In the classroom, natural daylighting improves speed of learning and directly impacts student performance. A study commissioned by the California Energy Commission found that students showed a 21% improvement in learning rates compared to students in classrooms with the least daylight. The Sundolier™ is the only predominantly indirect daylighting solution that brings 100% unaltered high quality natural light and eliminates problems that windows and skylights have with direct beam, hot spots, glare, and extensive roof penetration.
Daylighting Improves Peoples Lives and Improves the Planet
Teachers, Students and Staff
- Increase the speed of learning
- Directly impact student performance
- Improve student behavior
- Recruit the best teachers who seek the best environments
- Highest quality light = highest quality learning environment
Easy to Specify
- Simplify the lighting selection process for new and retro-fit construction
- Eliminate challenges of sustainable lighting design
Save Energy and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
- No need for electric lights with blue skies
- Reduce your energy costs
Independent Research
The Heschong Mahone Group analyzed test scores of over 21,000 students in multiple school districts. The study showed that students with the most daylighting in their classrooms progressed 20% faster on math tests and 26% faster on reading tests when compared to students in the least daylit classrooms. Heschong Mahone Group, "Daylighting in Schools" Report at www.h-w-g.com, 1999.
In a North Carolina Performance Report, students attending daylit schools outperformed the students in non-daylit schools by 5%-14%. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report, " Daylighting in Schools: Improving Student Performance and Health at a Price Schools can Afford, " 2000.
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report concluded that students benefit from daylighting, both in terms of increased performance and general health and well being. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report, "Daylighting in Schools: Improving Student Performance and Health at a Price Schools can Afford, " 2000.