Summary: Shift Work And Night Work

3.4. Type of Work
The importance of lighting in different types of work according to their work settings has come to the consideration of the consultants in architecture related fields. Certain types of work, such as shift work and night work requires employees to work under artificial lighting for considerable period of time. The types of work varies according to different factors.
• Shift work and night work
• Video Display Terminal and Computer Work
• Open Plan Offices
• Performance in Schools
• Work in Industrial Settings

3.4.1. Shift Work and Night Work
The reliance of shift work and night work on artificial forms of lighting can have a number of effects on wellbeing and performance of its employees. (Mills & Tomkins, 2007) Most studies

Newsham (2009) demonstrated the importance of windows in an open plan office in their study of employees at 95 workstations. They found that window access played an important role in worker satisfaction with lighting.

3.4.4. Learning Environments
There is some evidence that lighting in schools can impact on the work performance of teachers and pupils via its effect on learning. While learning is an important feature of all workplaces, it is the central activity in schools. Successful student learning involves acquisition of knowledge and development of skills, behaviour and attitudes necessary for students to become socially adept and independent. Performance of teachers directly involves supporting student learning.
Most studies involving teachers and students have focused on the impact of lighting on school achievement. It is now widely accepted that the lighting in the learning environment impacts on students’ and teachers’

Work in Industrial Settings
Manufacturing, production or factory settings that may or may not involve working with machinery are referred here as industrial settings. A study concluded that vision strain problems are most common among vision intensive industrial employees. The study measured the visual performance of electronic and jewellery manufacturing workers working on tiny visual tasks over near distances. When lighting conditions were improved, short breaks introduced and visual performance problems were corrected, they found that performance increased significantly among the