Natural Light Feeds Growing Minds
Students and teachers are under ever-increasing amounts of stress and fatigue in their daily lives. Eyestrain caused by poor classroom lighting can compound these factors. Do you find your students losing focus at the end of the day? After spending hours under fluorescent lighting, your students and faculty could be loosing productivity brought on by visual fatigue.
Installing NaturaLux Filters™ in your classrooms, lecture halls and computer labs will help keep your students and teachers energized! Imagine how much better their performance would be if their environment is filled with natural light, free from ultraviolet radiation and eye-straining glare.
The research group
Collaborative for High Performance Schools has gathered numerous studies on environmental factors and student achievement. Below are findings from their 2002 Best Practices publication.
... A growing number of studies are confirming the relationship between a school’s physical condition — especially its lighting, acoustics, and indoor air quality — and student performance...
... The most compelling study examined school districts in California, Washington, and Colorado and indicates a strong correlation between increased daylighting and improved student performance. In the California district, for example, students in classrooms with the most daylighting progressed 20% faster on math tests and 26% faster on reading tests in a one-year period than those in classrooms with the least amount of daylight...