Bring the daylight in

The distinctive benefits of glazing: the social and economic contributions of glazed areas to sustainability in the built environment.

A report by David Strong Consulting, 2012. Check it out at: www.glassforeurope.com

About Glass for Europe Glass for Europe is the trade association for Europe’s manufacturers of flat glass. Flat glass is the material that goes into a variety of end-products and primarily in windows and façades for buildings, windscreens and windows for automotive and transport as well as glass covers, connectors and mirrors for solar-energy equipments. It is also used in smaller quantities for other applications such as furniture, appliances, electronics, etc.

Glass for Europe has four members: AGC Glass Europe, NSG Group, Saint-Gobain Glass and Sisecam-Trakya Cam and works in association with Guardian. Altogether, these five companies represent 90% of Europe’s flat glass production. in association with

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Check out the report “The distinctive benefits of glazing” written by David Strong Consulting, 2012.

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Bring the daylight in...

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The study on the distinctive (non-energy) benefits of glazing is the most comprehensive analysis of published research into the benefits of daylight and view provided by windows. The research covers the range of building types. Specific examples of the benefits of windows are:

Healthcare

Retail establishments “In healthcare, access to daylight provides; a reduction in the average length of hospital stay, quicker post-operative recovery, reduced requirements for pain relief… Daylight plays a critically important role in the prevention and treatment of obesity, heart disease and other illnesses exacerbated by stress.”

Educational buildings “In educational buildings access to daylight has been shown to result in a dramatic (and demonstrable) improvement in student academic achievement, behaviour, calmness and focus.”

Thanks to its unique ability to let daylight into buildings, and to provide a connection to the outside world, glazing: • improves comfort and wellbeing • enhances the visual quality

of internal spaces • provides a healthier –

and healing – environment

• increases focus, learning

and productivity • helps reduce the need for

artificial lighting

“In retail establishments, research shows that a substantial improvement in sales can be achieved in daylit shops.

Using daylighting also has aesthetic benefits that encourage customers to enter the store, create a more pleasant shopping environment and improve colour rendering.”

Residential sector “In the residential sector, many of the studied benefits associated with daylight and connections to the outside world can be equally realised, thus contributing to sensations of wellbeing.”

Workplace “In the workplace numerous studies have identified a preference to work near windows... An ample and pleasant view was consistently found to be associated with better office worker performance.”

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