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    Windows in an educational facility provide a view to the outside, help control a building's climate and admit natural light into interior spaces.

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    Dunwoody College of Technology
    Dunwoody
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    Windows that admit daylight can enhance a learning environment, but the design should seek to avoid glare from direct sunlight.

    Windows and Daylight

    April 13, 2023
    © Jeffrey Totaro
    The Class of 1920 Commons dining facility at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
    Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc.
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    Learning Light

    Sept. 15, 2017
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    Research suggests that daylight can have measurable benefits on student and teacher performance when learning spaces are designed well

    Highlights

    A welldesigned daylighting system adjusts and shuts off electric lights when the sun is sufficient to illuminate the space Photo courtesy of Sunoptics

    Bringing in the Sunlight

    April 1, 2013
    The benefits of daylighting in schools can include increased productivity, and decreased energy and maintenance costs.
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    Ballard High School Huxley Iowa has 18000 square feet of highperformance glass

    High-Performance Design

    Oct. 1, 2012
    Advanced techniques in high-performance glass can contribute to sustainable school construction.
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    Solar Glazing Tips for School Construction

    April 1, 2012
    Glazing with high solar gains can have a compelling advantage over code-compliant conventional glazing with low solar gains.
    Light colors on interior finishes in a school classroom enable daylight to be reflected throughout a space

    School Design: Windows/Daylighting (with related video)

    July 1, 2011
    Schools are bringing daylight into their facilities.

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