Lighting and human health: state of art in eye-level light measuring devices

Authors

  • Maíra Vieira Dias Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
  • Paulo Sérgio Scarazzato Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
  • Edson Moschim Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia e de Computação
  • Felipe Rudge Barbosa Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia e de Computação

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v21i36p210-227

Keywords:

Lighting. Health. Visual system. Visual field. Non-visual effects of light. Measuring devices.

Abstract

Humans are essentially visual and rely on the optic information for most aspects of their daily lives. Although light and its influences have been studied for a long time, research linking light and health is relatively recent. In the 1980s, scientific evidence of the link between depressive diseases and light privation made clear the existence of other non-visual effects of that source of energy. The Commission Internationale de L’Éclairage (CIE) made a great leap forward in 2004 and 2006, when it promoted two symposia in which important research that sought to understand how light affects the human metabolism and psyche was presented. Although the impact of light on human health has been widely demonstrated, there is still much to learn, especially regarding its effects on the visual system. Higher levels of lighting in the eyes may increase activity, alertness, and wellbeing, provided this happens within certain limits. This study presents the state of art concerning measuring devices currently used to assess how light affects human health. Its purpose is to promote a discussion and a reflection in an area of research still very little explored in the Brazilian technical and academic fields. 

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Author Biographies

  • Maíra Vieira Dias, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

    Arquiteta e Urbanista pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), mestre pela Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) e doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura, Tecnologia e Cidade pela mesma Universidade.
    Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Unicamp
    Av. Albert Einstein, 951. Caixa Postal 6021
    13083-852 - Campinas, SP.
    (19) 3521.2383.
    mairavd@yahoo.com.br

  • Paulo Sérgio Scarazzato, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

    Arquiteto, mestre e doutor em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade de São Paulo (FAUUSP). Professor doutor junto à FAUUSP, à Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Estadual de Campinas Unicamp), e professor titular junto à Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCCamp). Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Unicamp 

  • Edson Moschim, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia e de Computação

    Engenheiro Elétrico pela Universidade Santa Cecilia (Unisanta), mestre em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) e doutor em Optoeletrônica
    pela Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, França. Professor titular da Unicamp. Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação da Unicamp.

  • Felipe Rudge Barbosa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia e de Computação

    Físico pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), mestre em Física pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) e doutor em Engenharia Elétrica pela Unicamp. Professor colaborador na Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação, da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FEEC-Unicamp); pesquisador sênior do INCT-Namitec, no Centro de Tecnologia da Informação (MCT/CTI) em Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação da Unicamp

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Dias, M. V., Scarazzato, P. S., Moschim, E., & Barbosa, F. R. (2015). Lighting and human health: state of art in eye-level light measuring devices. Pós. Revista Do Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Arquitetura E Urbanismo Da FAUUSP, 21(36), 210-227. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v21i36p210-227