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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
Regardless up the configuration of the interior walls, Gang is correct to note that heat gain/loss is a logarithmic scale between the total area of a floor and the total exterior surface area of that floor. The larger the floorplate, the more efficient on a PSF basis that floor is. Also, these floorplates are not going to be very chopped up. The unit count is low (these will be large units) and open floor plans are undoubtedly the way they will be going. Therefore, from a "green" perspective the varying glass efficiency makes the most sense out of any justification given. I agree that the angle of the lap-board like facade system is a puzzler from the green perspective, but the smaller floors will have significantly more heat gain PSF than the larger floors.
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again, the relationship of the smallest floor to the largest just isn't that big a difference...
if this building wanted to be really green, then the darkest tint would cover the entire facade...
=change in tint is decoration, nothing else... just like Aqua's balconies... which is fine...