Abstract: A solar skylight is provided for collecting sunlight and dispersing the light within a building without the necessity for any roof penetrations of the building. The solar collector includes a base having a fixed portion and a rotatable portion and having a movable housing mounted to the rotatable portion of the base so that the solar collector housing can be rotated and moved up and down to aim the collector face towards the sun. A transparent cover that absorbs ultraviolet light and reflects infrared light is mounted over the front of the housing. A plurality of solar collectors are supported in a frame within the housing and aimed at the transparent cover for collecting solar energy passing therethrough. Each solar collector has a fresnel lens mounted on a mirrored, funnel shaped collector coupled to fiber optic cables for receiving the light collected by the solar collector.

Abstract: A housing module which is formed as a box-beam structure, and has sufficient rigidity and strength so that it can be used to span distances of relatively great length. The housing unit is able to be prefabricated and can be readily transported without the need for additional support or stiffening members to prevent damage from excess flexure. Further, the unit can be simply put in place on site without any additional stiffening or strengthing members. In addition, the units can be stacked one over the other, thus greatly increasing their flexibility to the architect.