As the Climate Changes, Pressure Is Growing to Make Buildings More Efficiency

“Todd Poisson of the firm BKSK Architects knew he would have to get inventive with his plans for the project, which he converted from a three-story commercial structure into a seven-unit, low-energy luxury condo building.

Now, four panes of triple-glazed glass act as a thermal cushion on the building’s windows, while its facade, lined with terra-cotta baguettes — long, slender ceramic pipes stacked in neat vertical lines — that block the high summer sun while coaxing in extra light from the lower winter sun, regulate interior temperatures in even the most extreme weather.”

Read the full article by The New York Times here.