The Environmental Impact of Rooflights

Rooflights will enhance the curb appeal of your home, brighten up its interior, improve ventilation and open up a variety of interior design options that didn't exist before. But that's not all they do. Rooflights are one of the most eco-friendly home improvements you can make and can reduce your energy usage beginning the day they are installed. In this guide we look at the environmental impact of rooflights: a greener choice.

What Makes Rooflights A Green Choice?

If you're looking for a simple way to enhance your home's energy profile and carbon footprint, rooflights should be at the top of your list. Here are just some of the benefits rooflights produce that make them a green choice.

Less need for natural lighting

Rooflights flood the space below with natural light significantly reducing, and in some cases eliminating, the need for using electric lights in those spaces. Depending on the size of the space and how many electric lights were involved the monthly savings can be substantial. This alone makes rooflights a green choice for both home and business.

Improved ventilation

Installing rooflights that open will improve the ventilation in your home or business making the space more livable and helping to eliminate musty odours and stale air. From an environmental perspective, the improved ventilation can enable you to leave the air conditioning off during the warm weather months and that will add to the energy savings you enjoy every month.

Sustainable construction

In recent years rooflight manufacturers have begun to make their rooflights from more sustainable materials such as recycled aluminium, sustainably sourced wood or durable and recyclable materials such as polycarbonate. Many of today's most popular rooflights can be mostly or entirely recycled at the end of their useful life, enhancing their green credibility. 

Reduced carbon footprint

By using less energy rooflights can enable homes and businesses to enjoy a reduced carbon footprint. They can also result in you getting a better score on your Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) if at some time you decide to rent or sell your home. A better EPC rating can help you get a better rental or sale price in return.

Contact RLRL

Rooflights provide a host of environmental benefits that make them one of the greenest choices you can make when it comes to home improvement projects. If you have questions about which of our rooflights will produce eco-benefits for your home call us on 020 8087 2004.

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