During the course of human evolution exposure to natural lighting has conditioned neurological stimuli that regulate numerous biological functions.

Circadian Rhythm, rooted in the Latin for “around the day”, is a term describing the entrained cyclical processes used to sustain most living organisms. The changing spectral distribution characteristics of the sun and the onset of night have been a key influence on how the retina has evolved to become a primary source of sensory stimulus effecting the production and inhibition of hormones essential to Circadian balance.

Disruption of Circadian Rhythm (our natural cycles) can have deleterious effects on our health and wellbeing, particularly our patterns of sleep.

Many of our built environments have created unnatural conditions for its occupants. Research has shown that poor illumination, of the spaces we occupy, can contribute to the disruption of our natural cycles. With the advent of Solid-State Lighting (LED) and “nature emulating design” we can transform the environments that we occupy. This course explores ways of applying “Circadian Balanced IlluminationTM, Biophilic Design and WELL Building lighting principles to invigorate the human condition and benefit our cognition, health and wellbeing.

The course is approved for AIA Health, Safety and Welfare CEU, CLD, IIDA and NCQLP LC CEU.

George C Bosson MA, IES, IALD/LIRC founder of a.light Architectural Lighting will present the course. George has been an executive in Architectural Lighting for over 30 years, including elliptipar, LAM Lighting, now Chief Spiritual Office of LIGHTGLASS Lighting. He has been recognized by the IES as an innovator in lighting development and has received the numerous design awards including the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and Product of the year from Interior Design magazine.