Dear Reader:

Humans spend 90% of their time indoors, a big portion of which under electric lighting. This subjects us to the prospect of physical imbalances, which in turn can make us not only less happy, but less productive. Now, hold that thought.

Fact: the sleep aid market has grown an average of 29% annually since the year 2000. That’s annually, with compounding year after year for the last 22 years. Why is that?

It’s because people continue to spend more and more time indoors and spend a large and increasing amount of time with electronic devices. As a result, our Circadian Rhythms are generally out of sorts, and this plays directly into employee absenteeism, and how productive we are while on the job. Color temperature is important, and the ability to ‘tune’ the color of lighting in your facility can combat the effects of low color temperature, and the resulting imbalances of melatonin on ...