We put our prisoners in cells with little or no natural light as punishment. We refer to people who do not have a grasp of current trends as “living in a cave.” The Dark Ages are called such because of the decline in intellectual and cultural life. Darkness has various negative connotations attached to it from folklore to scientifically based data.
The effects of no sun exposure are weaker immune systems leading to illness and multiple mental disorders, including depression. Please do not take your windows, their composition, quality, or cleanliness for granted. They seem like a simple piece of home or business construction, but with today’s technology, they are much more.
Even before the early blown crown-glass method reached popularity, animal skins were stretched thin and oiled to allow light in while providing a barrier to unwanted elements of rain or insects and birds. Did you know our eyes see more shades of green than any other colour in the spectrum? Most colours stimulate one receptor cone in our eyes, but greens stimulate two of the three cone types at the same time.
Green may not be your favourite colour but it is your brain’s preference, to be sure. How often have you heard about taking a break from your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone screen for eye health? That does not mean staring at a wall or reading a book. That break should be looking into a garden or other natural scenery of some type for the greatest recalibration during those breaks.
I am a writer. As you can see. This means I spend a significant amount of my day in front of my laptop. As I am blessed with this remote work ability, I park myself in front of a window and frequently look out into my yard. When I look up for even a moment, it is as if my eyes are being bathed at an oasis that they have missed for years. I can feel them adjust and soak in the green spectrums.
If you are lucky, your office or home overlooks Hyde Sydney Parks or maybe Sydney Harbour Park. We need to spend a minimum of 5 minutes away from our screens every hour. There is no adding it up for eight hours and then spending 40 minutes staring at trees. It will not have the same eye health effect, actually worse.
Have you heard of the 20-20-20 rule? That rule states that for every 20 minutes staring at your screen, you should spend 20 seconds focusing on something 20 feet away. Metrically that is 6.09 meters, but then it’s not 20-20-20, is it? One day the Yanks will get it straight.
No matter where your office or home windows face, a dirty window has adverse effects on your eyes and mental health. Yes, dirty windows are unsightly for a business and present a poor curb appeal for customers or for those looking to buy your home, but it is much more important for you than that.
If the company you work for does not take clean windows seriously, just ask the insurance provider about the long-term issues of degenerative eye health and the costs associated with them. I am sure they would be interested in saving their money. That is about all insurance companies will listen to. They like green as well. Green as in their cabbage.
Your home may have a lot of windows to keep clean, and your office even more so. Now would be a good time to contact well-known, quality service providers for window cleaning in Sydney. We cannot control issues of eye health from our heredity, and we should take the factors we can control all the more seriously.
Does your boss have concerns about productivity? It just so happens that clean windows are proven to increase office output capacity, increase concentration, and reduce eye strain by allowing natural light to enter unfiltered or refracted. Even if you are in a cubicle maze. The benefits do not stop there.
Stress is reduced by having direct access to window views. Who is opposed to reducing stress? Maybe politicians, but the rest of us want to relax as much as possible. While I am on the topic of relaxation, windows also allow us to sleep better and wake more rested. Does that interest you?
You do not need a clean window to leave it open and allow fresh air to circulate while you sleep. When we close ourselves into our bedroom caves, the carbon dioxide increases with each breath. Fresh air, if not blazing hot or too cold, is a deep-sleep enhancer. I highly recommend it, and so does scientific research. Although, I like frigid air.
Lastly, I want to address the advantages of modern window construction. Extruded frames contain insulated air gaps and multiple gas-filled panes to increase efficiency. My power bill could use some attention, and I am sure an office building with so many windows could as well.
Finding the right window for the right space is easier now than ever before. The windows on the south side of your home do not need to be of the same construction as the north side, but they can look exactly alike for continuity and curb appeal. Quality windows are a significant boost to your home resale value for all of these reasons I have mentioned.
Would you leave dirt on your reading glasses? Do you like a clean and clear windshield on your ute? The grass is greener on the other side of clean glass. Click the link above and contact the professionals who will see to it that you see those green hues every day and keep seeing them longer.