How do office workers respond to artificial lighting that simulates natural light? How do changes of indoor environmental conditions affect sleep and stress? What types of indoor environment intervention can increase cognitive performance and improve job satisfaction? In order to answer these questions and others, Minnesota-based Well Living Lab recently announced an extensive three-year scientific research plan. The project aims to identify how indoor environments affect people’s lives by focusing the investigation on five key metrics: health, performance, stress and resiliency, sleep and comfort. “Our responsibility is to advance the science by conducting human-centered research that can be used in practical ways,” says Brent Bauer, M.D., medical director of the Well Living Lab and director of medicine for Mayo Clinic’s Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program. “It’s our belief that favorable outcomes can be realized, which will have long term benefits for people’s lives.” The investigation will build upon similar studies, including Memoori’s own recent survey […]