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  • Daylight and COVID-19, the wish for sunlight while indoors

    Daylight and COVID-19, the wish for sunlight while indoors

    Daylight and COVID-19, the wish for sunlight while indoors

    While people are being forced to spend so much time indoors there is a heightened awareness of the mental health issues associated with indoor living. While we are been urged to exercise it is seen to have a considerable impact on your mental health, often it’s the benefits of natural light and fresh air that accompanies outdoor exercise that is often overlooked.

    As we spend more times indoors people are also looking at energy efficient options that help reduce their carbon footprint. What many people do not realise is that they are often sacrificing basic elements that have a significant impact on our health and wellbeing.  Poor lighting, indoor air pollution, use of LED’s as a replacement of natural light, using blue or white coloured artificial lighting are all areas that we have control over and should avoid in our homes for our family’s health and wellbeing.

    While Solatube has specialised in these type of products for many years, in these difficult times we are making slight changes to our sales process that allows customers to get access to our products that we believe are essential in any facility, particularly while we are spending so much time there.

    Did you know that:

    1. With a few simple questions, our Daylighting systems can be quoted over the phone.
    2. We can do a Virtual Consultation with you with one of our daylighting experts via Online Communication Apps  – we want to keep it simple, we just need to get a visual sense of the areas of your home you want to improve. This can allow us too:
      • Explain the product features and technology
      • See the specific location in your home (phone or web camera required)
      • Discuss and provide recommendations on the space
      • Take a virtual tour through one of our showroom rooms (if available in your territory)
      • View the different diffuser options
      • Provide you with a quotation of the product

    The majority of our installations require little to no personal interaction with our certified installers, it can be scheduled based on accepted schedule and terms.

    Source: https://www.solatube.com/blog/daylighting-more-just-good-looks

  • What’s the Top Workplace Perk? You Might Be Surprised.

    What’s the Top Workplace Perk? You Might Be Surprised.

    47% of Employees feel Tired Due to Lack of Natural Light
    70% of Employees Perform improve their performance when they have Access to Natural Light 

    In the workplace, there are a lot of things that are provided as perks. But the one that bubbles to the top might not be what you’d expect. A recent Business Insider article cited a Future Workplace study for the Harvard Business Review that identifies natural light in the workplace as a major benefit for employees. In fact, the survey of 1,614 North American employees “found that ‘access to natural light and views of the outdoors’ was the most popular perk of all, beating out other things like cafeterias, gyms, and on-site childcare.” of the environment we are exposed to for 90% of our day.

    Often, the current situation in workplace environments provides quite the opposite situation. The majority of workspaces lack an abundance of natural lighting, resulting in workers being less happy and more tired, increasing the likeliness of poor work quality or employees missing work completely. The article stated that “47% of employees admit they feel tired or very tired from the absence of natural light or a window at their office, and 43% report feeling gloomy because of the lack of light”. 

    When the employees are fulfilled in their workplace environment, they are more engaged, produce higher quality individual work, and are much happier in general, which creates a more enjoyable work space. “The Future Workplace Employee Experience Study found 78% of employees say access to natural light and views improves their well being and 70% report improved work performance.” So it’s not just a perk for them, but also a benefit to the companies where they work.

    So how do you bring natural light into commercial buildings, especially in interior spaces where there are no windows? One of the ways the most progressive companies are doing it is with tubular daylighting. This top-lighting approach captures sunlight through a dome on the building’s roof, with technology that brings it in from virtually any position within the sky. The light is then sent down a highly reflective tube (whether through open ceilings or drop ceilings), into the space below through fixtures that deliver beautiful, diffused light. Tubular daylighting is the simplest and smartest method of capturing natural daylight and distributing it through your workplace while minimizing heat gain.

    The originator and leading innovator in tubular daylighting is Solatube, which provides effective workplace solutions to help ensure employees feel good, are happy and more productive throughout the day. Its daylighting products improve the environments in every type of workplace and support employee wellbeing for virtually all occupations. 

    For example, in factories, warehouses, airports, and other facilities with very high ceilings and large volume areas, Solatube’s SkyVault can be integrated. This tube is the largest of the three offered in the commercial space, delivering a massive amount of light to brighten large spaces, all the way down to the work area. Offices and retail spaces can bring in natural light with the SolaMaster series, which provides the same brilliant natural light, but for ceilings between 10’ and 25’. On the smaller side, the Brighten Up Series can be used in any type of business for tighter spaces like bathrooms, hallways and nooks. And all three series allow you to control the level of natural light in your space with optional dimmers.

    If you want to learn how to maximize natural light in your commercial workspace, you can contact us at Inquiry@egphil.com

    As originally published at https://www.solatube.com/residential/blog/what%E2%80%99s-top-workplace-perk-you-might-be-surprised

  • EGPHIL Solar Solutions are proud Bronze Distributors of Solatube

    EGPHIL Solar Solutions are proud Bronze Distributors of Solatube

    We are glad to share that our hard work has once again paid off as we recently acquired recognition of being Bronze Level Distributors in 2015. 

    Yearly sales may vary due to local economic patterns, but its sure that we explore all possibility to provide Daylight to our customers. 

    We consider ourselves blessed to represent Solatube and look forward to continue providing the best of our services.