Make Daylighting Your Business: NCARB’s

NCARB’s newest monograph, Daylighting Performance and Design, by Gregg D. Ander, AIA, explores the challenge of balancing the human preference for natural light with energy-efficient and sustainable design. Within 315 pages, it includes case studies that illustrate the various benefits of daylight in commercial, industrial, educational, and institutional settings. Daylighting examines five design fundamentals of daylighting: issues, variables, strategies, elements, and options. Subsequent chapters discuss occupant productivity and performance, glazing properties, and integration with electric lighting, and a section on design tools offers a comprehensive introduction to related computer programs and worksheets that can be applied to different design scenarios. Architects who successfully complete the Daylighting Performance and Design quiz will earn 12 HSW LUs. Its price ($160 NCARB record holders/$250 regular price) includes the monograph, Web-based quiz, and score reporting process. Order online at NCARB’s Web site.