DAYLIGHTING AND ENERGY
The Skylight Council is committed to providing the latest information regarding the benefits of daylighting and the affect it has on energy savings, which is always a timely topic. Below is a daylighting fact sheet developed by the Council, as well as the latest AAMA and industry news regarding daylighting and energy savings.
Daylighting Fact Sheet
Daylighting Basics, Daylighting and Energy Savings, is a fact sheet created by AAMA's Skylight Council, details the benefits of daylighting through skylights, while also reinforcing the energy savings that can be achieved when utilizing these products for daylighting.
AAMA News
Fine Tuning Daylighting
Daylighting, well-established as a bona fide green building technique and quantifiable energy saver, is attracting the attention of not just codes and standards groups but also fenestration manufacturers, researchers, designers and green building consultants.
Case Study: Skylights Help Maine Supermarket Achieve LEED® Platinum Rating
The approximately 85,000 supermarkets across America are typically artificially-lit boxes surrounded by dark asphalt. They devour energy, given their generous operating hours, requiring lighting and climate control for people and often row upon row of doorless display refrigerators for perishables.
Hannaford Brothers Supermarkets, based in Scarborough, ME, decided to try something completely different for a new store and opened the first such building to be LEED® Platinum certified.
Do You Really Want to Save Energy?
Facts about saving energy with the use of skylights.
Glass or Plastic: The Question for Skylights
Architects have increasingly placed more emphasis on daylighting in commercial buildings. One reason stems from the results of 3 different studies recently conducted which have shown that natural daylight enhances student productivity.
Why Install Skylights in a Working Environment
Benefits of installing skylights and considerations when installing skylights.
Industry News and Links
The Impact of Light on Outcomes in Healthcare Settings
Issue Paper Objective: To identify the mechanisms by which light impacts human health and performance and review the literature linking light (daylight and artificial light) with health outcomes in healthcare settings.
Lighter Days, Brighter Days: Daylighting as an Energy-Saving Tool
Daylighting, a term that has become synonymous with the use of natural light in buildings, created a flurry of literature beginning in the 1980s, and continues to be one of the most researched topics in construction.
Industry Links
For more industry information regarding daylighting, view these industry organization websites.
American Architectural