March 2018 - AWA Lighting Designers

30 March 2018
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AWA HOLY COWS, GENERAL, HEALTHY LIGHTING

Mental Illness and Light – Part 2.5 of a 7 Part Series

Welcome back to our Physiological Need for Light series! Today, we ponder on links between mental illness and light. Mental illness has increased as humans have migrated out of the sun. Low 25 [OH]D levels with mental illness and learning disorders. Depression has significant co-mor..

Physiological Need for Light – Parts 2.3 & 2.4 of a 7 Part Series

Welcome to parts 2.3 & 2.4 of the 7-part Lighting for Health series! Today, we cover the the relationship between lighting and breast cancer, as well as the effect of color in our built environments. Light and Breast Cancer Light is primary regulator of circadian functions in hum..

Ancient Building Sciences – Electromagnetic Radiation (part 1.1 of an 8 Part Series)

Welcome to our Ancient Building Sciences series, where we explore the natural phenomena that must be considered while designing for a space. Today, we begin by studying electromagnetic radiation. Exposure to human-made electromagnetic fields (EMF) has increased over the past century. The widespre..

Abhay Wadhwa, AWA’s Design Principal and CEO Featured in Ljuskultur Sweden

AWA Lighting Designers' Design Principal & CEO, Abhay Wadhwa, was selected to be interviewed by Swedish lighting design magazine Ljuskultur. The article 'Without Light There is No Light' features an interview between writer Anders Modig and Abhay. They discuss his perspective on everything from ..

Lighting Technologies (Part 1 of an 8 Part Series)

Welcome to our Lighting Technologies series, where we explore upcoming advances, new materials and more! Today, we begin by understanding where we were, where we are and where we're going. 2020 PARADIGM SHIFT • Is there a Paradigm Shift Coming? • Changing technologies • New materials • New..

26 March 2018
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AWA HOLY COWS, GENERAL, HEALTHY LIGHTING

Lighting for the Elderly (Part 2.2 of a 7 Part Series)

Welcome back to the AWA Lighting Designers blog! Continuing our series on Lighting for Health, we discuss best practices for lighting spaces with the elderly in mind. UNDERSTANDING THE AGING EYE The human visual system deteriorates throughout adult life and is considered “young” until ..

Components and Types – LED (Part 2.1 of a 7 Part Series)

Welcome to part 2.1 of the Infrastructural Lighting series, where we explore the types of lighting applications used in the infrastructure all around us! Today, we discuss LED components. LED CHIPS Converts electrical energy into UV light Semiconductor chip with a positive and negati..

Sleep Quality of Youth (Part 2.1 of a 7 Part Series)

Welcome to part 2.1 of the Healthy Lighting series, where we explore implications of light on the health of human beings. Today we re-investigate the importance of quality sleep for our youth and the role that light plays in it. Light triggers critical physiological and psychologi..

Infrastructural Lighting (Part 1 of an 11 Part Series)

Introduction to Infrastructural Lighting - where we were, where we are and where we're going. Past 1960s LEDs: Low-Intensity Red Lights, Indicator Lights PRESENT LEDs: available in all visible, Ultraviolet and Infrared Wavelengths LED technology has been exponentially improving in eff..

Lighting for Health (Part 1.1 of a 7 Part Series)

Welcome to part 1 of our 'Lighting for Health' series, where we will explore lighting design applications for health. Light triggers critical physiological and psychological responses within human beings. The level and quality of light within the built environment has real implications on ..