The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) recently released an updated document on the value and effective application of plastic glazed skylights and sloped glazing in building design. It ...

Q. Our electric bills are high, probably because of so many lamps being on. I have always liked natural light and skylights. Are venting skylights as efficient as standard ones, and is glass or ...

Q: I live in a small one-story house with a pitched roof. I want to add a skylight in my living room, and there is a tall attic above it. Is it still effective to add a skylight, and how do I do it? A ...

Dear James: My living room is too dark, so I want to add a skylight. My house has a pitched roof. How can I add a skylight when there is an attic above the living room? -- Colleen G. Dear Colleen: ...

Q. Our new house will have a metal roof, and it will be heavily shaded by tall oak trees. I know this will save us a lot of energy. We’ll have two skylights, but the roofing contractor says not to use ...

As the song goes, let the sun shine in. "Go back 2,000, 3,000 years, and all homes probably had skylights and vents," says Hawaii "daylight engineer" John Callaway. "They just make sense, letting ...