Because of this there is a vibrant speed-reading industry where you can pay money to take courses that offer to increase the number of words per minute that you can read.

What if there was another, simple answer? The Viva-Lite Finnish partners – AD-Lux – did some simple tests of reading times and found that most of the subjects were reading 20% faster under the full-spectrum bulb than they were under standard bulbs. It’s a simple yet effective change you can make in your work and home environment today.

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Lighting designer Ilkka Pekanheimo, Autumn has come and the days become shorter, now would be the right time to buy day light illumination. Why?

First of all, human eyes are designed to live under daylight, they work best in full spectrum daylight. Many homes benefit from having more daylight.

 

It is quite amazing, that people spend up to two thirds of their time in artificial light and yet they don’t pay attention to the quality of this light.

What are the benefits of daylight lighting to activities such as reading and viewing colors?

The reading speed may be up to 20% higher. There are many school studies illustrating this point.

 

And if you look here at the colors, the blue color on the left side is correct, as in outdoor daylight lighting. In warm tone light (on the right) the blue turns to purple. The more the eye ages, the less we will see in the warm color lighting.

 

This becomes a big problem when people buy energy-saving light bulbs in supermarkets, – these contain a lot of the yellow light. Almost all say that they do not see properly in this light.

 

Just try and replace the existing lamps with full spectrum daylight bulbs and see, how much easier it is to read and see the colors. Then, gradually, a room at a time, improve the lighting.

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Viva-Lite has long been at the forefront of full-spectrum lighting technology and this conference will see the launch of the first real full spectrum daylight LED series in the world, amongst other innovations.

Press/Media/Journalists welcome. To apply for your Media Pass please contact us at marketing at viva-lite.com.

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“The form of the Leaf House is unique. By day it resembles a strange hat or misshapen boat; by night a Jack O’ Lantern, glowing from within, its windows evoking the abstracted eyes and mouth of some Finnish folklore giant. Though the structure appears quirky and follyesque – modernism goes Moomin – it is far from haphazard.”

Viva-Lite partners Ad-Lux were responsible for the full-spectrum lights throughout the house and reported from the opening party that under the Viva Lite lamps the colors of the house are real and beautiful.

You can watch a video of the house here.

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