Day lighting in Healing Spaces

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrset21841136 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 78-89

Author(s):

Serene Mary J

Keyword(s):

Night Shift ◽

Well Being ◽

Lighting Design ◽

The Body ◽

Climatic Zones ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Safe Work ◽

Visual Tasks ◽

Healing Environments ◽

And Performance

The intent of this research is to explore how architecture can enlighten healing or provide spaces where healing can take place. The healing environments, make wellness centres less stressful and promote faster healing for patients and improve well-being for their families, as well as creating a pleasant, comfortable and safe work environment. Light impacts human health and performance by enabling performance of visual tasks, controlling the body’s circadian system, affecting mood and perception, and by enabling critical chemical reactions in the body. Natural light should be incorporated into lighting design in healthcare settings, not only because it is beneficial to patients and staff, but also because it is light delivered to people at no cost and in a form that most people prefer. Study involves comparing healthcare settings in warm and humid climatic zones and how day lighting plays an important role in healing. Appropriate day lighting thus impacts outcomes in healthcare settings by reducing depression among patients, decreasing length of stay in hospitals, improving sleep and circadian rhythm, lessening agitation among patients, easing pain, and improving adjustment to night-shift work among staff. The appropriate positioning and optimisation of windows/ openings in the workplace and access to daylight have been linked with increased satisfaction with the surrounding environment.

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STABILITY AND INSTABILITY OF AN OUTDOOR ILLUMINATION INSTALLATION

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management ◽

10.3846/16486897.2004.9636831 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 115-119

Author(s):

Klaus-Dieter Fröhner ◽

Ze Li

Keyword(s):

Human Performance ◽

Night Shift ◽

Lighting Design ◽

Work Efficiency ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Stability And Instability ◽

Visual Tasks ◽

And Performance ◽

The Stability

Stability and instability are very important for the layout of real world processes concerning safety and health esp. when planned by scientists. The long‐term investigation of stability was carried out for the last ten years on the basis of the installation and the evaluation of an ergonomically designed outdoor illumination. In the depicted dynamic situation the lighting design influences directly visual discomfort and human performance and in the end stability and instability. The improvement of the adaptation of luminance and its influence on the visual tasks after the rearrangement are presented and discussed. The effective factors on the visual capability and performance of workers, work efficiency and potential accidents in the night shift, and furthermore the accelerators and barriers for the stability of the project are analysed and discussed.

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ANALYSES ON OCCUPANT PATTERNS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS INCLUDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

10.25039/x48.2021.op34 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

B. Manav ◽

E. Kaymaz

Keyword(s):

Energy Demand ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Well Being ◽

Lighting Design ◽

Occupancy Patterns ◽

Lighting Energy ◽

And Performance ◽

Mental Well Being

In the last years, as a result of environmental concerns, changes in lifestyle during the COVID-19 crisis, the role of healthy buildings in addition to the main lighting design principles are highlighted. Therefore, today’s lighting design issues include social well-being, mental well-being, and physical well-being more than we discussed in the last century. Hence, we are familiar with occupant-centric and performance-based metrics for residential and non-domestic buildings. The study analyses the extended occupancy patterns, daylight availability, and annual lighting energy demand through a case study in Bursa, Turkey including the COVID-19 pandemic scenario.

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Training for Sustained Performance: Moving Toward Long-Term Musician Development

Medical Problems of Performing Artists ◽

10.21091/mppa.2013.3031 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 159-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Terry Clark ◽

Tânia Lisboa

Keyword(s):

Performing Arts ◽

Well Being ◽

The Body ◽

Young Student ◽

Diverse Range ◽

Sustained Performance ◽

Mental Demands ◽

And Performance ◽

Effective Use

Success in the performing arts, like sports, is dependent upon the acquisition and consistent use of a diverse range of skills. In sports, an understanding of safe and effective use of the body is required to facilitate long-term involvement in that activity. In order to assist athletes to attain their performance goals, and ensure healthy and sustained involvement, long-term athlete development (LTAD) models have been devised and adapted by professional sporting bodies throughout the world. LTAD models emphasize the intellectual, emotional, and social development of the athlete, encourage long-term participation in physical activities, and enable participants to improve their overall health and well-being and increase their life-long participation in physical activity. At present there is no such long-term development model for musicians. Yet musicians must cope with a multitude of career-related physical and mental demands, and performance-related injuries and career burnout are rife within the profession. Despite this, musicians’ training rarely addresses such issues and musicians are left largely to learn about them through either chance or accrued experience. This paper discusses key concepts and recommendations in LTAD models, together with music-specific research highlighting the need for the development of a comprehensive long-term approach to musicians’ training. The results of a survey of existing music training programs are compared to recommendations and the different development stages in LTAD models. Finally, implementation science is introduced as a methodological option for identifying how best to communicate the body of evidence-based knowledge concerning healthy and effective music-making to young student musicians.

