Clear membrane for skylight below roofing
Paul Balga
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Comments (24)Hi ryanaiden! We saw that you are trying to convince your husband to go green so we thought the information below may be helpful. We listed 10 reasons to add natural light to your home to help cut down on energy costs. Hopefully this information will convince him! :) Each year, 10 percent of a typical single family homeâs energy bill is spent on lighting. An additional 49 percent of the bill is spent on heating and cooling costs, which can be greatly impacted by electric light use and heat gain or loss from inefficient windows and skylights. When daylighting applications are properly applied, homeowners can greatly decrease the amount of energy used within their home. The New Solatube Smart LED system delivers beautiful daylight during the day that seamlessly transitions to energy efficient LED lighting at night. Here are 10 reasons why you should add daylight to your home: 1. Daylighting provides energy usage reduction during the most important time of day, peak hours, when energy rates are the highest and daylight availability is the greatest. 2. Integrating Solatube Daylighting Systems into home designs can slash interior lighting costs by up to 80%. 3. Solatube Tubular Daylighting Devices can bring daylight into dark spaces into homes and businesses, and can be easily installed in about two hours without the hassle and expense of reframing. 4. A 2003 study of office worker productivity found that exposure to daylight was consistently linked with higher levels of concentration and improved short-term memory. 5. According to the Wisconsin-based Daylighting Collaborative, about 86% of electricity in traditional buildings is used for light, fans and cooling. Adding Solatube daylighting systems can cut these costs by more than 50% by reducing electric lighting, because daylight produces less heat per unit of illumination than most light sources. 6. Daylight provides the truest and most vivid color rendition of all available light sources. At night, the LED lights in the Solatube Smart LED, offer the more beautiful color and are more efficient than compact fluorescent and incandescent bulbs. 7. The Solatube Smart LED, a fusion of daylighting and LED lighting, can deliver up to 94 percent in energy lighting savings. 8. Studies in Canada and Sweden noted improved student behavior and health, including fewer days of absences per year, in daylit classrooms. 9. The new NAHB Green Home Building guidelines specifically recommend that Tubular Daylighting Devices be installed in rooms without windows. 10. Skylights are cited as the number one option in âdream bathroomâ designs. Instead of making drastic structural changes that will cost you a fortune, a Solatube Daylighting System can provide you the daylight you need at a fraction of the cost with no structural changes or painting. Daylighting systems (i.e. windows, skylights, Tubular Daylight Devices, etc.) are not only eco-friendly, but they provide exceptional lighting and have even been proven to boost morale and productivity (among many other benefits). By using a renewable resource, daylighting systems are able to harness the sunâs rays and help build a sustainable future....See MoreProblems with New Velux FCM Fixed Skylight Installation
Comments (9)I rented a thermal camera from Home Depot. What it shows is that everything is a cool temp except for the perimeter/border of the shaft just where the skylight attaches to the curb. In that perimeter it's showing bright red in the thermal camera. Everything else - the glass itself, the shaft, the ceiling - are green or blue in the camera. Outside temps at the time were about 80-82. I showed it to the skylight contractor, and he said he cannot explain the red perimeter. Do any of the experts here have an explanation? I am wondering if the size of the skylight and the curb don't match, or there is some kind of sealing problem between the skylight and the curb. I am hoping for some expert advice from this forum. TIA....See Moreskylight in bathroom too blue toned
Comments (21)it's not a film, I already checked. and I don't mean literally blue light. I mean cool toned. I find that window and glass vendors are not exactly educated in color theory. if you're color sensitive and truly worried, I'd seek out a lighting architect to help you figure it out. I wish I did. ultimately it boiled down to one major problem for me: the skylight was positioned on a part of the roof where it's deep in a shadow most of the time (a huge design mistake). shadows from sunlight tend to be cool toned. so on a sunny day when the shadow is strong, the light coming into the room is very weak and cool toned (like a dim 5,000K bulb). on a cloudy day, the light is diffused and better. thankfully this spring/summer/early fall, the shadows changed position and the skylights are actually very pretty. the reason why I started this thread was because I noticed the glass itself looks kind of blue-green and wondered if it was affecting the light quality. ultimately, I think the answer to that is not enough to make a difference. if your skylight or solatube is positioned properly, you shouldn't have that problem. I can be confusing when trying to describe things. hope this made sense!...See MoreSkylight over the bed or opposite the bed
Comments (14)Have you considered turning that part of the wall across from the bed between bedroom and the ?patio? outside the living room into some kind of a window wall -- perhaps creating a garden bay window area with a glass roof : http://www.renaissance-online.com/photosCloserLook2.asp?iCategoryID=5&iPageNo=3 Check for windows weather rated in your area or at least be sure you choose double pane glass. If excess heat/cold might be a problem, you could build it to enable you to close it off with bi-fold doors as if it is a closet using the same wood finish you use for your window trim. Creating a niche with a comfortable window seat would be a plus....See MorePaul Balga
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