Why Choose Solatube Daylighting? When it comes to education, environment has a significant bearing on student achievement and staff effectiveness. Exposure to natural light in classrooms benefits students mentally, physically and emotionally, enabling them to perform significantly better than students learning in artificially-lit environments. With this in mind, we believe access to daylight is a human right that allows people to view the world in a more positive light. As the leader in tubular daylighting devices for 20 years, our daylighting systems are designed to perform at the optimum level so that your students and staff can perform at their optimal level too.
Daylighting Benefits
Solatube Benefits
There are numerous educational and economical reasons to consider daylighting in classrooms. Studies have shown that:
Solatube Daylighting Systems are designed to provide superior performance, extraordinary adaptability and affordable sustainability. In addition, optional accessories make customisation possible, useful design tools make system selection easy and a nationwide network of distributors provide convenient and dependable service.
• D aylight improves test scores, reduces poor behavior, lowers absenteeism and fosters higher student achievement • Hyperactive children exposed to daylight are better able to focus, allowing them to quickly overcome learning problems • A lack of daylight can disrupt internal body clocks and cause significant psychological and physiological impairment, affecting concentration, cooperation and health • N atural light in schools can lead to significant energy savings compared to schools relying solely on artificial light • When surveyed on classroom design, teachers unanimously list daylight as the top priority • Students in classrooms with the highest levels of daylight have shown up to18% higher performance on standardised tests.
Unparalleled Performance
• Breakthrough optics deliver reliable, consistent, and glare-free daylight regardless of building orientation or geographic location • Superior light transfer efficiency and progressive engineering enable delivery of light to multiple stories • Adaptable design allows for retrofitting onto existing skylight curbs and reconfiguration for future remodels and renovations • D aylight Dimmer provides precise lighting control of interior spaces and enables light pollution compliance in “dark sky” areas • Superior thermal performance reduces a need for air conditioning, which minimises classroom noise and promotes more effective learning.
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Manassas Park Elementary School (Manassas Park, VA)
Tubular Daylighting Devices (TDDs) are ideal daylight solutions for new construction or renovations. I believe that Tubular Daylighting Devices are the easiest and most cost effective way to get the point for Indoor Environmental Quality Credit 8.1, Daylighting (LEED). – Wyck Knox, AIA, LEED AP, VMDO Architects
St. Andrew’s Parish Primary School (Clayton South, Victoria)
I am pleased to recommend the Solatube product. The natural light in to our hall is reducing the need to use artificial lighting. A saving financially and environmentally. – Phillip Tierney, Principal, St. Andrew’s Parish Primary School
Oran Park Primary School (Oran Park, New South Wales)
Red Hawk Elementary School (Erie, CO)
Solatube Daylighting Systems where used in Oran Park Primary to deliver daylight into the classrooms efficiently without the thermal and leak issues associated with old technology skylights.
We have been using Solatube products for years to create vibrant and inspiring educational spaces. They also help support our firm’s overall strategy for enhanced, controllable daylighting. We especially had fun with Solatube Daylighting Systems at Red Hawk by making them a major sculptural and teaching element.
Solatube have eliminated these issues while also providing enough daylight in classrooms to meet and exceed the required lighting standard. The daylight light level can be easily controlled via their daylight dimming system making the systems ideal for working with interactive white boards.
– Corky Bradley, Project Manager, RB+B Architects
Silverton Primary School (Silverton, Victoria) Hammond Park Primary School (Western Australia)
Western Australian schools are using Solatube Technology in new schools, roof replacement programms and school refurbishment/ additions.
The introduction of Solatube Daylighting Systems into our school has helped us greatly to reduce our energy consumption and carbon footprint. The daylighting systems have also enhanced the learning environment for our students and staff. The ability to dim the daylighting systems to near blackout makes the Solatube Daylighting Systems a great solution for any educational institution. – Tony Bryant, Principal, Silverton Primary School
Magnolia Elementary School (Carlsbad, CA - Retrofit)
The Solatube units make a tremendous difference in our library. The students have reacted positively to them. I think they should be installed in every school that is remodeled and included in the plans for new schools. – Jim Boone, Principal, Magnolia Elementary School
Morse Arberry, Jr. Telecommunications Building, College of Southern Nevada (North Las Vegas, NV)
I have only positive comments about the Solatube [products] in our new facility. Since this is the first LEED Silver building in the state, people are constantly touring the facility and are always quite impressed with our ability to control the amount of daylight. – Peg Pankowski, Ed.D., Dean of Information Technology & Telecommunications, College of Southern Nevada