Sunday, March 28, 2010

Benefits of Modern Daylighting

Daylighting a space is both an art and a science. The impact of daylight can make a building’s design and use come to life. Daylighting can be skillfully planned and well implemented, or it can be too casually considered, totally misunderstood, and negatively affect a building and its occupants. Bad daylighting is devastating to a space, and costly to counteract. Today, in this era of sustainable design, daylighting is given more consideration than ever and practitioners are encouraged to demonstrate design compliance with recommended measures of building performance, such as LEED®. To read full story, click here.