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    Best practice designs for capturing natural light to illuminate school facilities.

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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
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    TLC Engineering Solutions
    Example of a building solar exposure analysis.

    Air Apparent

    March 1, 2020
    © Jeffrey Totaro
    The Class of 1920 Commons dining facility at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
    Arch | Nexus
    Ample daylight fills this maker space, which was created by adjoining to a previously built science education facility. Tall ceilings with accompanying clerestory glass and light shelves work in concert with carefully designed, installed, and maintained daylight sensors that automatically dim electrical lighting to minimize energy use.
    Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc.
    Older high school

    Learning Light

    Sept. 15, 2017

    Highlights

    Schools in the early 20th Century, like this one in Portland, Ore., featured large windows to capitalize on daylight — the only light available at the time. But daylighting is making a comeback. Photo courtesy of Syska Hennessy Group.
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    Age of enlightenment

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Does dynamic daylight necessitate a new definition for the well-lit environment?
    Photo courtesy of Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction.
    River Crest Elementary School in Hudson Wisc

    Illuminating Thoughts

    April 1, 2014
    Daylighting, the illumination of indoor spaces through the means of natural light, has become an increasingly mainstream objective.
    Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah Ga

    Daylighting in Savannah

    March 1, 2014
    Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga., used enhanced daylighting techniques and insulated windows in its recent Learning Commons expansion project.

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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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    Photo of Georgia Health Sciences University College of Dental Medicine Augusta

    Daylighted Dental School

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Georgia Health Sciences University College of Dental Medicine has new home in Augusta, Ga.
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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.