Systems, methods and articles for enhancing wellness associated with habitable environments

A system to control environmental characteristics in an enclosed space;

• the system comprising:
• a control subsystem that includes at least one processor and at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data;
• an air handling subsystem to control air characteristics of air in the enclosed space, the air handling system including at least one of:
• an air filter, a heater, an air conditioner, a humidifier, a dehumidifier, a vent, a fan, or a compressor, and the air handling system including at least one of:
• a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor positioned to detect a temperature or a humidity proximate at least one portion of the enclosed space;
• an illumination subsystem operable to control illumination characteristics of illumination provided in at least a portion of the enclosed spaced, the illumination subsystem including:
• a plurality of illumination sources selectively operable to emit illumination at a number of levels and a number of wavelengths;
• at least one actuator operable to control an amount of illumination received into the enclosed space via one or more windows from an external source of illumination;
• and
• at least one user actuatable input device located in the enclosed space and communicatively coupled to the control subsystem and selectively actuatable by a user to switch between a circadian setting and at least one override setting, wherein:
• the control subsystem is communicatively coupled to control the plurality of illumination sources and the at least one actuator, and when in the circadian setting the control subsystem provides signals to the illumination sources and the at least one actuator to cause the illumination sources and the at least one actuator to provide illumination according to a defined circadian pattern over a period of time, the circadian pattern at least approximately matching changes in illumination level and color temperature of naturally occurring illumination of at least one defined latitude over the period of time.

A method of controlling environmental characteristics in an enclosed space;

• the method comprising:
• receiving at a first time a first input indicative of a selection of a circadian setting;
• in response to the first input indicative of the selection of the circadian setting, providing signals by a control subsystem to cause a plurality of illumination sources to emit artificial illumination at a number of levels and a number of wavelengths and to cause at least one actuator to control at least a level of natural illumination received into the enclosed space via one or more windows from an external source of illumination such that a combination of the artificial and the natural illumination varies over a first period of time according to a circadian pattern;
• receiving at a second time a second input indicative of a selection of a first non-circadian setting;
• in response to the second input indicative of the selection of the first non-circadian setting, providing signals by the control subsystem to cause a plurality of illumination sources to emit artificial illumination at a number of levels and a number of wavelengths and to cause at least one actuator to control at least a level of natural illumination received into the enclosed space via one or more windows from an external source of illumination such that a combination of the artificial and the natural illumination does not vary over a second period of time according to the circadian pattern;
• detecting by at least one sensor whether the enclosed spaced is occupied;
• and
• providing signals to the control subsystem indicative of whether the enclosed space is occupied.