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Stroke Patients’ Experiences in an Adaptive Healing Room in a Stroke Rehabilitation Unit

HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal ◽

10.1177/1937586719879060 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 170-185

Author(s):

Ifah Arbel ◽

Bing Ye ◽

Alex Mihailidis

Keyword(s):

Stroke Rehabilitation ◽

Well Being ◽

Stroke Recovery ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Stroke Patients ◽

Rehabilitation Unit ◽

Healing Environment ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Patient Feedback ◽

Healing Environments

Objectives: This study evaluated the user experiences (UX) of stroke patients residing in the adaptive healing room (AHR) and compared them to the UX of patients residing in standard private rooms (SPRs). Background: Healing environments in healthcare settings can promote patients’ healing processes, outcomes, and psychological well-being. The AHR was designed as a healing environment for stroke patients and has been previously evaluated in laboratory settings. This study was the first to evaluate it in its intended context—a stroke rehabilitation unit. Methods: The UX of 10 patients residing in the AHR and 15 patients residing in SPRs were collected via structured interviews with a set of open-ended questions and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods. Results: The AHR design features (orientation screen, skylight, and nature view) were rated positively by most patients. The skylight emerged as the least favorable. Responses to open-ended questions revealed that UX may be further improved if patients have more control over some of the settings (e.g., light intensity and nature views), and if the system allowed for more stimulation for patients at later stages of their recovery. Additionally, the results suggest that patients in the AHR have better UX than patients in the SPRs. Conclusion: The AHR has the potential to improve UX in the stroke rehabilitation unit. Patient feedback can be used to refine the AHR before carrying out clinical trials to assess the effect of the AHR on patient outcomes (e.g., sleep, mood, and length of stay) and stroke recovery.

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Miskâsowin—Returning to the Body, Remembering What Keeps Us Alive

Genealogy ◽

10.3390/genealogy5020034 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 34

Author(s):

Moe Clark ◽

Kenna Aviles-Betel ◽

Catherine Richardson ◽

Zeina Allouche

Keyword(s):

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Well Being ◽

The Body ◽

Plains Cree ◽

Creative Practice ◽

Collaborative Performance ◽

Healing Art ◽

And Performance ◽

Work Contexts

The nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree language) Cree word, miskâsowin, relates to the sacred teachings of Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan as a concept pertaining to wellness of “finding one’s sense of belonging”—a process integral in the aftermath of colonial disruption. Métis educator and performance artist Moe Clark offers an approach to healing and well-being, which is imparted through movement, flux and through musical and performance-based engagement. Moe works with tools of embodiment in performance and circle work contexts, including song creation, collaborative performance, participatory youth expression and land-based projects as healing art. She shares her process for re-animating these relationships to land, human kin, and other-than-human kin through breath-work, creative practice and relationality as part of a path to wholeness. The authors document Moe’s approach to supporting the identity, growth, healing and transformation of others.

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Recommendations for Healthy Daytime, Evening, and Night-Time Indoor Light Exposure

10.20944/preprints202012.0037.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Timothy Brown ◽

George Brainard ◽

Christian Cajochen ◽

Charles Czeisler ◽

John Hanifin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Light Exposure ◽

Present Report ◽

Well Being ◽

Lighting Design ◽

Measured Quantity ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Night Time ◽

And Performance ◽

Design And Practice ◽

Health And Well Being

Ocular light exposure has important influences on human health and well-being through modulation of circadian rhythms and sleep, as well as neuroendocrine and cognitive functions. Current patterns of light exposure do not optimally engage these actions for many individuals, but advances in our understanding of the underpinning mechanisms and emerging lighting technologies now present opportunities to adjust lighting to promote optimal physical and mental health and performance. A newly developed, SI-compliant standard provides a way of quantifying the influence of light on the intrinsically photosensitive, melanopsin-expressing, retinal neurons that mediate these effects. The present report provides recommendations for lighting, based on an expert-scientific consensus and expressed according to this new measurement standard. These recommendations are supported by a comprehensive analysis of the sensitivity of human ‘non-visual’ responses to ocular light, are centred on an easily measured quantity (melanopic equivalent daylight (D65) illuminance), and provide a straightforward framework to inform lighting design and practice.

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