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Daylighting
Daylighting is a unique method of lighting an area but rather than relying on artificial lights powered by electricity the purpose of daylighting is to use natural light in the most useful and illuminating method possible. Often daylighting can start be placing windows and reflective surfaces at the perfect places in a house or structure to make the best use of the natural sunlight.
A good example of daylighting is using natural light through highly polished reflective tubes containing mirrors to light underground installations that have no other access to natural light. With the environment and rising energy costs being on everyones mind at the moment Daylighting is worth implementing because it can cut your energy bills by a large amount. In cooler parts of the globe with largely overcast skies,
a house will be designed with minimal windows on the polar side but
more and larger windows on the equatorial-side.
Equatorial-side windows receive at least some direct sunlight on any
sunny day of the year, so they are effective at daylighting areas of
the house adjacent to the windows. Day-lighting requires the inventive use of skylighting, light reflectors, light tubes and clerestory windows and can be very effective in modern buildings in both reducing energy bills and also providing an interesting and functional lighting design.
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