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The 8th Light Symposium was held at the Copenhagen Campus of Aalborg University in September 2022. We welcomed more than 170 conference guest, 50+ paper presentations, two keynote talks from renown speakers, two panel discussions, networking meetings, social events and more.
The conference proceedings are published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 1099.
With the greatest challenge of our time – the climate crisis – we begin to understand the need to rethink our ways of living and to maintain the ecosystems we are part of and depend upon. In that perspective, the role of lighting design takes on new aspects – we now understand light as an important tool in balancing the needs of both humans and the planet.
With available technological advances, possibilities are almost endless when working with light. Yet, some things never change - since the dawn of humanity, the sun has governed our bodies, rhythms and visual experience of the world - the more we are shielded in indoor environments, the more we seek a connectedness to nature and natural daylight.
At a time of rapid technological change, we can easily forget the importance of supporting sustainable development from a holistic perspective, considering not only energy consumption, but also sustainable behaviour, human well-being, better biodiversity for animals and plants, lifecycle assessments for products, connectedness, etc. However, we must solve the complex interplay between these aspects, if we are to meet the 2050 goal of reducing the CO2 emission to net-zero and, at the same time, ensure a more sustainable approach to how we bring light into our environments.
The conference proceedings are published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 1099.
With the greatest challenge of our time – the climate crisis – we begin to understand the need to rethink our ways of living and to maintain the ecosystems we are part of and depend upon. In that perspective, the role of lighting design takes on new aspects – we now understand light as an important tool in balancing the needs of both humans and the planet.
With available technological advances, possibilities are almost endless when working with light. Yet, some things never change - since the dawn of humanity, the sun has governed our bodies, rhythms and visual experience of the world - the more we are shielded in indoor environments, the more we seek a connectedness to nature and natural daylight.
At a time of rapid technological change, we can easily forget the importance of supporting sustainable development from a holistic perspective, considering not only energy consumption, but also sustainable behaviour, human well-being, better biodiversity for animals and plants, lifecycle assessments for products, connectedness, etc. However, we must solve the complex interplay between these aspects, if we are to meet the 2050 goal of reducing the CO2 emission to net-zero and, at the same time, ensure a more sustainable approach to how we bring light into our environments.
Short title | LS2022 |
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Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 01/04/2022 → 31/12/2022 |
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