The old song goes “Let the sunshine in”, and we like to do it whenever we can because it makes us happy! Having a natural light source in your home makes it feel more open and more positive, it’s simply brighter in there, and it brightens our moods! These days we tend to spend most of our time indoors, so we should take advantage of any opportunity we have to let that sunshine into our homes and workspaces. Windows and doors help, but there is still another way that we too often miss when we design our buildings- skylights!
One of the best ways to brighten up an indoor space is to have UV protection Velux skylights installed on your roof. The addition of a roof skylight provides a number of benefits, it’s more than just another window, it’s a way to make your space feel as if it is connected to the outside world, you can see the sky, and the light falls from above as nature intended! Let’s explore some of the good reasons you should consider installing skylights in your living or workspace!
Free Natural Light
Electric lights cost money, and energy prices are rising every year. Doesn’t it seem a bit wasteful to walk into a room in the middle of the day and have to turn on an overhead electric light to see properly? Imagine instead that you enter the room to find it bathed in natural light from above! Sure, you can switch on the overhead bulbs on a cloudy day, but most of the time you are going to have free light streaming in through your skylight! You can bask in the joyful sunlight knowing that your energy bills are going to be a lot less expensive from now on!
Free Ventilation
Everybody loves some fresh air, and we love it best when it’s just the right temperature! We spend a lot of money on air conditioning and heating, and when temperatures hit the seasonal extremes, those bills can really add up! Today’s skylight technology allows you to open and close them at the touch of a button, you don’t need to climb a ladder to do it! You can even program them to open and close based on conditions like temperature and precipitation- it starts to rain? They automatically close! Heat rises on those hot summer days, transforming your indoor space into a baking oven, that’s when your skylights open to let that heat vent out, cooling your room naturally with a fraction of the electrical cost that air conditioning would demand!
Healing Heat And Light
When winter comes you will wish for some heat so you can stay warm and cosy, but that furnace is so expensive to run that you just shiver under your blankets! Once again, the skylight to the rescue, it can let in the sunlight and the natural heat it brings with it! That extra light will also help stave off those winter blues! Seasonal affective disorder is a real problem that millions of people suffer from, skylights provide a natural remedy.
Save yourself some money and get happy, because here comes the sun through your new skylight!
