Ah spring — a time of longer days, warming temperatures and budding flora. And it all officially starts today, regardless of Pax, Titan, or Wiley telling us otherwise...

Have you ever noticed that you feel better on sunny days? It’s not all in your head. Trust me.

Heres's the evidence. Access to increased sunlight has been shown to have positive impacts on both human behavior and health, because it reinforces our circadian rhythms (otherwise known as your body’s clock).

Having access to daylight has even been proven to increase healing times in hospitals, improve students’ performance, increase productivity in the workplace, fight depression and lethargy, and even increase sales in retail environments.

Even more, a well-designed daylit building also uses less electric lighting energy, conserving natural resources and reducing air pollution.

In the LEEDverse daylighting has a very special place within the Indoor Environmental Quality section, the category that address how buildings contribute to the comfort and wellbeing of those that live work and play within them.

Projects can earn points by taking measures to let the sunshine in, unobstructed by furniture and/or partitions.