Lighting Research Center

While the coronavirus pandemic has ruined the economy and kept people at home for the past few months, it may have had a positive effect on how people sleep. At least those who take advantage of sunlight and brighter indoor lighting.

RPI lighting lab finds those who get outside during quarantine get better sleep Troy

Survey Results Now Available! More Daytime Light = Better Sleep and Mood https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/resources/newsroom/pr_story.asp?id=464 #.Xue3YNVKgnQ

John Bullough presents video #4 in our new series!

Future of Lighting: John Bullough With the Lighting Research Center (LRC) continuing to work from home, amid so many rapid changes in our society, we've been thinking about how lighting may c...

Introducing the LRC’s new Lighting for Healthy Living website! Learn the basics of light and the circadian system, and apply your new knowledge to light offices, schools, hospitals, and senior care facilities. Visit https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/healthyliving to explore our new site & let us know what you think!

The Lighting Research Center is working to understand the impacts of stay-at-home orders on individual daily light exposures, and how this may be affecting sleep quality and psychological health. If you have been working from home, we invite you to complete a short survey about how you’ve been feeling. NO personal identifying information, including your name, email address, IP address, etc. will be collected. With your response to this survey, we hope to better understand the role of light exposures on health and wellness during this especially challenging time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Light_Exposures_and_Health