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Who we are

Charitable Objectives

  • To raise awareness about the effects of artificial lighting on human health and wellbeing.
  • To stimulate discussion and investigation into the effects of artificial lighting on human health and wellbeing.
  • The promotion of equality and diversity through encouraging provision of access to civic life for those excluded by sensitivity to artificial lighting.

LightAware Statements

  • LightAware Mission Statement
  • LightAware Statement on the banning of incandescent light bulbs
  • LightAware Statement on LED street lighting
  • LightAware Response to Public Health England Report on LED
  • LightAware Response to Chief Medical Officer Report on Pollution 2017
  • 9 LightAware Case Studies
  • LightAware comments on proposed EU Single Lighting Regulation
  • LightAware proposed exemption to EU Single Lighting Regulation
  • LightAware further comments on exemption to EU Single Lighting Regulation
  • LightAware Factsheet 1: Making Buildings Accessible to People with Sensitivity to Artificial Lighting
  • LightAware Factsheet 2: Accommodating Employees with Sensitivity to Artificial Lighting
  • LightAware Leaflet
  • LightAware short response to Ecodesign consultation
  • LightAware FULL response to Ecodesign consultation
  • LightAware LED Street lighting report
  • LightAware LED Street Lighting report Executive Summary
  • LightAware LED Street lighting report Media release

LightAware Advisory Panel

The members of the LightAware Advisory Panel are all experts in their professional field who support the charity with expert advice and guidance, ensuring that our website and our campaigns are grounded in the best possible information.

  • Amardeep M. Dugar, IALD, IES, SLL, Lighting Researcher and Designer, India
  • John Hawk, Emeritus Professor of Dermatological Photobiology, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College, London
  • Beatrice Jordan, MCOptom Dip Tp (IP), Optometrist, Ayr
  • Stephen Leach, Emeritus Professor, De Montfort University, Local Government Consultant
  • Simon Nicholas, BSc. MSc. CEng MIMechE, Outdoor Lighting Quality Campaigner and Consultant, Manchester
  • Alison Ritter, Head of Educational Concepts and Programmes at VIA-Verlag, Germany
  • Kevan Shaw, C.Eng MILP, Kevan Shaw Lighting Design (KSLD), Edinburgh
  • Dr Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska, IALD, IES, CIE, MSLL, RIBA,  Lighting Designer and Researcher Poland/Switzerland

LightAware Ambassadors

LightAware Ambassadors are an invaluable part of the wider team who use their expertise and/or direct experience to promote the charity in many ways, where they live and further afield, and act as a point of contact for general and press enquiries.  LightAware has ambassadors in the following locations:

  • Lancaster, England
  • London, England
  • Newcastle, England
  • Oxford, England
  • Co Galway, Republic of Ireland
  • Germany
  • Canberra, Australia
  • Dubai, UAE

And for the following conditions:

  • Migraine and Mears-Irlen Syndrome
  • Light sensitive Lupus

If you would like to be put in contact with one of the LightAware ambassadors please contact info@lightaware.org

The LightAware Trustees

  • Andrew Collins – andrew@lightaware.org
  • John Lincoln – john@lightaware.org
  • Laura Deacon

Postal address:

LightAware
C/o Andertax 21 West Port Linlithgow
United Kingdom EH49 7AY

LightAware is the winner of the 2017 PLDC Award

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