Bringing in the Sunlight.

The article focuses on the daylighting in schools in the U.S. to increase productivity and to reduce energy and maintenance costs. It states that skylights and tubular daylighting devices are tools for daylight harvesting. It daylighted rooms are good for teachers because it can enhance the learning activities of students as well as provide positive moods and concentrations. It adds that dayligting provides energy benefit since it accounts for one-third of electricity used in school facilities. INSET: TUBULAR DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM LEADS SCHOOL INTO NATURAL LIGHT.