Case Study - Wal-Mart
In 1993, Wal-Mart tested a new type of retail store they called the "Eco-Mart." Its purpose was to experiment with environmentally based design strategies. Daylighting included a large glass arch at the front of the store, and skylights over the sales floor. In a cost-saving move, Wal-Mart decided to install skylights over only half of the roof. To their surprise, sales per square foot were higher in departments in the day lit side of the store, even higher than the same departments in other stores. Department managers whose departments weren't under the skylights lobbied to have their departments relocated beneath them.
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