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Natural daylight is recognised for its enormous physiological benefits and this is reflected in CABE’s assessment of secondary school design
possible to deliver educational spaces that encourage learning, concentration and positive student behaviour.
From partnering with local authorities, architects and schools on many projects, we have a keen understanding of the specific requirements of the education sector. Providing expert, impartial technical advice on rooflight specification. Intuitive, experienced designers ensure compliance with Part L and help to achieve higher BREEAM ratings and can develop daylighting solutions to meet the individual demands of the nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors.
Since 2016 the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) has been addressing the fact that there are many older school buildings requiring maintenance and refurbishment. Taking an innovative approach, it is possible to transform courtyards into classrooms, provide canopies and covered walkways, replace existing rooflights and develop bespoke daylight solutions for halls and circulation areas, leisure facilities and classrooms, according to each project. Many specifiers are aware of the environmental credentials of natural daylight, seeking to maximise the potential of this abundantly available natural energy resource. Rooflight systems can maximise
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the transmission of natural light to the interior of school buildings. Building Bulletin 90, ‘Lighting Design for Schools’ actually states: “The school designer should assume that daylight will be the prime means of lighting when it is available.” The introduction of natural light helps to reduce the need for artificial lighting, thereby not only lowering carbon emissions in line with the Carbon Emissions Target for all new schools, but also reducing energy costs for the end user too. In turn, the passive solar gain achieved through the introduction of rooflights provides additional free heat to the building.
Rooflight manufacturers are able to help specifiers deliver educational spaces that encourage learning, concentration and positive pupil behaviour. Natural daylight is recognised for its enormous physiological benefits and this is reflected in CABE’s assessment of secondary school design. In addition to improving the energy performance of the school building, including rooflights in the school design is fundamental to ensuring attention, concentration and overall pupil behaviour is maximised to enhance academic performance.
Tony Isaac is national commercial sales manager at Brett Martin
ADF APRIL 2019
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