The right type of office light can make you more productive. This is a concept we’ve been hearing more and more in recent years, albeit mainly from lighting vendors and those promoting their smart buildings that feature “human-centric” lighting. So is this all just bogus science being used to reinvent the light bulb or is there actually a proven scientific basis and evidence for these theories? “We know it is going to have a significant benefit for many people,” says James Benya, an engineer and lighting consultant based in Davis, California. “But without guiding science, and with the lack of protocols and standards, right now it is the Wild West.” Like snake oil in the old Wild West, those promoting human-centric lighting can essentially say what they want about its benefits, and even more suspicious is that while the basic concepts are the same, there is no strict rule on how lighting should be used […]