Daylighting

“We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.” – Rene Magritte

Daylighting is the controlled admission of natural light into a space through fenestrations such as windows or skylight to reduce or eliminate the use of electric lighting. By providing indoor spaces with a direct link to the dynamic patterns of outdoor illumination, daylighting helps create a productive, health and stimulating environment for building occupants, while at the same time reducing as much as thirty percent of the total building energy costs.

How Architects can Contribute

“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.” – Albert Schweitzer

In these times where oil and electricity prices are steadily rising, it should be the architect’s prerogative to design and build structures that are more efficient and sustainable – Green Architecture.