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windows & doors: daylighting PROJECT The north and south sides of the main library space offer large window views which, combined with the skylights, provide ample daylight to the interior areas. Photo: Mark Luthringer Daylight Draws Library Patrons A zero-net-energy library uses skylights to help deliver daylight to interior spaces, creating an environment that makes patrons want to spend more time among the books. H " aving beautiful spaces was really import- new and existing buildings achieve zero-net-energy con- tect with Harley Ellis Devereaux, San Francisco, whose ant," explained librarian Sarah Denton, sumption through energy efficiency and renewable ener- firm won the bid for the new West Branch library because "and a large part of that was having day- gy sources." of their attention to energy-reduction methods. In no light available at the branch." Denton is the manager To achieve the goal set by the Climate Action Plan, small part, Lee credits the quality of the space to the nat- for branch and children's services for City of Berkeley, every new building Berkeley constructs needs to be a ze- ural interior daylight the design team created-including Berkeley Public Library, West Branch Library, Berkeley, ro-net-energy building, according to Gerard Lee, an archi- windows and skylights. "You give somebody a choice be- CA. "But also feeling connected to the outside," tween being in a room that has daylight, as opposed Denton said, expressing how brightening the space to a windowless room with LED lights, they are go- with natural interior daylight was an improvement ing to pick the room with daylight," Lee stated. with over the darker interiors of previous buildings. While the previous library building had large The West Branch library is a completely new floor-to-ceiling windows, the challenges inherent in building, designed to comply with the City of Berke- natural interior daylighting design were not consid- ley's 2009 Climate Action Plan. According to Neal The article is part of a collaboration with the Eneref Institute's Natural ered. Eventually the tall windows in the older build- DeSnoo, with Berkeley's Energy Program Manage- Interior Daylight initiative (nid.eneref.org) to encourage use of daylight. ing were covered with bookshelves stocked with ment team, the Climate Action Plan "sets the ambi- Eneref, an independent research and advocacy organization for books, blocking out all of the natural light and fad- tious goal of reducing local greenhouse gas emis- sustainable development, is located in Doylestown, PA. ing the books. sions by 80% by 2050 and envisions a city where 32 COMMERCI A L BUIL DING P RODUC T S SEPTEMBER 2015 cbpmagazine.com The skylights, which bring in the majority of the http://www.cbpmagazine.com http://nid.eneref.org http://nid.eneref.org http://www.cbpmagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Commercial Building Products September 2015

Table of Contents I
Table of Contents I
Table of Contents II
Table of Contents II
Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook
Industry Profile
Industry Profile
Make Seniors Feel At Home
Make Seniors Feel At Home
Music Room Hits High Note
Music Room Hits High Note
Interiors Products
Interiors Products
New Lighting, Not New Fixtures
New Lighting, Not New Fixtures
Lighting & Electrical Products
Lighting & Electrical Products
Daylight Draws Library Patrons
Daylight Draws Library Patrons
Windows & Doors Products
Windows & Doors Products
How Sweet It Is
How Sweet It Is
Building Technology Products
Building Technology Products
Aluminum Panels Top Off Science Building
Aluminum Panels Top Off Science Building
Exteriors Products
Exteriors Products
HDPE Cooling Toowers Get The Noise Out
HDPE Cooling Toowers Get The Noise Out
HVAC & Plumbing Products
HVAC & Plumbing Products
Showcase
Showcase
Index
Index
Portfolio
Portfolio

Commercial Building Products September 2015