Shedding Light on the Benefits of Daylight

About this episode

Dr. Neall Digert discusses the benefits of daylight in educational spaces and its impact on student wellness and performance.

Our guest today is Dr. Neall Digert, Vice President of Solatube International, Inc., who's here to tell us about the benefits of daylight in education spaces. Neall has over thirty years of consulting and education experience working in the energy, lighting, daylighting design, and research fields, specializing in the design and application of advanced lighting and daylighting systems for commercial building applications. We'll talk about the physiological and psychological effects of daylight; daylighting's impact on student wellness and academic performance; the sustainability effects of daylight; its use as a disinfectant; and much more.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Neall Digert

Topics covered

• daylight
• education
• student wellness
• academic performance
• sustainability

Keywords

• lighting
• daylighting design
• physiological effects
• psychological effects
• disinfectant

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Solatube

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