Applications for Solalighting Daylight Systems
Solatube® Daylighting Systems have been installed in virtually all types of commercial and residential properties in both new-build and retro-fit applications.
From large retail outlets, through storage facilities and educational establishments, police stations and prisons, clinics, hospitals and offices as well as luxury homes and social housing developments. They have been chosen because they are easy to install, cost-effective and, above all, are more effective at transferring light from outside in than any other rigid or flexible light pipe system.
Click on the links below to read summaries of a selection of installations. If you would like to talk in more detail about these or would like to discuss our experience in other sectors please contact us.
Offices
American Embassy, London
There was a need to bring natural light into windowless fifth storey offices and storage areas and reduce energy consumption at the American Embassy.
Betfred Call Centre, Warrington
Betfred is the world’s largest independent bookmakers and the UK’s biggest independent high street retailer with over 600 shops, 5000 employees and a turnover in excess of £1.5 billion.
Sevcon Manufacturing, Gateshead
Sevcon manufactures motor controllers and system components for battery powered vehicles – from golf carts through forklift trucks to enormous 40-ton machines.
Environment Agency, Brampton
The Environment Agency is responsible for looking after all aspects of the environment in England and Wales.
Retail
BP
Installing Solatubes has brought a range of benefits to BP. The company installed 31, 290 DS Solatube Daylighting System at a new flagship store in order to optimise the use of daylight to reduce energy consumption...
Sainsbury’s
When Sainsbury’s re-opened its store in Greenwich it revolutionised supermarket design by focussing on solutions that would benefit the environment.
Education
Inefficient flexible system replaced by Solatubes at Brooke School
Brooke VC Primary School is a rural primary school in the village of Brooke, close to Norwich in Norfolk. With 134 pupils it’s a flourishing school that was extended to accommodate a larger reception area.
Eton College installs Solatubes in studios and IT suite
Eton College is one of the oldest educational establishments in the UK. Famous for educating many members of the Royal Family, it is a secondary boarding school for approximately 1,280 boys.
Healthcare
Ashmore Park Health Centre, Wolverhampton
In common with most health authorities, Wolverhampton PCT is continuously looking for ways in which it can cost-effectively improve the environments for the people who use and work in its facilities.
Borders Hospital, Melrose
The Borders General Hospital in Melrose, Scotland is run under the auspices of NHS Borders, the single health care organisation for the Scottish Borders.
Nuffield Hospital, London
The North London Nuffield Hospital in Enfield is a private hospital with 45 bedrooms. The hospital has three major theatres and an endoscopy theatre and offers a range of services and special clinics.
Commercial
Solatubes contributed to 2008 Olympics aim to be "Green Olympics"
148 Solatube® Daylighting Systems were been installed in a major gymnasium, at the Beijing Olympics. The Solatubes collect light through technologically advanced, transparent domes...
Residential
Solatube lights up Hyde Housing Eco Home
The Hyde Group is a leading provider of affordable housing, owning or managing over 40,000 homes, operating predominantly in London and the South East of England.
Solatubes flood townhouse with daylight
When pilot Craig Butcher and his wife, Charlotte, decided to move house, it was location that was their primary priority. They wanted somewhere that was a straightforward commute to the airports...
Remove flexible tubes for effective daylighting
A Surrey builder soon discovered that flexible tubes simply don’t deliver daylight when Fiona Britt and her partner decided to extend their modern detached home in Chobham.
Solatubes help family to avoid moving
Caroline and Graham Moore moved to their home in a small North Bedfordshire village when their three children were small. While they loved the house, its large garden and its location...
Architect learns Solatubes deliver optimum daylight
Through his work in residential and commercial properties, architect Nicholas Halton was both familiar with tubular skylights and aware that there are significant differences in the performance....
Solatubes make all rooms a joy to be in ward
Before installing Solatubes, a couple found that they avoided certain areas of their home during the day.