What is rate limiting in lighting and human factors research, and how we can accelerate it?

John P. Hanifin, Ph.D. & George C. Brainard, Ph.D. The Light Research Program Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA

- Break down research silos - More interdisciplinary endeavours

Common Reporting Platform

- Report spectral signature of light source studied

- Calculate and report human photopigment illuminances relative to light sources

Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age Trends in Neurosciences 37(1): 1-9 (2014)

Lucas, Peirson, Berson, Brown, Cooper, Czeisler, Figueiro, Gamlin, Lockley, O’Hagan,

Price, Provencio, Skene, and Brainard

CIE Reportership: CIE TN 003:2015

Figure : Lucas et al. TINS, 2014

Evidence Based Lighting