“The lights are off all day! 1,200 students of the Friends School of Baltimore eat, socialize, and study as part of a tight knit community without the use of a single light bulb. Their new Dining Hall, designed by Ziger/Snead Architects, uses an array of 21 skylights to bathe the entire room in 100% natural daylight – creating a clean, elegant place for students and faculty. Even on heavily overcast days, exterior ambient light can provide enough illumination to completely replace artificial lighting – reducing electricity consumption and providing occupants with all the other proven benefits natural daylight.” Design solutions like this prove their is a sustainable solution to most problems and that we do not need to waste energy unnecessarily.
