MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pennsylvania’s Grove City College is using dynamic glass from SAGE as its showpiece feature in a new sustainably-designed building for science, engineering and mathematics education, known as STEM Hall. Electronically tintable SageGlass® is installed in an east-facing two-story atrium to minimize the effects of the bright morning sun while enabling students and faculty to gain the benefits of natural daylight and an outdoor view. Preserving the outdoor view was a significant design objective for the college. SageGlass enables students and faculty to maintain a connection to the beautiful campus grounds designed by the “Father of American landscape architecture,” Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York’s Central Park. SageGlass is electronically tintable dynamic glass that maximizes daylight and outdoor views in buildings while controlling glare and heat gain. The glass can darken or clear manually or automatically to save energy and help keep building occupants continuously comfortable throughout the day. The 60,000-square-foot building was designed by Philadelphia-based architecture firm Ballinger to achieve the energy-efficiency of a LEED® Silver certified building. In addition to SageGlass, the building incorporates green building features such as a chilled beam HVAC system and low-flow fume hoods for the laboratories.
