Home Improvement Projects That Promote Better Health
As people spend more time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the desire to achieve a healthy, clean and safe home environment rapidly increases.
Here are the hottest trends to improve happiness, remove toxins and add a touch of nature to any space for a healthier home environment.
Tubular Skylights
Natural light is an important improvement that not only affects the livability of the home, but also physical and mental wellbeing, too... READ MORE
The Solatube Blog
A Sleek, Modern Tubular Skylight and Accessories for Residential Homes
Solatube® International Inc., the worldwide leading manufacturer and marketer of tubular skylights, introduced its latest innovation, the residential Architect Series. Designed to provide aesthetic and architectural style, the new collection includes a Low Profile Collector and a full line of attractive Decorative Fixtures.
“The Low Profile Collector delivers an attractive Architect Series upgrade to our standard... READ MORE
Healthy Home Improvements in Demand
Vista, Calif.: In just four short days, Solatube International went from manufacturing tubular skylights, whole house fans and solar attic fans to manufacturing COVID-19 face shields for health care workers. On April 9, they delivered their first batch of face shields to health care workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since that time, Solatube has donated thousands of face shields to hospitals from New York to California, as well as to fire... READ MORE
Dark Days for New York Hospitals - Solatube International donates face shields to hospitals and NYPD
With personal protective equipment (PPE) in short supply, Solatube International Inc., the worldwide leader of brightening people's lives through their innovative Tubular Skylights, pivoted to producing and donating vital face shields for frontline workers who are putting their lives on the line to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE
Go Green – It’s good for the world and good for bringing in hotel guests.
Sustainable tourism is not just a rising travel trend. Eco-consciousness is also quickly becoming a priority for hospitality leaders and hotel businesses around the world.
This is due to the fact that tourism contributes to about 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions — a figure that Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership expects to grow by 130% by 2035.
Fortunately, hoteliers have realized that... READ MORE
Make your bathroom appear twice as large with these three clever visual tricks
Poor lighting will make a small bathroom feel even more cramped than it already is.
Luckily, with glare-free, balanced natural light and creative visual placements, you can quickly and easily transform your dark and dreary bathroom.
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"Guest-ify your house."
Prepping for the holidays can be stressful — there's no doubt about that. But with a little cheerful planning and a few updates, you can turn your home into a comfy and cozy space for guests.
Follow these helpful tips to guide you down the right path for a stress-free holiday season: READ MORE
The good news is there’s help.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to the changes in seasons. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy, making you feel moody and causing you to withdraw socially.
So, why do we get SAD?
While researchers have yet to discover the specific cause for SAD, we do know one main source that causes us to feel this way: Lack of sunlight.
The... READ MORE
Did you know that by the time a student graduates from high school, she or he has spent 15,600 hours inside a school building? It is perhaps no surprise then, that classroom design has a significant impact on effective learning, as well as children’s health and well-being.
Of all of the classroom design options available to improve student performance and health in today’s classrooms, it is access to daylight that has been proven to have the most positive effects.
Why daylight?
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Want to see how you can design with daylight in spaces that were once considered impossible? Here are five strategies you can incorporate into your building design to maximize the benefits of daylighting with Tubular Daylighting Devices (TDDs). Check out these amazing projects where architects have used Solatube Daylighting Systems with brilliant results. READ MORE