Reasons to Add Venting Skylights When Building a Green Home

Occupant Health and Sustainability are Central to Building a Green Home

Building a green home is much more than the materials that are used to craft it. Green homes are built with homeowners in mind. Spaces are designed and personalized to ensure optimal health and productivity. Everything is taken into consideration, from the amount of daylight to acoustics and indoor temperature. 
Building, occupying, and demolishing homes has an impact on the environment. When green homes are built, contractors consider several factors, such as optimizing the site, minimizing energy use, and conserving water. One of the biggest factors to consider is the use of recycled materials. This could include using salvaged materials from other projects or products that have been made with recycled materials.

Reasons to Add a VELUX Venting Skylight When Building a Green Home

1. Improved Air Quality: Excess moisture from cooking and bathing, carbon dioxide exhaled by occupants, and even volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can still be present in a home that is built from repurposed materials. Homeowners, especially those with respiratory issues, can benefit greatly from opening a venting skylight. Whether there is one in the bathroom or multiple throughout a house, a powerful “stack effect” is created when venting skylights are opened. When a few of the vertical windows are opened as well, a noticeable flow of air can be felt. This draws in fresh air from outside while releasing warm, stale air that may contain airborne VOCs. 

2. Enhanced Indoor Environment: Even when closed, venting skylights enhance the indoor environment of a home. The low-emissivity coating on VELUX skylights blocks harmful rays from the sun but allows heat to pass into the interior. This thermal transfer helps to maintain an optimal indoor environment. The factory-installed solar-powered shade can be closed with the touch of a button to retain heat through the evening, helping homeowners sleep soundly. And a venting skylight can be opened to release hot air.  

3. Minimized Energy Use: One 2’X4’ venting skylight can produce as many lumens as 11 100-watt incandescent lightbulbs. Many families use light bulbs in the morning and into the evening. When skylights have been installed in a room, some homeowners use electric lights up to four hours less a day. The free abundant natural light requires no maintenance or bulb replacement. Venting skylights also offer heat gain in the winter and the ability to release heat in the summer. This use of natural air can reduce the need for using the home’s HVAC as much. 

4. Made from 70+% Recycled Aluminum: The Curb Mount Venting Skylight System  is constructed of sustainably sourced lumber. The aluminum cladding is made from 70+% recycled aluminum. VELUX is also dedicated to zero-waste production. Almost all of the boxes and packaging that are used to ship or transport VELUX skylights can be recycled or reused. VELUX is committed to achieving 100% recyclable material for shipping its products by 2030.

Building a Green Home to be Greener with VELUX

Building a green home out of reused materials using low-flow fixtures and solar panels is one way to go. But a green home becomes so much more when a skylight is added. Air quality gets better. The indoor environment feels better. Energy costs are reduced. 

VELUX Design and Product Advisors are available for an online consultation. They can sit down with homeowners and outline product and placement options. 

Skylight installation videos are available for builders, roofers, and contractors on our Pro website and YouTube.  In-person classroom training on installation and sales techniques is available at our Pro Partner Academies. On-the-job installation training and skylight demonstrations are available in select areas. 

Building a Green Home Should Always Include Venting Skylights
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