Incorporating Rooflights in Eco-Friendly Home Renovations
If you have an older home, built when architects and developers gave little thought to things like energy efficiency and environmental impact, you may be contemplating making some changes that will bring it into line with 21st-century standards. If that is the case don't forget to include rooflights in your home renovation plans.
How Rooflights Can Enable Your Eco-Friendly Home Renovations
By selecting the right rooflights and carefully determining optimal positioning you can reduce your home's carbon footprint while enhancing how you experience your home. Here are a few ways rooflights will enhance your eco-friendly renovations.
By reducing your energy consumption
The amount of natural light that will penetrate large areas of your home after you install rooflights will enable you to keep the electric lights off at times when you would have otherwise been forced to turn them on. This effect will be particularly noticeable in the winter when many homeowners have the lights on virtually all day. Installing rooflights with triple-pane glazing will also help to minimise heat loss in winter and solar gain in summer.
By improving your home's ventilation
By installing rooflights that open you can greatly enhance the ventilation in your entire home. Opening your rooflights in the summer will create a noticeable updraft that helps keep the entire home cooler and reduces the need to run the air conditioning system. As a bonus, this enhanced ventilation will remove stale air and allow you to enjoy an endless supply of fresh air.
By way of enhanced thermal performance
When you select high-quality rooflights from Rooflights Roof Lanterns you can rest easy knowing they are built to exacting specifications that enable them to prevent heat loss during the winter and reduce the amount of heat entering your home during the summer (the aforementioned "solar gain"). But their eco-friendly credentials don't stop there. Many also incorporate thermal breaks within the framework that further reduces heat loss. And of course, they're available with double or triple-glazing that will really ramp up the energy efficiency without ever compromising aesthetics.
Make Rooflights from RLRL Part of Your Eco-Friendly Renovation
If you're giving your older home an eco-friendly makeover don't forget to include rooflights from Rooflights Roof Lanterns in your plans. They will significantly enhance your energy-saving efforts, reduce your home's carbon footprint and increase the curb appeal and market value of your home all at the same time. If you have questions call us on 020 8087 2004.
- Josh Hartim
