Neall Digert, Ph.D., MIES, Vice President, Innovation and Market Development, Kingspan Light + Air North America, has over 30 years of consulting and education experience working in the energy/lighting/daylighting design and research fields, specializing in the design and application of advanced lighting and daylighting systems for commercial building applications.
The AEC sectors face a pivotal opportunity: retrofitting existing buildings to reduce carbon emissions.
Recent advancements in technology have made daylighting as a dominant interior daytime light source a priority in commercial building design, especially in retrofits.
Concealed beneath a lay-in ceiling, the building's hallmark sawtooth structure remained hidden from view. This architectural feature, characterized by its series of upward-facing roof sections resembling the teeth of a saw blade, held the potential to transform the space into something truly remarkable.
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