Paul_in_Maryland
Flashlight Enthusiast
This morning, my officemates and I arrived to find that our landlord had replaced our 48-inch fluorescent overhead lights with energy-saving NOT fluorescent LED tubes. The new tubes cast a beam that can only be described as ghoulish and soul-sapping. It skews blue. It's far from full-spectrum. Some say it looks like hospital lighting. I say it looks like lighting from a prison, only I wouldn't wish it on any prisoners. Even people who don't normally notice lighting, notice this lighting.
I get that landlords want to save money. But surely the need to save pennies must be weighed against tenants' happiness and well-being.
My company's CEO has asked me to advise her how to take up the matter with the landlord. I thought I'd start here.
What advice do you have?
Are there studies that show that when tenants receive less human lighting, they're more likely to leave?
In case the landlord will relent, I want to offer to meet him halfway. can you suggest warmer, fuller-spectrum 48s that operate almost as efficiently as these "energy efficient" LED tubes? And, ideally, that don't cost much more to buy?
I get that landlords want to save money. But surely the need to save pennies must be weighed against tenants' happiness and well-being.
My company's CEO has asked me to advise her how to take up the matter with the landlord. I thought I'd start here.
What advice do you have?
Are there studies that show that when tenants receive less human lighting, they're more likely to leave?
In case the landlord will relent, I want to offer to meet him halfway. can you suggest warmer, fuller-spectrum 48s that operate almost as efficiently as these "energy efficient" LED tubes? And, ideally, that don't cost much more to buy?
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