1. Daylight: What makes the difference?
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S Appelt, Bruno Bueno, Anne Wirz-Justice, Noureddine Zemmouri, Oliver Stefani, Barbara Matusiak, Mpj Mariëlle Aarts, Klaus Martiny, Brian Norton, Martine Knoop, Thomas Kantermann, Rickard Hobday, Building Lighting, and Publica
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Civil and Environmental Engineering ,vision ,Light ,genetic structures ,Applied psychology ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Thermische Systeme und Gebäudetechnik ,050109 social psychology ,02 engineering and technology ,SDG 3 – Goede gezondheid en welzijn ,Psychological health ,Electric light ,Engineering ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,021105 building & construction ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Daylight ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Built environment ,Gebäudehülle ,05 social sciences ,daylighting ,health ,built environment ,Energieeffiziente Gebäude ,human response ,ddc:620 ,Psychology - Abstract
Light is necessary for vision; it enables us to sense and perceive our surroundings and in many direct and indirect ways, via eye and skin, affects our physiological and psychological health. The use of light in built environments has comfort, behavioural, economic and environmental consequences. Daylight has many particular benefits including excellent visual performance, permitting good eyesight, effective entrainment of the circadian system as well as a number of acute non-image forming effects and the important role of vitamin D production. Some human responses to daylight seem to be well defined whilst others require more research to be adequately understood. This paper presents an overview of current knowledge on how the characteristics of daylight play a role in fulfilling these and other functions often better than electric lighting as conventionally delivered. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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- 2020