Coatings on the glass, gas filled insulated space, and multilayer insulated window panes can get you a lot of insulation value. I'm pretty sure these bldgs meet energy codes.

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Subject: [BP] And for that matter (glass houses)...

Hey, I thought Big Brother's energy code required a certain energy efficiency, winter and summer. I must be wrong - or do the recent spate of "glass buildings" (e.g. Richard Meier in the West Village) somehow meet such codes?

Christopher

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