Daylight is extraordinary stuff, energy that’s travelled 93 million miles from the huge fusion reactor that is our nearest star, the Sun. It provides energy for plants and microbes, which in turn support all other living things including us. Not only is sunlight the root of all food, it’s crucial for general health. The intensity and colour of this light constantly changes to reflect the time of day, year and weather. This variation of light is key to our circadian rhythms, the internal clock of the human body, central to our wellbeing. Artificial light at the wrong colour scale and intensity at the wrong time of day disrupts our moods, sleep patterns and mental health.
As beings of the sun we need good quality light in our homes at the right…
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Ideal Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2022