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10/10/2011

Skylight performance and benefits

Increased productivity and better employee well-being, two frequently cited benefits of daylighting, can be accompanied by brutal glare and unwanted heat gain if your skylight isn’t performing as well as it should.

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Is your HVAC System Too Big for Your Building?

If your building’s IAQ and thermal comfort are constantly fluctuating, an oversized HVAC system might be to blame. You’re not alone – about 25% of commercial HVAC systems are oversized.

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	A Better Way to Calculate Daylight What qualifies a building as daylit? Could a room with just a single window be considered a daylit room? Click here for complete article …
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Skylight performance and benefits

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