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Defining the Daylighting Revolution...
Advanced Daylighting
Advanced Daylighting is a term used to describe a system that actively tracks the sun throughout the day and brings Daylight inside at an intensity that allows artificial lighting to be turned off!
Not all "daylighting" solutions produce the same benefits. 95% of available solutions are passive in nature - meaning they have reduced effectiveness based on various sun angles throughout the day which create uneven lighting, hot spots and glare in the space.
An advanced daylighting system such as Ciralight's Suntracker, can significantly increase the amount of daylight directed into a building over passive daylighting systems.
Many passive daylighting solutions don't sue thermal barriers so they actually nullify any energy savings from lowered lighting costs because of solar heat gain. Electricity consumption increases by up to 4% for each degree a thermostat is set below 78 degrees in the cooling mode, so an effective daylighting system must not contribute any unwanted heat gain.
Other objections about daylighting, such as the initial cost of construction, minimal or slow payback ROI and sun glare are NOT an issue for Ciralight clients. Ciralight products produce diffused, comfortable, natural light that eliminates heat gain or loss as a result of the dead air space created by the two thermal barriers in the system. Our products also effectively lower heating and cooling loads while maximizing the efficiency of internally load-dominated air conditioned buildings.