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Thank you for taking the time to say this. I've been thinking about this myself, having seen a few articles posted recently along similar lines. I know that on

Thank you for taking the time to say this. I've been thinking about this myself, having seen a few articles posted recently along similar lines. I know that one architectural solution to getting more light indoors is often called daylighting[0]. I'm fortunate to live and work in old buildings with high ceilings and large, plentiful windows. What can we do about existing spaces with inadequate light, however? [0] https://www.wbdg.org/resources/daylighting https://www.wbdg.org/resources/daylighting

foxfluff 5y ago
> I've been thinking about this myself, having seen a few articles posted recently along similar lines. "Efficiency Drives Energy Use" https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/can-the-internet-run-on-renewable-energy.html https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/can-the-internet-r...
vianneychevalie 5y ago
High ceiling and large plentiful windows also increase the heating need. Should you want to reduce you energy consumption, you have to reach a balance. Within that balance light is pretty low in any energy budget. In France it's 10% of the electricity consumed by people. Energy consumption for heat can also be solved by thicker walls and better insulation, but how are those walls and insulation produced? Are we talking about energy or carbon reduction? It's tough to analyze the whole chain. Burning wood is carbon-neutral, but can be carcinogenic when not fully efficient, and transporting wood can generate carbon... What I'm getting to is that it's a complex system, and among that system, pollution due to light generation is really, really, really low at the bottom of the priority list.