Proceedings from the 5th International Symposium on Light and Human Health: November 3-5, 2002, Orlando, Florida--EPRI Lighting Research Office
The 5th EPRI/LRO Lighting Research Symposium (November, 2002) was organized to present and examine current research information on the subject of Light and Human Health in response to a growing sense that light--both electric lighting and daylighting--impacts human beings well beyond what has been traditionally studied as vision and visual performance. This Final Report of the Symposium is a collection of 23 presented and seven poster papers grouped under the following headings: (1) Medical Applications of Light; (2) Circadian Effects of Light; (3) Hazards of Optical Radiation; and (4) Environmental Applications and Human Factors. Research from the medical, measurement, elderly, lighting, psychological, and vision fields is included, as well as an extensive commentary and summary. The direction of the research, taken as a whole, indicates that the definition of ''good lighting'' should be expanded to include ''healthy lighting,'' and that ongoing research will require better measurement and specification tools such as a new system of circadian photometry. Enhanced interaction between the medical research and lighting design communities will be required to bring the benefits of what is being discovered into common lighting practice.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 835756
- Report Number(s):
- EPRP-1009370; TRN: US200501%%444
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5th International Symposium on Light and Human Health, Orlando, FL (US), 11/03/2002--11/05/2002; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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