Gave examples of how the new version of Lighting Guide 2 emphasises the importance of considering how space is used in the design of lighting including control systems.

Discussed the following future research themes: Effect of light on wellbeing & daylight preferences.
 Effect of multiple sensory inputs on perception. 
 Lighting for pedestrians - What do we want? 
 How can the human-tech interface support our needs in buildings and on streets? 
 How can lighting controls work best for people as environments and working styles become more bespoke?

Discussed pros and cons of LEDs and the positive and negative effects of light on health on BBC Radio 4’s “You and Yours” programme.

Wrote Chapter 4, Lighting for Reassurance, in Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment, published by the RIBA.

Will AI Redesign the Lighting Profession? Invitation to do a provocation alongside Iain Macrae and Inessa Demidova to kick off discussions exploring the future of the lighting industry in relation to AI. To mark the opening of an exhibition at Arup on New Artificial Intelligence - Enabling Machines to Learn. The exhibition aims to raise awareness of what artificial intelligence with machine learning is today, looking at its challenges and promises for tomorrow and what it means for the individual, industry and society at large.

Invited to attend a 5 day Teachers of Lighting Workshop organised by the IES. This intensive programme provided a great opportunity for cross Atlantic fertilisation of teaching and research ideas. Subsequently students from the University of Oklahoma (with Dr Alana Pulay, Assistant Professor, Design, Housing and Merchandising), visited our Sky Dome and participated in UCL MSc Light and Lighting Dissertation research projects on the lighting of retail environments, changing rooms, texture in interiors and daylight perception.

 

Invited to join LuxLive round table event to discuss lighting education.

On Task Group for Lighting Guide (LG) 2: Lighting for Healthcare Premises - SLL/CIBSE. This involved contributing to the new version of the document by writing sections of text, proof reading and making suggestions for inclusions and exclusions.

With Longyu Guan, based on his PhD work, presenting the advantage of his new daylight metric which takes into account daylight in the volume, rather than just the horizontal plane which is the focus of traditional daylight metrics. This takes the essence of Kit Cuttle's Mean Room Surface Exitance, however adapts the concept to make it applicable to complex spaces with daylight, typical of modern architecture.