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Everyone knows about the tedious and often eye-soring nature of office work. Staring at a computer screen all day without moving is a recipe for a headache that you won’t soon forget. Recently, it has become acknowledged and largely promoted that the introduction of more natural lighting to an office area may reduce these effects and boost daily worker productivity.

Window Louvers allow for “daylighting” or the use of natural lighting in a building while still helping to cool and reduce invasive thermal heal from entering the conditioned area within the building. In this way, louvers help to give a more natural and pleasant atmosphere to the office while reducing cooling costs.

The desire for clean building design using GREEN techniques, creates new and innovative design solutions, such as ‘energy efficient’ glass.  An innovator in this area is Viracon, Inc.  This glass fabricator leads the nation in reflective and Low-E glass applications on Architectural Glass Products.

The use of these in Skylight design has brought skylighting to a new level of architectural acceptance.  More information on energy efficient skylighting and sun control are available from the technical department at Savannah Sun Control.  Each of these links offer larege amounts of research information.

One of the most beneficial and free sources of energy is daylight. Daylight makes a useful contribution to interior luminance when properly utilized, and can be more comfortable than electric lighting by providing a better quality of light.  Also consider that sun control  is in a delicate balance with thermal control. Obtaining balance requires an evaluation of glazing, surfaces, heat and light transmittance and shading devices.

The view to the outdoors is an important consideration when placing buildings  and positioning rooms.  The size of the view window should be proportional to the depth of a room in order to provide an adequate view from a deep room.  Also consider that the glare from direct sunlight and the use of sun control louvers  for excluding daylight from buildings. But, even people who work at computers a large portion of the day respond very well to having daylight and window access. Architects continue to be aware of the need to design daylight buildings for the benefits of those who use them