Did you know the light we live with every day affects everything from how we sleep to how much we enjoy our food to whether or not we can see the stars at night?
Most people don’t think about light every day, but I do. That’s why I started Delivered Lumens, a monthly podcast where I talk to experts ranging from designers to scientists to advocates about the power of light and how to make the best light in your life.
The Podcast is BACK! After an unintentional hiatus the podcast is back and this time we're getting a little inside baseball with how lighting people and brands should talk about lighting online.
27 Jun 2023
Taking Pride in Beautiful Light with Alana Shepherd
Alana Shepherd is a theatrical and architectural lighting designer and an advocate for LGBTQ rights. In this conversation we talk about light, equity, identity and design.
14 May 2023
Sustainable Lighting with Leela Shanker of the Green Light Alliance
The word sustainability has become loaded with baggage. So let's reframe it a little bit because what Leela and I really talked about was the future of the lighting industry and light in people's lives. The future we want, one with much less waste, less carbon, and mitigated climate change, will only come if all of the stakeholders in the design and building industry are working toward it.
That's why I'm so excited to have Leela Shanker on the show. Leela Shanker is a lighting designer first and foremost, but she is also a vocal champion and leader in the world of sustainability. Leela is part of the Green Light Alliance, and in this episode of the podcast, we talk about sustainability.
Leela and I start with the nuts and bolts of the GLA Incubator project, which is gathering baseline carbon data for the lighting industry, but then the conversation really shifts outward into best practices of design, maintenance, the life cycle of products, end-of-life and how we need to think differently about the built environment.
But then what we really discuss is the future of lighting and the built environment.
We touch on a few things throughout the episode:
Green Light Alliance - https://www.greenlight-alliance.com
Incubator Project - https://www.greenlight-alliance.com/lca-incubator
Illuminating Engineering Society - https://www.ies.org
International Association of Lighting Designers: https://iald.org
Broadway Green Alliance - https://www.broadwaygreen.com
Delivered Lumens Podcast Episode 1: What is Light in the Metaverse - https://www.deliveredlumens.lighting/podcast/what-is-light-in-the-metaverse
18 Mar 2023
Why Light is Crucial for Your Health and Well-Being
Mariana Figueiro, a renowned scientist and director of the Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, talks about the importance of light in human health. Figueiro explains that exposure to light, especially natural light, is crucial for regulating our circadian rhythms, which in turn affects our sleep, mood, and overall well-being. She also discusses the impact of artificial light on our health and sleep patterns. Throughout the interview, Figueiro provides practical tips on optimizing our exposure to light for better health outcomes, including recommendations on light levels, timing, and the use of light-emitting devices. We also delve into the differences between circadian entrainment and alertness, how pop science misses the nuances of light and health, and how inequity makes achieving healthy light (and darkness) difficult.
For more on the Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai:
• Official Mount Sinai website: https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/light-health/team
• Educational website: https://www.light-health.org/home
• Online courses: https://www.light-health.org/education/courses
• Let’s Talk About Light and Health Podcast: https://www.light-health.org/education/resources/lets-talk-about-light-and-health
More from Delivered Lumens
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/delivered-lumens/id1665905223
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1HFTzKoKehdCZg0es7OkNZ?si=139e3554fc224c29
Stitcher: https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af_dp=stitcher://show/1053048&af_web_dp=https://www.stitcher.com/show/1053048&deep_link_value=stitcher://show/1053048
Youtube: YouTube.com/@deliveredlumens
Instagram: @DeliveredLumens
19 Feb 2023
Finding Healthy Darkness with Jane Slade
If you love light, you have to love darkness, and no one is a better advocate for darkness than Jane Slade. Through her daily work, writing, and social media presence, Jane is a passionate advocate for the power of darkness to protect wildlife and improve everyone’s mental health.
In this episode, we talk about the power of darkness as a ritual, how to incorporate darkness into our lives in a healthy way, and how public policy needs to evolve to include darkness planning.
27 Jan 2023
Mini-Episode: Lighting and Skin Tone: Recap!
This month I was fortunate to host a conversation on Lighting and Skin Tone for the IES NYC and Equity in lighting. In this mini episode, I walk through some of the takeaways I learned from hosting the panel. Including the concepts of fidelity versus preference, what theatrical lighting can teach us and what we need to do going forward .
17 Jan 2023
What is Light in the Metaverse?
For the very first episode of the Delivered Lumens podcast, I’m joined by Erin McDannald, the CEO of Lighting Environments. Erin is one of the most forward-thinking leaders in the lighting industry. What she understands more than many is how important the role of technology is not just in our buildings but in our culture.
More than simply understanding it, Erin is putting that understanding into practice. As you’ll hear in the episode, Erin will explain that lighting is the natural building layer to support the internet of things in the built environment. That’s why she’s invested so heavily in lighting controls through the development of the LE app, designed to make control of lighting, along with other building systems more intuitive and complete.
But Erin’s interest in the merger of light and technology goes beyond lighting controls and takes us into the metaverse. Erin walks us through digital twinning, using gaming environments to interact with virtual spaces, and how these virtual spaces will enhance the value of our real spaces.
17 Jan 2023
Welcome to the Delivered Lumens Podcast (Intro)
Did you know the light we live with every day affects everything from how we sleep to how much we enjoy our food to whether or not we can see the stars at night?
Most people don’t think about light every day, but I do. That’s why I started Delivered Lumens, a monthly podcast where I talk to experts ranging from designers to scientists to advocates about the power of light and how to make the best light in your life.
Find me on YouTube and Instagram: @deliveredlumens
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