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Carbonfund.org spotlights Viva-Lite

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Carbonfund.org is an leading organisation in the carbon offset industry. They recently ran a blog entry on their partner Viva-Lite.

Five Ways to “Brighten” Your Life
by GREG TAYLOR on AUGUST 25, 2010

Our partner Viva-Lite shares their perspective with us in a guest blog this week. If you haven’t checked out their full spectrum lights yet, make sure you do. They make a huge difference in your mood, your health, your productivity and the way you work. Below, Viva-Lite’s founders offer their top five places to switch to full spectrum lights and brighten your life:

1. Offices and factories. Are you in charge of people who are spending the majority of their day under artificial light?…..

You can read the full blog here.

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Tags: Carbon offset, Carbonfund.org, Environment, feel better, see better, work better
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Protect your eyesight as you age

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The chronological aging process is inevitable but the physical age we are can be positively influenced by many simple changes in our environment.

One of the most common signs of aging is eyesight deterioration but in a recent published paper we see that there are ways to keep healthy and strong eye function as age.

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Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Tags: health, Health - eyecare, see better
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Better Lighting For Your Computer

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow? Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?

During the day, computer screens look good—they’re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn’t be looking at the sun. This little software tool called “F.lux” is all you need to change it. It makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. (more…)

Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast)

Tags: circardian, color, Color temperature, colour temperature, Computer monitor, computer screen, F.lux, Kelvin, lighting, screen, see better, work better
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Study of lighting and low vision in older people

Monday, March 29th, 2010

We investigated the influence of lighting on performance at activities of daily living in 24 older people with low vision from cataract and/or macular degeneration.

Participants carried out four everyday tasks, each at three illuminances: 50 lux, 200 lux, and 800 lux. Both objective performance and subjective preference were recorded. Subjects tend to perform better under brighter conditions, but the average results masked large individual variations. Indeed, most participants showed a large effect of lighting on performance in at least one task, but the optimal light level varied idiosyncratically from one subject to another. The best approach to provide optimal lighting for older people with low vision may be to individually assess their preference and performance at different light levels. (more…)

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Tags: health, Institute of Optometry, light, lower vision, older people, see better, study
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The Colour Rendering Index (CRI)

Monday, February 15th, 2010

We felt it is high time to write a brief blog article about the so-called “colour rendering index“, or CRI as its abbreviation is called. The CRI is often quoted in “Ra” (general color rendering index).

What does Wikipedia have to say about the CRI: “The color rendering index (CRI) (sometimes called color rendition index), is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reproduce the colors of various objects faithfully in comparison with an ideal or natural light source. Light sources with a high CRI are desirable in color-critical applications such as photography and cinematography. It is defined by the International Commission on Illumination as follows: ‘Color rendering: Effect of an illuminant on the color appearance of objects by conscious or subconscious comparison with their color appearance under a reference illuminant’.”

As this sounds a wee bit complicated, we’ve prepared an article which (hopefully) explains a bit mor simple what the CRI is and does. (more…)

Rating: 4.8/5 (4 votes cast)

Tags: CCT, color, color rendering index, color reproduction, colour, colour rendering index, colour reproduction, colour temperature, cri, jewellery, Kelvin, light, printing, ra, see better
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A funny Colour and Reading Speed Test

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The following test is not only fun but also an eye opener to the way we study, read and so on. But let’s go right to it.

Instructions:

1) Name the following colours aloud from up to down. Say aloud, as if there is nobody else in your room. So start from “red”:

Test 1

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Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Tags: color, colour, education, learning, light, reading, see better, speed, test
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What Light Looks Like

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Have you ever wondered what light looks like? Sure, everybody remembers the prisms in school and the colors of the rainbow. But how good an energy saving lamp – often with its dull colors – really is you can check for yourself now.

Dave – one of our kind customers in Australia has sent us the following pictures of an energy saving lamp with the Viva-Lite Spectrum and the Sunlight as a comparison:

Both photos were taken through so-called “Spectral-Glasses” which you can get in many stores and on the internet. Or buy them directly in the Viva-Lite International Online-Store and compare for yourself…

Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Tags: color, colour, glasses, light, rainbow, ray, see better, spectral, spectrum, viva-lite
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One of the Best lighted Houses in Finland

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

In Seinäjoki, Finland, there was a Jämerä-Stonehouse (made of aircrate) showing on 21.2.2009. What made that occasion very special, was the lighting of the house: the whole house was lighted with Viva-Lite fullspectrum daylight lamps, both compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) and fluorescent tubes (FSL).

There is plenty of good light in the house which is very important because the family has children. Children need a lot of daylight to be able to develop in a good way. The lighting was carried out mostly indirectly by Viva-Lite fullspectrum lamps and tubes. The family is very satisfied with this lighting.

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Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Tags: architecture, best practise, daylight, finland, fixtures, lamps, light, lighting, sad, see better
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Lighting up Other Lives

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Toby and Margit in Palm Beach A career as a concert pianist was put on the backburner when Toby Ruckert and his partner Margit Brusda chose to light up peoples lives. Moving to Waiheke in 2003 they brought with them ‘Viva-Lite’. Their light bulb producing company that specialises in full-spectrum lighting to assist businesses whose employees suffer from headaches, eyestrain and stress.

“People can get very low emotionally in the middle of winter due to the lack of natural light,” says Toby. “People feel entirely different working under these lights as they reduce tiredness and mood swings especially if it relates to the winter blues. But the lights also improve energy levels.”

Toby and Margit say that small businesses can reduce the number of sick days by changing their lighting. “For people who get headaches in the office, this improves them. Normal fluoro tubes only have three colours and we try to bring in as much of the suns natural spectrum as possible.”

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Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Tags: business awards, feel better, margit, office lights, sad, see better, toby, vero, work better
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Exposure to daylight may prevent myopia

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

A lack of exposure to sunlight, rather than watching too much television or playing computer games, causes myopia in children, a new study has claimed.

Researchers in Australia have reported that children need to spend at least two to three hours a day outside in direct sunlight to avoid becoming short-sighted.

The results of the study from the Australia Research Council found that exposure to bright light can help regulate the growth of the eyeball during childhood, significantly lowering the risk of myopia. (more…)

Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Tags: daylight, eyesight, feel better, myopia, see better, short-sighted, sunlight
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Posts Tagged ‘see better’

Carbonfund.org spotlights Viva-Lite

Protect your eyesight as you age

Better Lighting For Your Computer

Study of lighting and low vision in older people

The Colour Rendering Index (CRI)

A funny Colour and Reading Speed Test

What Light Looks Like

One of the Best lighted Houses in Finland

Lighting up Other Lives

Exposure to daylight may prevent myopia

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