Skylights
Skylights
Skylights can make a major contribution to energy efficiency and comfort in new and retrofit low-rise buildings. Daylight is an excellent source of 'cool light' and the 'right size' of skylight admits just enough light and no more. The many available kinds of skylight can use the same energyef ficient technologies used in other window designs.
Skylights can be installed in existing and new homes. Daylight provides 'cool light', meaning that a given amount of light is accompanied by less heat gain most types of artificial light. Skylights provide some of the best ways to admit daylight and distribute it evenly, saving energy and improving visual comfort levels.
Skylights increase the amenity of internal spaces that might otherwise have no windows and allow additional flexibility in architectural design. They particularly suit one- and twostorey construction.
A skylight can admit over three times as much light as a vertical window of the same size
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Solar Tube Skylights
Skylights are a great addition to any house, as they bring in more natural light - cutting down on artificial light electricity costs, as well as promoting good health for a home's occupants. Unfortunately, however, skylights are hard to install in most pre-built homes because they require so much roof real estate. Also, unless the sun is at the right angle and there are absolutely no clouds in the sky, skylights don't always illuminate a space in a way that makes their cost worthwhile. Thats why we love Solatube - a smart technology which takes skylights one step further by refracting, reflecting and concentrating solar light into a small tube using mirrors and lenses.
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