Three Principles for Healthy Living with Light and Lighting

Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska; Ruth Kelly Waskett

Three Principles for Healthy Living with Light and Lighting

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The lockdown measures applied to cities and towns during the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic have had a widespread impact on people’s lives. Some have found themselves confined to their homes, with limited social contact and a reduced quality of life. Others have found that the lockdown improved their wellbeing, as more time was spent outside, instead of commuting and working in an office building, plus the benefits of spending increased quality time with loved ones. The pandemic raised public consciousness about the need to take control of our own wellbeing and health: in particular, to take greater care of immunity. There was also concern about the consequences of extended time spent in indoor spaces, which can create mental fatigue that can manifest itself in a number of ways, including reduced productivity, lack of concentration and in some cases, depression. Many people soon realised the simple things in life that had previously been taken for granted, such as access to daylight and contact with nature, play a vital role in mental health and wellbeing.

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Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska dr inż. arch.
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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:: ARC Lighting In Architecture pages 116 - 117,
ISSN: 1753-5875
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2021
Bibliographic description:: Zielińska-Dąbkowska K., Waskett R. K.: Three Principles for Healthy Living with Light and Lighting// ARC Lighting In Architecture -,iss. 121 (2021), s.116-117
Verified by:: Gdańsk University of Technology