MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronically-tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, is being incorporated into a growing number of government buildings to help public workplaces save energy and provide an improved work environment for employees. A wide variety of federal, state and local government projects ranging from homeland defense facilities to research labs have recently installed SageGlass dynamic glass to solve challenging sun glare and heat-gain problems, resulting in considerable cost and energy savings. For example, the federal government spends approximately $7 billion per year to power more than three billion square feet of federal building space, while state and local government agencies spend more than $10 billion annually. One SageGlass customer – The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – extensively tested SageGlass performance and determined the technology can reduce heating and air conditioning equipment size by up to 25%, cooling energy loads for buildings by up to 20%, and lighting costs by up to 60% while providing building occupants with more natural daylight and greater comfort. In addition, SageGlass is installed in three separate buildings at the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Another significant government project is the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., which transformed a large open courtyard into a seven-story south-facing atrium with SageGlass skylights. It enabled the LEED® Gold certified project to improve occupant comfort and energy efficiency by controlling solar heat gain and glare.
