Everyone deserves a little extra sunlight, right? Today is National Daylight Appreciation Day- the longest day of the year. Coastal Windows & Exteriors, celebrates National Daylight Appreciation Day to increase awareness about the benefits of incorporating daylight into all aspects of our daily lives. Since daylight is free and energy efficient using no electricity, daylighting is the most cost-effective and beneficial way to light up your interior home while the lights turned off during the day.
What is daylighting, you ask?
Daylighting is when you use natural light to brighten an interior space compared to electric lighting. It reduces your energy bills, carbon footprint and has proven that it can enhance mental, physical well-being, boost energy/concentration levels. Bring on the light!
In honor of National Daylight Appreciation Day, Coastal Windows & Exteriors wants to share how you can appreciate daylight, especially in your home and daily environments.
Ways to Celebrate National Daylight Appreciation Day
OUTSIDE-Here are 5 BRIGHT ways to feel healthy and refreshed with some golden rays. Don’t forget your sunscreen!
INSIDE-Do Your Rooms Need Daylight?
Do you have rooms in your home that seem to be dark and in a constant shadow?
Do you sometimes hold your clothes up to a window to make sure the colors match and find you mismatched black and navy?
Do you have to turn on your electric lights during the daytime to see clearly?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be able to overcome these common home lighting issues by increasing your natural lighting with windows from Coastal Windows & Exteriors.
To find out which of your rooms may benefit the most from daylight, click here to download our printable Daylighting Checklist!
Take This Test:
During daylight hours, take the worksheet and walk through your home with the lights off.
Rank each room’s natural light level on the worksheet, then read our key below to see how you can add more natural light.
Maybe you need larger windows, new windows or solar powered Velux Skylights to help brighten your home? Read on!
Key To Daylighting Checklist
Dark Rooms: Dark rooms rely heavily on electric lights to see during the day and wastes electricity and increase your energy bills. Solar powered skylights are a great option to add natural light for a brighter, more beautiful room without the need for electricity.
Heavily Shadowed Rooms: These rooms tend to have a small window which receives minimal daylight but can sometimes be heavily shadowed even during the brightest part of the day. Don’t spend your hard-earned money to power those electrical lights. An idea here could be add more energy-efficient windows to lighten up your room with the goal in mind to have free endless, abundant, sustainable sunlight.
Lightly Shadowed Rooms: These rooms have a mix of light and dim areas and as a result you find yourself flipping the lights on to brighten them up. To reduce shadows, we suggest enlarging maintenance-free windows to enhance these lightly shadowed rooms and benefit in reducing your electricity use.
Did you know that natural sunlight renders colors better? It’s true! Ever find that you have on a navy shirt with black pants? This occurs because electric lighting in homes can range in hue from bluish to yellowish and shifts the perceived color of fabrics when viewed under artificial light. Natural sunlight provides the truest color rendition and you can say goodbye to your clothing mix-haps!
