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Sunlight, the primary source of indoor illumination, was impacting the layout of buildings. Improvements inelectric fixtures, light sources, control systems, and dimming technology have influenced standard Design practices tosuch a degree that allowing natural sunlight into a room considered as a liability. In the current climate of increasingenergy prices and rising environmental awareness, energy conservation and resource preservation issues are atopic ofgovernmental policy discussions for every nation on the planet. Governmental, institutional, social and economicincentives have emerged guiding the development and adoption of advanced day lighting techniques to reduce electriclighting loads in buildings used primarily during the day. Researches shows that there are many benefits of naturallighting and exposure to sunlight such as health, occupant satisfaction, worker productivity and product sales. However,apart from the mentioned benefits many complications of natural light incorporation into a lighting system are still to besolved. For example the intensity, variability and thermal load associated with sunlight can significantly damagemechanical systems and lead to serious comfort issues if additional steps are not taken to control direct sunlight. Fiberoptic day lighting systems represent a new and advance method of bringing direct sunlight into a building whilemaintaining the controllability and ease of application usually reserved for electric lighting by collecting natural lightand following it through optical fibers to luminaries within desire room. This technology has the ability to bring sunlightmuch deeper into buildings without inviting the glare, lighting variability and heat gain issues that complicate most daylighting strategies. As products become commercially available and increasingly economically viable, these systemshave the potential to conserve probable amounts of energy and improve indoor environmental quality across a variety ofcommon applications.

Arjav Shah, “SKYLIGHT USING OPTICAL FIBER”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 10, pp. 145-150, October 2018.