Sustainable Lighting Design

Sustainable Lighting Design

Isabel Villar and Maha Shalaby

Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 51m
Activity Declining
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2025

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Schedule
Semi-Annually
Format
Episodic
Hosting
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About This Podcast

This podcast is part of a research-in-practice project on sustainability in the lighting design field. We believe that sharing information harnesses the power of the collective genius, leading to innovation. And that together, we can push our profession towards a more sustainable development at a faster rate. This project is carried out by lighting designer Isabel Villar & sustainability specialist Maha Shalaby.

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Recent Episodes

S2E12 Anthropogenic Light: Exploring Ethics, Challenges, and Opportunities

Mar 14, 2025 58m

In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Professor Kevin Houser, a renowned expert in lighting and human factors at Oregon State University and the chief engineer at Pacific Northwest…

S3E11 Experiencing Aesthetics: The Role of Beauty in Sustainable Design

Dec 05, 2024 51m

In this episode we talk with Martina Frattura - a visionary lighting designer, researcher, and PhD student at the University of Bologna in Architecture and Design Cultures. Join us for an inspiring…

S2E10 Energy efficiency: accelerating the transition to Net Zero buildings

Sep 03, 2024 1h 3m

In this episode, we talk with Associate Professor Tarek Rakha to explore the nuances of net-zero versus net-positive buildings and address the role that electric and natural lighting have when aiming…

S2E1 Light pollution mitigation: bending the curve of biodiversity loss

May 29, 2024 55m

In this episode we talk with Dr. Franz Hölker, head of the "Light Pollution and Ecophysiology" research group at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries and Assoc. Prof. (PD)…

S1E8 The Sustainable Lighting Design project: a holistic approach for a healthier and more sustainable future

Aug 25, 2023 43m

In this episode, Maha and Isabel give a summary about the outcomes and main findings of the “Sustainable Lighting Design” project and review the reasons that led them to start the project. The…

Visual delight in architecture: the role of window views

Jan 05, 2022 46m

In this episode, we talk with Lisa Heschong, architect and founding principal of the Heschong Mahone Group (HMG), a building science consulting firm, where she led groundbreaking research showing the…

S1E6 Chronobiology : the nature of our circadian rhythm

Dec 12, 2021 49m

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Till Roenneberg, President of the World Federation of Societies for Chronobiology, and former President of the European Society for Rhythms Research. He has…

S1E5 Bridging the gap between technology and application: light’s quality and energy efficiency

Jul 07, 2021 56m

In this episode, we talk with Naomi Miller, lighting designer, and Senior Lighting Research Scientist at the United States Department of Energy - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Naomi's work…

S1E4 Circularity in lighting design: strategies to minimize the environmental impact of lighting systems

Apr 01, 2021 40m

In this episode, we talk with Sebastian Knoche, leader of Trilux lighting research team and an active member of the European Repro-Light research project.  Repro-light is a European research project…

S1E3 Protecting the dark sky: the environmental impact of light pollution and what we can do about it

Jan 25, 2021 57m

Pete Strasser is the Technical Director of the International Dark Sky Association, IDA. IDA is a non-profit organization,  whose mission is to “preserve and protect the nighttime environment and our…

S1E2 Linking WELL certification with practice: a special focus on light

Aug 12, 2020 50m

Gayathri Unnikrishnan is a lighting Designer and Vice President of the WELL standard development and Concept Lead for light at IWBI. In this Podcast we will be getting some insights into the Light…

S1E1 Daylighting and lighting under the Nordic sky: findings from research and practice

Jul 03, 2020 50m

Marie- Claude is an associate professor at the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment at Lund university in Sweden and an expert on sustainable design at White Arkitekter.  She recently…

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