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Building Green: Sun Tunnels - Integrity Construction

Nothing can match daylight when it comes to brightening up a home—it’s completely energy efficient, free of cost, and feels brighter and better than even the most advanced artificial light. Tubular skylights, or sun tunnels, transfer natural sunlight into usable indoor light that brightens up rooms. Sun tunnels are especially suitable for spaces where installation of windows or traditional skylights is unwanted and where electrical light installation would normally be the only other option. If you’re building a new home or remodeling your current home and are trying to build green, consider including a sun tunnel in your plans.

Tubular skylights capture daylight at the roof, carry it through a shaft, and deliver light into your home. They have better lighting results than a similar-sized box skylight because they don’t use inefficient skylight wells. Instead, they capture light more effectively with a small bubble-like structure on the roof that then...

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