Panacea to reform information technology workplace with emphasis on day lighting

Introduction of Daylight in Buildings Throughout history, daylight has been a primary source of lighting in buildings, supplemented originally with burned fuels and more recently with electrical energy. Daylight can provide a welcome and dynamic contribution to the human experience in buildings. Good day lighting design can result in energy savings and can shift peak electrical demand during afternoon hours when daylight availability levels and utility rates are high. Le Corbusier so clearly identified the importance of light in architecture when he expressed the point that, “Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light ...” emphasizing that “...the history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light.” (Le Corbusier, 1989). This article summarizes the use of daylight in buildings with focus on goals, climate and weather, sky conditions, design criteria, and strategies for daylighting design. This paper mainly deals with different solution to reform IT workplace with reference to daylight.