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Designed in the late 1970s, this landmark structure won the prestigious Owens Corning Energy Award and then, 20 years later, was one of the first commercial buildings to receive the Energy Star, a joint citation by the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency honoring buildings that demonstrate excellence in energy performance. Today, it stands as a model of the seamless integration of innovative engineering strategies with award-winning design.

Between two glass walls forming a double skin, automatically controlled louvers transform the building shell from fully transparent during occupied hours to a fully opaque, insulated condition when vacant. They also provide heat shielding of the interior through near-perfect solar shading. The vented four-foot space between the glass walls creates a continuous thermal buffer around the perimeter from which heat may be collected or purged depending upon building demand. Consequently, energy consumption is one-third that of conventional office buildings.
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