"Light Works," by Matthew C. Carlton, Environmental Design + Construction magazine, May 2010
"It is by way of glass that the sunlit space as a reality becomes the most useful servant of a higher order of the human spirit," Frank Lloyd Wright once said. Designers can also maximize the service of natural light to satisfy a building's ambient lighting requirements and reduce the reliance on electric lighting with a few simple design concepts. These changes can have an energy conservation benefit. With less artificial lighting, the heating and cooling loads required for the building can be reduced since solar radiation provides heat for interior spaces. This saves the building owner money and produces a psychologically pleasant interior atmosphere for the end-users.