Lighting for Sustainability, Performance and Well-Being
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NeoCon Presentation Description: Lighting plays a critical role in patient healing, staff performance, and the long-term success of healthcare facilities. This presentation explores how intentional, patient and staff centered lighting strategies can enhance experience while improving sustainability and operational performance.
Attendees will learn how early lighting decisions can reduce first costs, energy use, maintenance, and carbon impact without compromising safety, visual comfort, or clinical function. Evidence based wellness strategies including biophilic and circadian lighting principles and the use of melanopic lighting strategies will be discussed for 24/7 healthcare environments. The session also highlights how targeted lighting investments support intuitive wayfinding, reduce stress, and improve staff efficiency.
Participants will leave with practical insights for leveraging lighting as a high value design tool that supports healing, performance, and long term facility goals.
Lauren Schwade, LC, EDAC, IALD, IES
Senior Associate/ Healthcare Lighting Lead
Mazzetti
Lauren is Mazzetti’s healthcare lighting expert, with more than 18 years of experience and a portfolio filled with notable clients and facilities such as MD Anderson and MSK. With a specialty in healthcare and integrated design, she is committed to delivering lighting design solutions that ensure an environment fully conducive to health, wellness, and healing. Lauren is actively involved in advancing her industry. She sits on the IES Healthcare Committee, is an active member for her local AMFP group and is an affiliate member of the Center for Health Design. She is truly passionate with her work and always looking to the latest research as her guiding principles.
