Swedish Bus Stops Now Offer Light Therapy For Tired Commuters
From Fast Company
December 3, 2012 - 2:30pm
What’s better than subjecting people to ads while they wait for their ride? Giving them some natural light to cheer up their dreary commute. Winter’s lack of sunlight can be depressing. In Sweden, the problem is especially bad--the northernmost areas of the country see just two hours of sunlight in the winter. Umeå, a town about 300 miles north of Stockholm, doesn’t have quite that much darkness, but it still only gets four hours of light in the depths of the winter months. That’s why local energy company Umeå Energy is replacing billboards with overhead light therapy panels at 30 bus stops around the town.Read Full Story
December 3, 2012 - 2:30pm
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