Skylights 

From an energy-efficiency standpoint, few items have more friends and foes than skylights.

, North Texas green builder, used tube-style skylights in the utility room and master closet of his Net Zero Energy Home in Frisco. He believes they are an energy-efficient way to bring light into a home without sacrificing privacy and without the leaking problems that have come to be associated with skylights.

also used a remote-controlled venting skylight in a stairwell in the Frisco home. It works like a window in the roof so you can open it for air circulation.

Skylights allow natural light into a rooms without sacrificing privacy. Care must be taken to keep skylights small in the sunny south.

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