When designing and building a school, it can be easy to miss or ignore the most important part of the project. It can be exciting – and, indeed, necessary – to design spaces that are conducive to social interaction, provide a healthy place to eat, and look visually exciting and interesting.
But it can also be easy to overlook one of the most important parts of the building project: lighting.
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SerraGlaze daylighting window film is applied to the interior surface of the window. Serraglaze contains micro-structured “louvers” that convert glare into beneficial illumination by redirecting the incoming sunlight to the ceiling. The ceiling becomes a natural light fixture spreading full-spectrum natural diffuse daylight throughout the space!
With a SerraGlaze Integrated Daylighting Solution, occupants can enjoy more daylight, have reduced glare, and maintain their connection to the outside world with views out. Occupant comfort levels go up and electricity costs come down.
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SerraLux Inc., today announced that it had installed its daylight-distributing SerraGlaze window film in six Las Vegas charter schools. The move signals the start of the company’s expansion into the education space. The first five schools were completed in September 2015, and an additional school was completed in January 2016. SerraLux has also been asked to quote three additional Las Vegas schools.
If installed in all nine schools, SerraGlaze is expected to save the schools up to $60,000 in energy costs annually, 450,000 kilowatt hours in electricity usage annually, and 312 tons of carbon dioxide annually. SerraGlaze was specified by the schools’ architectural firm and a simple payback on energy savings is expected in less than five years.
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09th December 2015 SerraLux Inc is proud to announce that Film-it.se has been appointed as a sole...
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Daylighting is the practice of illuminating a building’s interior with natural light, distributing daylight, reducing glare and reflections, and controlling artificial light use. When daylighting is integrated with responsive dynamic lighting controls, there can be significant energy savings by reducing electric lighting loads.
Apart from energy savings, daylighting has been shown to improve performance and health of the occupants. Studies show that daylighting synchronizes our circadian rhythms—our body’s “master clock”*–contributing to positive effects to our health and well-being.
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