|Rooflights can be combined with efficiently controlled
artificial lighting to provide specified illumination levels.
Research has proven that horizontal rooftlights provide two and
a half times more natural light than vertical windows - ideal
for saving energy and reducing the carbon footprint of any
building. Additionally, rooflights can become an architectural
statement - offering views of the sky that naturally elevate
mood without the distractions associated with vertical windows.
Indeed, natural daylight has been proven crucial to the well
being, safety and efficiency of people at work - as acknowledged
in the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations, 1992,
which state: “‘Every workplace shall have suitable and
sufficient lighting which shall, so far as is reasonably
practicable, be by natural light’. Something reiterated in the
HSG38 ‘Lighting at Work’ booklet. Building Bulletin 90 -
“Lighting Design for School” - features specific guidance on
natural lighting and rooflights in the education