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DAYSTAR FACT SHEET

• DayStar skylights allow buildings to be lighted during daylight hours without electricity.

• They work every day, even on the cloudiest of days.

• Energy costs for lighting can be cut by as much as 50 percent.

• Lighting buildings with DayStar skylights instead of electric lights can help reduce global demand for fossil fuel energy and its harmful emissions.

• DayStar skylighting systems are engineered to meet most roofing specifications for manufacturing plants, retail stores, schools, libraries, hospitals, office buildings, and other commercial applications.

• DayStar skylights offer full-spectrum lighting, which can help retail business reduce costs in energy and boost sales due to enhanced product appeal.

• In many environments, one 4 ft. x 4 ft. DayStar skylight will illuminate 460 square feet of space for retail sales, office and school environments, manufacturing, and other workplaces. Warehouses and other storage facility may need only one skylight for every 915 square feet or more.

• The skylights often pay for themselves, through reduced energy costs, in only 2 to 4 years.

• DayStar produces complete skylighting packages including roof domes, curbs, flash kits, rib caps, light shafts, ceiling lenses, fully-illustrated DIY manuals and CDs.

• Roof domes feature two layers – a clear, acrylic outer dome and an inner collimation lens to minimize heat loss in winter and protect from heat gain in summer.

• Lens options include full spectrum for most applications, and white for office environments with low ceilings when soft light is desired.

• Galvalume steel roof curbs have continuously welded, watertight seams and are made to match any roof pitch and metal rib design.

• All roof domes carry lifetime warranties.

• Light shaft reflective surfaces carry a 25-year warranty.

• DayStar carries an inventory of nearly 150 types of roof curbs.

• DayStar also manufactures to customer specifications.

Retail prices for a DayStar skylight package range from $900 to $1200, based on roof type and length of light shaft.