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I'm extremely light sensitive, and so have built quite a few DIY solutions in order to alleviate my S-A-D symptoms. One of my systems may have been a bit over powered and over used, as I developed what a doctor friend later diagnosed as "light induced hypomania", which was quite an experience. Experiment at your own risk.
Every few years some company/research lab will claim they have a technology that’ll simulate sunlight coming through a window, but it still isn’t something one can buy. The moment we can buy eg a 3ft by 1ft panel that we can just mount on a wall and feels like an actual sunlit window for a few thousands dollars or so, interior design is likely going to get radically different. (And that’s not to mention the sci-fi dr…
Have a look at https://www.coelux.com/ . (Not affiliated, I just like the concept. But AFAIK their 'panels' still are 50+ cm thick and outside your as well as my price range.)
For those unfamiliar, the panel simulates Rayleigh scattering to give the appearance of a blue sky, with a simulated sun and close to incandescent color rendering. Too bad the price tag still seems to be in the tens of thousands though.
I’ve got 5 of these in my office. https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/industrial-led-ligh... . They are fantastic. I have several more of the longer fluorescent replacements in my wood shop. More light is magnificently better for energy and productivity in pretty much all environments. I would still prefer skylights to bulbs, but these are a good solution for dark rooms.
Many offices, mostly in places like Amsterdam, Paris etc. in art-deco building, take pride in the amount of natural light they're pumping in the office. With mirrors and sunroofs (with sails as shade) and a few plants, you can really give a beautiful, open air feeling to your office. This, feels like crutches. edit: there is something to be said about starting an hour earlier and finishing an hour earlier if the suns…
>The effect was huge: I became dramatically more productive between 3:30pm and whenever I turned off the light. Instead of having a strong urge to stop working whenever it got dark out, I was able to keep working my normal summer schedule, stopping just before dinner. I estimate the lamp bought me between half an hour and two hours a day, depending on how overcast it was.
Does anyone know if people really do become "dramatically more productive"? It should be something that could be tested...
Many offices, mostly in places like Amsterdam, Paris etc. in art-deco building, take pride in the amount of natural light they're pumping in the office. With mirrors and sunroofs (with sails as shade) and a few plants, you can really give a beautiful, open air feeling to your office. This, feels like crutches. edit: there is something to be said about starting an hour earlier and finishing an hour earlier if the suns…
You don't live in Boston, so you don't understand. It's dark by 4-4:15 here
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Have you checked the CRI? Its not bad but not great either - 84 as per the specs. There are a lot of Chinese cheap LED fixtures available on Amazon and no one seems to care about the CRI - it defines how colors appear in your room.
CRI is the real key. A lot of manufacturers have cut back on quality in the war over pricing. Philips had the very best consumer LEDs then started pushing their “SlimStyle” garbage with a CRI of barely 75. Amazon is littered with products advertising CRI “over 90” but in reality are probably barely breaking 80.
I also converted my mom's house from incandescent (she was a hold-out) to LEDs, and her electric bill went way, way down.
I’ve got 5 of these in my office. https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/industrial-led-ligh... . They are fantastic. I have several more of the longer fluorescent replacements in my wood shop. More light is magnificently better for energy and productivity in pretty much all environments. I would still prefer skylights to bulbs, but these are a good solution for dark rooms.