Near infrared light is absent from most present-day electric lighting systems and is filtered by energy-efficient windows. This project explores whether the absence of NIR from architectural lighting influences humans at a psychological and physiological level, with implications for health and well-being that need to be balanced with energy-saving considerations.
Cross-sectoral co-leaders organizations:
- National Research Council of Canada
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
UBC graduate student co-leader:
- Charlotte Roddick, PhD candidate (Psychology)