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Natural Lighting Co.: Where "The Best Things In Light Are Free"

by John Laumer, Philadelphia on 11.25.06

Design & Architecture

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Natural Lighting Co., Inc. has one of those websites that facilitates understanding as well as ordering. Wishing there were more of those sort, we encourage you to have a look at it because the "potential is phenomenal" for natural lighting to offset the need for interior lighting in many buildings (link to Arizona Republic article on Natural Lighting Co.). Per the article, Natural Lighting's "main product is a natural-light unit that uses an acrylic dome to diffuse light into a light well. An interior diffuser cools and channels the light into a white acrylic bottom, the density of which varies for how much light is desired. The unit also has three chambers of so-called dead air, separated by Mylar plastic sealant, which slows heat penetration".