It's worth testing. In my experience, natural light is really two things:
- the quality of the source of the light itself - the ability to see outside That second one...I think that's underrated. Skylights are great, for example, but they don't really create the same sense as wall windows. So I would be looking at tinting options that are subtle - the lowest end of the % grade - and putting up some test films to see how it feels. A lot of businesses use tinting for security and it ends up being so dark that it drastically impacts the feel for the people inside. In most of the cases that I've seen, a good light film feels a little like putting on a pair of sunglasses. All of the color and fidelity is there, just less squinting. :) Remember that grey days are also affected by the tinting - another reason to keep it as low % as possible. It will feel different, because it is different. So naturally, some people may resist it. Not because it isn't better, or is qualitatively worse, but just because it's different. Involving people in the testing process helps dramatically in easing that pain. And of course some peeps just like to complain :) But the net gain (easing glare/heat problems) is worth it. I'm excited that our new space has giant wrap-around Windows to the south and west, but they'd create misery without a subtle tint. -Alex On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm so glad you asked about this topic, Oren. This has been a major issue > for us and I didn't think to ask. > > For all the respondents: natural light is one of the biggest factors in > how happy/unhappy our members are with the space. While it's great to get > rid of the glare, I'd hate to do that at the expense of natural light > during the times when glare isn't a problem. Are there tints that don't > really give meaningful sacrifice in terms of natural light while still > blocking the glare? > > On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 10:42:06 AM UTC+2, Jeannine van der Linden > wrote: >> >> We went with window stickers too. We have panes so the central logo is >> for the space and it is surrounded by logos or whatever of the coworkers >> who wanted to do that. >> >> It gives nifty effects if you use a cutout, with the image walking across >> the room as the sun moves. One of the former coworkers used an image on a >> bicycle so his moved through the space as the day went on. .Wings would >> also be good I think. >> >> There is also glas frosting paint for a temporary solution, we sometimes >> do this in the back space in the summer because it's a seasonal problem. >> Get the coworkers to make stencils and throw a party, it's fun. >> >> And a tip from a military brat: you can paint in watercolors over the >> windows for the same problem, depends on how bad it is. I remember my mom >> painted the background in light blue, then drew with a black marker on the >> windows and we painted it in. Depends on how artistic your coworkers are >> and how much mess you can take. :-) >> >> >> -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------ The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
