DLA Annual Conference & General Assembly 2022
Daylight research encompasses and interacts with a multitude of research areas and disciplines, ranging from biochemistry and chronobiology to architecture, energy research, and vison sciences. Through its activities, the Daylight Academy (DLA) wants to leverage the potential of this extraordinary diversity by encouraging collaboration and mutual learning across sectors and fields of expertise. Such an interdisciplinary exchange has the potential to be a catalyst for creativity, novelty, and development. But the mission of the DLA does not end there. The organisation also strives to strengthen knowledge transfer and applications of research. The Annual Conference 2022 focused on this important task.
As usual, different perspectives were presented by guest speakers. Concrete examples of research applications and evidence-based arguments for a stronger integration of daylight, for example when designing living spaces or developing energy strategies, were shared.
Discover or re-discover several talks in video:
“Daylighting and net zero building design”
keynote speech held by Prof. Christoph Reinhart,
Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, USA
“Nanostructured thin films for solar radiation management: Smart materials for the building envelope”
Keynote speech held by Dr Andreas Schüler,
Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
“From human biology to daylight practice and policy:
a view on inclusion and longevity”
keynote speech held by Ass. Prof. Rana Zadeh,
Health Design Innovations Lab, Affiliated with Cornell’s Institute for Healthy Futures,
Department of Human Centered Design, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, New York, US
“Maya ethnomedicine: the role of plants and sunlight
in an indigenous One Health approach”
talk held by Dr Mónica Berger González,
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
in the context of the parallel session
“The power of daylight in a One Health world”
“Pacific Ecological Calendars”
talk held by Neal Kelso,
Swarthmore College Laboratory for Endangered Languages,
San Francisco, California, USA
in the context of the parallel session
“The power of daylight in a One Health world”
Programme flyer
Side activities
Speakers
Dr Mariëlle Aarts
Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Moderator of Day 2
Alessandro AllegraDepartment of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, UK
Panel discussion (Day 2)
Dr Artur Braun
Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
Keynote speaker (Day 2)
Dr Brigitte Buchmann
Member of the directorate, Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Welcome note (Day 1)
Dr Matthias MichelMember of the Swiss Council of States, Switzerland
Panel discussion (Day 2)
Dr Mirjam MünchCentre for Chronobiology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Moderator of Day 1
Prof. Brian Norton
Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork and TU Dublin, Ireland
Moderator of Day 2
Prof. Christoph Reinhart
Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Keynote speaker (Day 1)
Ms Judit Solt
Chief editor and journalist, TEC21, Switzerland
Moderation of Panel discussion (Day 2)
Ass. Prof. Rana Zadeh
Health Design Innovations Lab, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, New York, USA
Keynote speaker and Panel discussion (Day 2)