Everyone
wants to live in a happy home. The quality of life at home affects every aspect
of existence. For example, a dull or depressing home will make it difficult for
people to have a positive outlook towards their work, social interactions,
personal growth and other issues. No one family member can create a truly happy
home – it requires an effort from everyone. However, there are situations where
no matter how much effort is made, the atmosphere at home is negative and this prevents
the home and the people in it from being as happy as they could be. There are several
reasons why this could be so. One of the most common, and yet most often
overlooked, is the way the home is lit.
Lighting
And Mood
Ask
people what they think of a dull dark rainy day and almost all of them will
tell you that it is depressing. Ask them about a bright, clear sunny day and
the answer is the opposite. Lighting affects mood and there is a huge volume of
established scientific research to prove this. The term “mood lighting” is an
accurate one that refers to how lighting affects our moods. Light has a massive
impact on both our physical as well as psychological wellbeing. All creatures
have natural active and sleep cycles. For some, like bats and other nocturnal
animals, the active period is at night in the dark. For others, including human
beings, it is daytime, with its natural sunlight, that is the active period.
Unfortunately,
the modern world conspires to keep most of us indoors for a large part, if not
all, of the day. That means we spend our time with limited amounts of exposure
to the positive influence of sunlight. A large amount of the lighting we live
with indoors is artificial. Artificial light does not have the natural power to
give us the physical and mental stimulus we need to perform at a high level. In
fact, overexposure to artificial lighting, as reputed studies show, can be
injurious to health. Research proves that excess exposure to LED, CFL, neon or
even old incandescent or halogen lighting can make people nervous and irritable.
It can also cause insomnia. Most people when asked if they feel more positive
and creative when working on their laptops outdoors, in sunlight, as compared
to being indoors in artificial light, said yes.
Bring
Natural Light Indoors
We
need to live and work, for the most part, indoors. However, that does not mean
that our exposure to sunlight and its natural benefits should be curtailed.
Maximizing the use of sunlight indoors during the daytime will help to counter the
negative effects of long exposure to artificial light. The problem with this is
that often windows do not permit as much light as possible to enter. The
reasons range from the size of the windows, the direction they face, exterior
obstructions that block light or other geographical or climatic factors.
The
installing of daylighting systems that capture sunlight from the roof and carry
it through walls to even the most interior parts of a home offers the best, and
most cost-effective way of maximizing the use of sunlight indoors. Contact a daylighting systems dealer
to learn more about these systems, how they work, how
effective they are, how simple installation is and why they are right for your
home.
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