What are Solar Tube Skylights?
As opposed to a solar cell which uses the energy of the sun and converts the light energy into electrical energy which is used to drive various appliances; the skylight tube simply transports the light of the sun from the exterior of a building or space to its interior. This means that the natural light can be used to brighten up the inside space and thus save electricity. Of course this may seem a simple idea but actually it is immensely useful. You might say that normally all homes and buildings are constructed keeping the sunlight requirements in mind. Thought that is true to a great extent, still it may not be possible to actually make provision for sunlight to reach all nooks and corners of the inside due to several reasons. For example there may not be any way to procure sunlight directly in the central space of a big building which has several stories and is quite huge in size. Sometimes the building or space might be surrounded by very tall buildings so that no sunlight is avai
