the news! Daylight savings = Winter blues? It may be just an hour but for some it’s a killer. This Danish study
Lighting for hot flushes – and hyopgonadism Read More »