MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The high-volume facility that manufactures dynamically tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, has achieved Gold certification under the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system. SAGE announced the news at the annual American Institute of Architects (AIA) national convention in Chicago taking place June 26-28. The 320,000-square-foot facility, located in Faribault, Minnesota, opened in late 2012 and has been producing SageGlass for a number of high-visibility projects including the General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Naval Academy’s retrofit of historical McDonough Hall, and Hamilton Garden Terrace in the Philadelphia’s iconic Kimmel Center. In addition, the plant has manufactured glass for numerous other projects including commercial office buildings, schools and universities, and healthcare facilities. The plant is the largest electrochromic glazing facility in the world, capable of annually producing several million square feet of dynamic glass. Sustainable building practices overseen by the project's general contractor, Ryan Companies US, Inc., helped the facility earn points toward its LEED Gold certification. The facility construction process earned points for diverting 50 percent of construction materials from landfills, use of recycled and regionally sourced materials, among other measures.
