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RESEARCH MATTERS
es affect organizational productivity
through effects on employees.
Other NRC research in the same
host organization has demonstrated
that the workstation-specific, directindirect
luminaires with individual
control, daylight harvesting and
occupancy sensors can save 69 percent
of the electricity used compared
to a conventional grid of parabolic-louvered
luminaires (Galasiu,
Newsham, Suvagau, & Sander,
2007). The evidence that these luminaires
also deliver a higher-quality
work environment, and furthermore
that this environment is associated
with fewer health problems and better
employee retention, makes this
lighting solution an excellent choice
for individuals, their employers and
the environment.
REFERENCES
Boyce, P. R., Veitch, J. A., Newsham, G.
R., Jones, C. C., Heerwagen, J., Myer, M., et
al. (2006). Lighting quality and office work:
Two field simulation experiments. Lighting
Research and Technology, 38(3), 191-223.
Boyce, P. R., Veitch, J. A., Newsham, G.
R., Myer, M., & Hunter, C. (2003). Lighting
quality and office work: A field simulation
study. (PNNL 14506). Richland, WA, USA:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Retrieved from http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/
obj/irc/doc/pubs/b3214.1/B3214.1.pdf.
Galasiu, A. D., Newsham, G. R., Suvagau,
C., & Sander, D. M. (2007). Energy saving
lighting control systems for open-plan
offices: a field study. Leukos, 4(1), 7-29.
Veitch, J. A., Newsham, G. R., Boyce, P.
R., & Jones, C. C. (2008). Lighting appraisal,
well-being, and performance in open-plan
offices: A linked mechanisms approach.
Lighting Research and Technology, 40(2),
133-151.
Veitch, J. A., Newsham, G. R., Mancini,
S., & Arsenault, C. D. (2010, in press).
Lighting and office renovation effects on
employee and organizational well-being.
(NRC-IRC B3230.1). Ottawa, ON: NRC
Institute for Research in Construction.
Jennifer A. Veitch, Ph.D.,
Fellow IESNA, is a senior
research officer at the
National Research Council Canada
Institute for Research in Construction
(NRC-IRC). She’s best known for her
research on lighting quality, and her
contributions to Chapter 10, Quality
of the Visual Environment, in the
IESNA Lighting Handbook (Ninth ed.),
and more recently for research into
environmental and job satisfaction
in open-plan offices. She serves on
the IES Lighting Criteria Committee
and the Operations Advisory Board
for LEUKOS.
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