Circadian-Lighting Versus Color-Tuning | On Demand

Course Description: 
The term “human-centric lighting” has been controversial since it first appeared years ago. It begs the question, “Haven’t designers been striving to create beneficial human experiences before the term was coined?” With the emergence of new research and technology around lighting for circadian entrainment, “Are we expected to prescribe light as a doctor would prescribe medicine?” This course clarifies the misconceptions about light’s impact on human health and well-being. By examining the WELL Building Standard, research from the Lighting Research Center, philosophies of pioneering designers, and new lighting technology, attendees of this presentation will be poised to improve lives with light.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand why light entrains our circadian rhythm
• Understand our visual biological interaction with light
• Understand our psychological and cognitive interaction with light
• Understand the work of the Lighting Research Center and WELL Building Institute
• How to apply lighting for circadian entrainment and principles of biophilic design for health and wellbeing