Circadian Lighting Design in the LED Era

Maurizio Rossi works at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano), where he is Associate Professor of Industrial Design and Scientific Director of the Laboratorio Luce, the largest Italian university laboratory on design of lighting and color, photometry, colorimetry, and visual perception. Dr. Rossi is Director of the university’s Master’s courses on Lighting Design & LED Technology and Color Design & Technology. Over the past 15 years, he has supervised more than 20 research projects at Laboratorio Luce, including a number on topics related to the well-being of people. His research and teaching work has involved collaboration with over thirty companies. Dr. Rossi is President of the Associazione Italiana Colore and editor-in-chief of the journal Color Culture and Science. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the AIC (International Colour Association) and a fellow of the AIDI (Associazione Italiana di Illuminazione), SID (Società Italiana Design), and ILA (International Light Association). Dr. Rossi is the author of four books and 35 journal papers and has also edited 15 books.

• Cap 1 The Human Circadian System.- Cap 2 Circadian Photometry.- Cap 3 Case study: analysis of natural lighting in the interiors.- Cap 4 LED products for Circadian Lighting Design.- Cap 5 Case study: an applied research for Circadian Lighting Design.- Cap 6 Conclusions: Guidelines and requirements for Circadian Lighting Design.