Champion Park
  • Home
    • VPM Account
    • Contacts
  • Our History
  • Architectural Review form
  • News
    • Neighborhood Watch >
      • Cindy's page
      • Role & Responsibilities
    • Event Calendar
  • Photo Albums
  • Map
  • Comment Box
  • CC&Rs
  • Property Management Portal

LED-Lighting Can Mimic the Changing Hues of Natural Light

10/15/2015

 
Researchers are looking at how dialing up and down the brightness, color and richness of household lighting can help regulate our circadian rhythms, the body changes that occur in response to light cues each day. 


In the living room: Where people gather to watch TV or play games, a whiter light is best. Turning off electronic devices and switching to a softer, warmer color of yellow or orange two hours before bed will encourage sleep.


The kitchen: The quality of light for cooking is a major consideration. Lights with high-color rendering help colors pop and bring out details of meat, vegetables and other ingredients. It helps the food look good.

Bathroom: A color-rendering index, or CRI, over 90 is desirable for applying makeup or shaving. We need more light to see as we age, so a dimmable light allows people to adjust the lighting.

Adult bedrooms: Dimmable lights with a warmer glow are ideal to minimize the disruption of melatonin, the hormone that makes us sleepy. It is produced when the lighting dims.

Hallways: Ultralow and warm lighting helps people navigate halls and stairs without affecting their night vision.

For more information check out this Wall Street Journal Article How to Bring the Sun Indoors

Not to mention, you can achieve as much as a 90% energy savings over incandescent bulbs and 50% to 70% over CFL (flouresent) bulbs. The LED bulbs also last longer, anywhere from 5 to 50 times longer. See this Comparison Chart

Summarized from an article in the Wall Street Journal.


Comments are closed.

    Author

    The Board of Directors invites you to contribute issues, concerns, or good news to be shared with the community and addressed by the Board. If you would like to contact the Board of Directors directly you can click here and send a email.

    Archives

    May 2019
    August 2018
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    October 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    February 2014
    October 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    August 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012

    Categories

    All
    All
    Irrigation
    News

    RSS Feed