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Here’s a wonderful study on all the good that ‘daylighting’ gives us.
Increased attention spans, higher school grades, quicker patient
recovery, more productivity and many other gains, brought
about simply by bringing ‘sunlight’ into our lives.
These two studies were funded by the
California Board of Engery Efficiency.
‘Daylighting’ is the term used when skylights and windows are used to fill our need for light indoors instead of relying on fluorescents. At school, shopping, work, in hospital, or even home. The benefits from ‘daylighting’ are awesome, and it follows of course that if you are outside in the sun, you are already that much better off.
The study focuses on students in the class room.
This is the larger and much more comprehensive. The supplement details increased sales, by as much as 40 percent, in departments stores, malls, etc. where there is skylighting instead of fluorescents.
With daylighting in use, students progress by “consistantly positive and highly significant amounts”.
This report finds there is a valid and predictable effect of daylighting on student performance. There are even more substantial results in classrooms where windows can be opened to the outside air.
The conclusion is that since daylighting increases grades, performance, retail sales, and so one, it is no large stretch to presume daylighting would
also affect production in factories and carry through with similar benefits into all other areas of our lives.
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