Improving the well-being of high-Arctic residents by modifying light exposure while saving energy

• Main Authors: Newsham, Guy R., Veitch, Jennifer A., Arsenault, Chantal D., Kruithof, Steven, Mancini, Sandra, Galasiu, Anca D., Amow, Gisele
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Forces Station Alert
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/accepted/?id=7ea404b4-7f89-473a-be43-7652ce90fdff; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=7ea404b4-7f89-473a-be43-7652ce90fdff; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=7ea404b4-7f89-473a-be43-7652ce90fdff

We conducted a lighting retrofit study at Canadian Forces Station Alert (latitude 82°30’N), the world’s most northerly, permanently inhabited settlement. Existing recessed fluorescent troffers with nominally 6500K T8 lamps on electronic ballasts, providing ambient lighting in selected offices, were...