“SageGlass helped us exceed our customer’s expectations by allowing us to design a beautiful showcase building with abundant use of glass, without compromising their sustainability goals.”
Glass is as intrinsic to beautiful architecture as the string section is to the symphony orchestra. With SageGlass you can achieve your vision for glass-inspired beauty without the constraints of shading devices (not needed) or increased energy costs (they are lower). You can now design innovative, dynamic, and beautiful buildings with natural light brought to you by SageGlass.
SageGlass opens the window of design possibilities for the built environment. Electronically tintable glass increases your design freedom by removing sun control from the equation. You can design buildings infused with daylight without mechanized shades, unappealing blinds, or expensive louvers. Consider the possibilities!
SAGE has helped some of the world’s leading architectural thinkers design and create buildings – both beautiful and functional – that exemplify the highest principles of sustainability and energy conservation. Whether your project is a corporate headquarters, campus building, or medical clinic, SageGlass will enhance your design concept and satisfy your client.
Randall Vaughn, AIA
Director of Architecture, Gray Construction
Gray Construction is a top 5 U.S. design/build company based in Lexington, Kentucky, specializing in sustainable manufacturing plant and commercial facility construction.
Project:
Siemens Energy, Inc.
Wind Turbine Nacelle Assembly Facility
Hutchinson, Kansas
Randall Vaughn loves designing with glass. He likes the transparency, design flexibility and beneficial daylighting that glass provides. But harsh sun conditions can sometimes make glass a challenging design element.
Vaughn was recently tasked with designing a building that would be both visually stunning and serve as a showcase of sustainability for the Siemens brand. The building design called for large amounts of glass in order to provide natural light inside and show a sleek, smooth, curved look from the outside. But daylight modeling and analysis of the facility’s siting and orientation showed that sun conditions would create excess heat and glare, as well as premature fading of office furniture and other accessories.
“We explored several options, including mechanical sun shades, blinds and louvers, as well as extended overhangs and canopies. All of these options detracted from the design and sustainability goals of the project,” he said. “Then we found SageGlass. It provided an elegant solution to our sun challenges by changing from a clear to a tinted to a shaded state in response to changing light conditions.”
SageGlass enabled Vaughn to achieve LEED Gold certification for the Siemens building and use an abundance of glass. SageGlass was integrated into the building’s automation system so as sunlight or temperature increases, sensors control light infiltration and heat gain. The facility is saving energy from reduced artificial lighting and HVAC loads. And the natural light and unfettered view of the outdoors is bringing unparalleled comfort to the people inside the building.
