Carefully designed daylighting systems can go awry at the end of the design process. For this school, consultants recommended separate shades above the interior lightshelves—but the school instead repurposed vertical blinds from another building; they stay closed almost constantly.
Photo: (left) Marcus Sheffer; (right) Todd A. Reed
No matter how carefully you plan a retrofit or design a building, the occupants hold the keys to environmental performance. But design teams can help them unlock any building’s potential.
