The vast landscape of energy efficient fixtures that can be applied to all types of infrastructure offers both public and private organisations a variety of options for their professional space. Many approach change to their space’s infrastructure with a reserved mindset and are hesitant to make significant changes. However, the United Kingdom’s Climate Reduction Commitment, now called the CRC Efficiency Scheme, is placing stringent restrictions on the energy output of many stakeholders throughout the country’s various different professional sectors. This includes carbon emissions, electricity use, and anything else that might increase a professional space’s carbon footprint.
One way to modify a given space to ensure that it is meeting the energy efficiency standards of the CRC Efficiency Scheme and that is promoting environmental sustainability with its infrastructure is a roof light. In using natural light provided by the sun to provide adequate lighting and visibility within a given space, a roof light significantly reduces the amount of electricity that a professional space is using, which in turns lowers the overall carbon footprint immensely.
A roof light also adds an element of cost-effective business practice to a professional space and business owners or other stakeholders in that professional space may not even know it. For example, a large office that relies on electricity for its primary lighting source usually is assigned an extremely high utility bill in just one billing cycle. With a switch to fitting each section of the office with a roof light or multiple roof lights and using natural light to provide clarity and visibility to employees throughout the work day, the office is able to remove most if not all of the electricity-based lighting equipment from its infrastructure and eliminate the need for a utility bill altogether. Even if it is cloudy, the amount of natural light is not altered drastically and employees still have the light that they need. This will result in a large portion of funding allocation that was previously going to rent and utility payments being saved, and it can then be channeled into other areas of operation where it is used more effectively and helps the company achieve higher profit.
In terms of design, a roof light is usually quite simple. It involves a raised structure of metallic frames that are lined with window panels in between. It is usually in the shape of a pyramid that is dragged out lengthwise to cover more space. These natural light fixtures can also be smaller in size. Depending on the size of a roof light, there is different need for the amount and frequency of roof lights. If a professional space is expansive, then the space’s managers might want to consider a smaller roof lights but a much higher frequency to make sure that all of the space is covered adequately. For optimal light and energy efficiency, interior designers and environmental sustainability researchers recommend a ratio of 10% of the floor area to one specific roof light.
Whether a space is faced with high utility bills, it is having trouble meeting the CRC Efficiency Scheme standards or it is simply trying to add a different look with the incorporation of natural light, a roof light can be the most efficient and realistic solution available. Installation is simple and the managers of a professional space fitted with roof lights will start to see their benefits almost instantly.