In this episode of Minds Over Matters, lighting designer and director of the California Lighting Technology Center Jae Yong Suk joins host Ed Kiggins to discuss lighting, smart homes, and energy resiliency in the 21st century. How does lighting affect our health? And how are our energy technologies evolving to meet the growing needs of decarbonization, grid resiliency, and community well-being? In this conversation, Ed and Suk discuss how the California Lighting Technology Center is leading the charge to accelerate and commercialize technologies necessary for a sustainable future. Can these blue-sky dreams become a reality? Listen and find out! 

Bio: Dr. Jae Yong Suk is an internationally recognized lighting designer and director of the California Lighting Technology Center. His research focuses on optimizing lighting technologies to advance human health and well-being. As director of the California Lighting Technology Center, Suk supervises and enhances the center’s ongoing research, education, and demonstration activities. From studying the effects of discrete lighting on human stress levels in The Color Lab to integrating sustainable energy technologies into building infrastructure, Suk and his colleagues are setting the stage for an energy-resilient future, influencing policy both nationally and internationally.

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Full list of academic publications available at Google Scholar.