Buildings with a large volume, especially steel halls used for manufacturing, warehousing or service and commercial activities, have many advantages; unfortunately, their interior is usually quite dark, requiring the use of expensive-to-operate artificial lighting. However, the associated demand for electricity can be reduced by choosing to install Roof continous rooflights. Let's find out what they can offer and what to look for when choosing them.
What are continuous rooflights?
Roof continous rooflights are a type of continuous rooflights installed in the roof slope to provide additional lighting for the interior of a building. Although they cannot eliminate the use of artificial lighting, they reduce the amount of artificial lighting during the day, while having a beneficial effect on the well-being of people inside the building. They are most often placed over passageways or near areas requiring increased light access. Importantly, continuous rooflights can also be used to improve the operation of the ventilation system and ventilate the interior. Opened automatically with a system of actuators and equipped with sensors that close them in case of precipitation, they can become a good way to reduce the cost of operating mechanical ventilation.
What to look for when choosing continuous rooflights?
Continuous rooflights are installed in the roof, which is an element of great importance when it comes to stopping heat escape. The solutions used must therefore be characterized by adequate thermal insulation. This will also be important because of the possible heating of the rooms through them during the hot summer. The translucency of the material used will also prove important - it is usually best for rooflights to let in diffused light, which reduces the formation of strong contrasts and the phenomenon of sun glare.
At the same time, attention should be paid to the fire protection requirements for continuous rooflights. On most buildings above 1000m2 in area, all building elements are designed as fire retardant elements. This requirement, of course, also applies to continuous rooflights that are, in this case, a continuous roof element. For this reason, it is worth entrusting the construction of continuous rooflights to professionals. Kera Awak offers light bands, continuous rooflights and smoke dampers in the fire retardant/Broof(t1) classification.