Daylighting in Schools Energy Costs Reduced ... Student Performance Improved

Abstract

The following stud y ana lyzes the energy performan ce a nd cost of
d aylit schoo ls designed by Innovat ive Design in John ston Co un ty, Nor th
Car olina. The an alysis com pares the first-year ene rgy performa nces of
thr ee da ylit schoo ls with similar but non-daylit scho ols in the coun ty.
The tw o daylit middle schoo ls (Selma , Clay ton) wer e comp leted in the
sprin g of 1993 and the comparison y ear wa s July of 1993 th rou gh Jun e
of 1994. The othe r schoo l (Four Oak s) was com pleted in Aug us t of 1990
and the first year of collected da ta wa s 1991-92.
In addition to the th ree daylit schools listed above, cost infor ma tion
is also pr ovided on two other day lit schoo ls in the same area