Light & Engineering 27 (5)

Volume 27
Date of publication 10/25/2019
Pages 4-8

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Senior Living - Lighting, Circadian Rhythm and Dementia I. L&E 27 (5) 2019

Articles authors:

Tadej Glažar, Marjeta Zupančič Meglič, Samo Kralj, Robert Peternelj

Tadej Glažar, Prof., Mag., senior lecturer, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, MA in Architecture, (Berlage Institute Amsterdam, 1992). He is regular Professor and Vice Dean at Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Invited guest lecturer and studio critic at TU Graz, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes, Građevinsko Arhitektonski Fakultet Split, ZHAW Winterthur, University of Zagreb, ETH Zurich, ETSAM Madrid and TU Berlin. Organized or participated on several architectural and urban workshops in Slovenia and abroad. Researcher in several EU Tempus and Erasmus + projects. Research experience: urban and architectural design: sustainable urban development strategies, urban design, architecture of public and apartment buildings. Author of numerous architectural and urban projects and competitions awarded with national and international prizes. Member of editorial board of Oris magazine (Zagreb, Croatia) and correspondent for Werk, Bauen und Wohnen (Zurich, Switzerland). Member of Scientific board for tourism at Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Marjeta Zupančič, Architect, M. Sc. A. and M. Sc. Lighting Design, has studied at Ljubljana Faculty of Architecture and then continued her studies on Hochschule Wismar, Master of Architectural Lighting Design. Since returning to Slovenia, she has been working for over a decade as independent lighting professional, dealing with daylight and artificial light on number of different projects. She is an active member of Slovenia Lighting Society

Samo Kralj, Architect, M. Sc. A., Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana Assist. In 2016, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana. During study, he worked at numerous architectural offices in Ljubljana. From 2016, he is an assistant at the faculty at subject design studio I–V and architectural design I. As an assistant, he has organized & participated in numerous workshops and made projects in Slovenia and abroad. He is especially interested in the topics of architecture, industrial design and design of light

Robert Peternelj, B.C.E. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, head of real estate investment, Real estate pension found LTD, Ljubljana. He has wide working experiences in constructing, researching and investing in real estate in Slovenian and international companies. In the last two decades, he has been focusing on planning and executing housing estates suitable for elderly people. Recently he is giving strong accent to daylight and artificial light with proper planning and executing on renovation of existing and new housing estates for elderly people

Abstract:

The Real Estate Fund of Pension and Disability Insurance (Nepremicninski Sklad) in Slovenia, founded in1997 is the owner of 3255 properties in 116 locations throughout the country and is intended for solving housing issues of pensioners of 65 years or older and other elderly persons who are allowed independently to live. The lease contracts are concluded for an indefinite period of time. The aim and vision of the Fund is to improve the quality of life for the elderly tenants by adapting the living environment, the flats and surroundings according to the physical needs of aging tenants. Homes for seniors often have low light levels and poor light spectrum caused by fluorescent or incandescent lighting. Demographic changes in most European countries show rising average life expectancy which means that the number of people with weak visual capacity or visual impairment is increasing. Equally the risks of injuries due to poor lighting conditions are increasing, e.g. missing a step resulting in a hip joint fracture. Better lighting conditions are of critical importance for aging population, as stated also in the recently published CIE227:2017. To facilitate safe environment for the elderly, the Fund in 2013 initiated a lighting research study that should provide facts and evidence for a lighting standard for their own premises.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33383/2018-065