LIGHTER SCHOOLS, BRIGHTER FUTURES "Natural Daylight is our business. It promotes health and vitality and is scientifically proven to improve the academic performance of children in schools. A completely sustainable resource, natural daylight also substantially reduces the carbon footprint of a school building by reducing the need for artificial lighting.”
Daylight in Education Brett Martin Daylight Systems has built a solid reputation as industry specialists in the provision of daylight solutions. This expertise extends into the education sector, where the company has partnered local authorities, architects, schools and other commissioning bodies in the development of daylight solutions for nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary education establishment needs. It includes the transformation of courtyards into classrooms, the provision of canopies and walkways, replacement rooflights for renovation schemes and the origination of bespoke daylight solutions for new build projects.
Daylighting Product Options for Education Facilities Brett Martin Daylight Systems provides a complete range of quality rooflight products to enable education specifiers to incorporate natural daylight as an integral design feature of the school building to satisfy current building regulations and sustainability targets and achieve the architectural vision of the facility.
Technical Advice and Assistance Brett Martin Daylight Systems provides expert, impartial advice on design, specification and installation, therefore, early involvement is key. Technical Advisors are on hand to advise on the regulatory demands for daylighting the school of the future, to help in the specification of the most appropriate daylight system and to recommend the most suitable material options. The team is equipped to satisfy concerns and issues surrounding whole life costs and equivalent BREEAM ratings. Full on site support is also provided from site inspection for initial design recommendations, on site measurement for the production of technical drawings and finally installation.
‘The school designer should assume that daylight will be the prime means of lighting when it is available’
Building Bulletin 90, Lighting Design for Schools – DfEE (Department for Education and Employment)
