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SmartMarketâ„¢ Report Identifies Barriers to Healthy Working Environments

August 14 2014

A SmartMarket Report produced by McGraw Hill Construction in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects reveals that the biggest barrier to considering the health impact of buildings is a lack of education on the connection between healthy work and living environments, and building occupants.

The report emphasizes key barriers that prevent companies from adopting design and construction strategies that take health impact into consideration. Top challenges to implementing these building practices include the large number of factors builders must consider, lack of information and data on health impact, and the lack of willingness to invest in improvements related to occupant health.

The figure above summarizes the factors influencing design and construction decisions most in 2014.

The LightLouver Daylighting System addresses a number of these factors, including energy savings, improving productivity, building impacts on health and aesthetics. In fact, the non-energy related benefits of daylighting in combination with the energy saving benefits of daylighting provide great value to the building occupants and owner.

SmartMarket Report Identifies Barriers to Healthy Working Environments (PDF)

LightLouver LLC Launches National Advertising Campaign

February 03 2014

LightLouver LLC Launches National Advertising Campaign

Beginning with the January 2014 issue of Architect, The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects published by Hanley Wood, LightLouver LLC will launch a national advertising campaign promoting deep, glare-free side-daylighting achievable with the LightLouver Daylighting System.  “Our goal is to reach more architects, and promote integrated lighting design which combines daylighting, electric lighting and lighting controls” states Michael Holtz, FAIA, Founder and Principal at LightLouver LLC. Under the theme “Daylighting Made Easy!”, each ad will focus on one of six key aspects of effective daylighting, all of which are achievable with the LightLouver Daylighting System:

  • Glare-Free Daylighting
  • Energy Saving Daylighting
  • Deep Uniform Daylighting
  • Predictable, Reliable Daylighting
  • Code / LEED Compliant
  • Economical Daylighting

“The LightLouver Daylighting System enables architects to specify a side-daylighting product that will deliver daylight deep into the space and do so in a cost-effective, glare-free manner” according to Holtz. He continues, “ LightLouver units are a non-intrusive side-daylighting solution that can provide large energy savings, compliance with stringent building and energy codes and support achievement of LEED and Green Globe sustainable design certification.”

We hope the national advertising campaign will draw the attention of the architectural community to the LightLouver Daylighting System, an economical and effective side-daylighting solution.

The first ad in Architect Magazine is shown below.

LightLouver LLC becomes an AIA Continuing Education Provider

December 03 2013

LightLouver LLC becomes an AIA Continuing Education Provider (PDF)

Study Links Workplace Daylight Exposure to Sleep, Activity and Quality of Life

September 11 2013

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603114000.htm