External environments, like the sun, set the phase of our circadian cycle. When the sun rises, we tend to wake up even if we didn't sleep a full eight hours. Skylights help bring in natural light to balance your circadian rhythm, which controls everything from your sleep patterns, appetite, and even brain activity.

A venting skylight can help your air conditioner work less. Opening the skylight helps to remove warmer air trapped at the top of your ceiling, lessening the amount of cool air needed to be produced by an air conditioner.

When you install skylights in your home, you're really installing more daylight and fresh air. We believe in the restorative and transformative powers of both natural light and fresh air. With intentional spacing, your skylights can allow fresh air and daylight to circulate through your home in a way that's beneficial to your health. Increasing the amount of natural light and fresh air in your home can lead to • higher levels of Vitamin D, which strengthens bones and helps prevent heart disease, depression, and weight gain • higher energy levels • more restful sleep • improved breathing and lung health

Increasing the amount of natural light and fresh air in your home can lead to higher levels of Vitamin D (which strengthens bones and helps prevent heart disease, depression, and weight gain), higher energy levels, more restful sleep and improved breathing and lung health.

During Michigan winters, a lot of us get stuck indoors at home and work. This sunlight deprivation can lead to a condition experts call "Seasonal Affective Disorder," also known as S.A.D. Studies have shown, however, that natural, full-spectrum sunlight greatly contributes to increased productivity in the workplace and an overall feeling of well-being. By bringing natural light from the sun into your house or home office, a VELUX Skylight or Sun Tunnel can help you beat these depressing feelings and emotions.

Poor indoor air can provoke a whole range of illnesses from headaches and sore eyes to allergies, asthma – and worse. People are 40% more likely to have asthma when living in a damp and moldy home. Lack of direct sunlight also causes health issues such as vitamin D deficiency, which can contribute to feelings of tiredness, fatigue and low mood. It’s time to re-think the way we live indoors.

Our metabolism needs daylight to function properly, so general fatigue and troubled sleep are often symptoms. Sleep disruption itself has been linked to issues like stress, depression, heart disease and increased vulnerability to infection.

Good sleeping conditions require comfortable temperatures meaning a pleasant chill in the summer and a less than warm environment in the winter, 100% darkness, and peace and quiet. When implemented, more than 50% of individuals feel they have more energy.

Fresh air provided through windows and door openings greatly reduces the risk of feeling tired and apathetic and when daylight levels change from unsatisfactory to satisfactory, the number of individuals feeling less energized decreases from 37% to 21%.