Description

Medical and biological science has shown over the last 25 years that light has an important non-visual biological effect on our bodies in addition to a visual one. We can now explain the direct relationship between light and health.

In particular, the influence of light on our health works through the control of the biological clock, an organ in our brain connected via nerve connections to light-sensitive cells in our eye that were only discovered by an American researcher in 2002: a sensation in the medical and light world. Among other things, our biological clock regulates the levels of our "energy hormone" cortisol and "sleep hormone" melatonin.
Lighting can therefore be a driving factor to improve both well-being and productivity of people. In addition, we are learning more and more about applications of light as therapy. Examples: restoring sleep/wake rhythms in Alzheimer patients, treatment of severe winter depression, burnouts and sleep problems and first approaches to using light therapy in ADHD

Speaker(s)

Prof W.J.M. van Bommel worked at Philips Lighting for over 35 years in various lighting application positions. From 2003 to 2007, he was President of the International Lighting Commission, CIE. He is a board member of the Dutch Light and Health Research Foundation (SOLG) and, since 2004, part-time professor at Fudan University in Shanghai

Location

Prinsenhof Best, Hoofdstraat 43, 5683 AC Best

Organiser

Southern Region

Name and contact details for information

ir. G.L. (Gerard) van Vucht, t: 040-252 84 53, or via the e-mail address below

g.vucht@gmail.com