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Berkeley Lab building scientists show there’s savings to be wrung even from modern office buildings.

Innovative lighting and shading solutions are applicable to virtually all commercial buildings.

Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters Building: Final Report: Commissioning Daylighting Systems and Estimation of Demand Response

This source book gives a comprehensive overview of innovative daylighting systems, the performance parameters by which they are judged, and an evaluation of their energy savings potential and user acceptance. 

A guide to essential window design issues, technologies, and applications for designers, specifiers, and builders.

The Facade Design Tool lets you choose the design conditions of a window and rank and compare the performance data in terms of annual energy, peak demand, carbon, daylight illuminance, glare, and thermal comfort.

Websites, guidelines, and organizations

This web site provides critical information and performance data on the energy efficiency, interior environment, and technical considerations that influence window design decisions.

An overview of the benefits of designing a space with ample views and daylight, the challenges this presents, and how motorized shading can help solve these issues.

The Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site in Fountain City, Indiana, had a sunlight problem.

This beautiful facade features unique angles and breaks in the glass. The problem was finding any solar shading that would work.