"Natural and circadian lighting help your body stay in sync with your location on the Earth, which is a fancy way of saying they'll help you keep track of what time it is and reduce your stress levels, too, all while boosting your mental performance and ability to interact positively with other people. So, open your curtains as wide as the thermal power of your windows permits."
"For circadian light without fancy investments, make sure that in each room of your home, there are some warmer white light bulbs and some cooler white ones. Turn on the fixtures with the warmer lights in the morning and evening and use the cooler lights during the middle part of your day. To even more closely support natural lighting with your electrical lights, it's great if, during times when you're using the warmer lights, light levels are, relatively, a little dimmer."
"As we've just changed the settings on our clocks, time is top-of-mind. Sometimes it seems to progress more quickly, sometimes it seems slower; but, whatever its speed, it does continue to flow onward, and you can use that movement to your design advantage. Design that considers the passage of time is design that boosts our well-being, and our mental and physical health."
Perceptions of time fluctuate, and interior design can harness the passage of time to support mental and physical health. Natural daylight and circadian lighting help the body stay synchronized with the Earth's day-night cycle, aid time awareness, reduce stress, and enhance cognitive performance and social interaction. Use natural light by opening curtains as much as window thermal performance allows. In each room, provide both warmer and cooler white bulbs; use warmer lights in morning and evening and cooler lights midday, with warmer lamps dimmer and cooler fixtures brighter. Periodically change décor every few weeks and use object-associated memories to guide healing-oriented adjustments.
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