PITTSBURGH, PA Dec. 6, 2022 — 663 S. Cooper Street, located in Memphis, Tennessee, can be found at the intersection of progressive and environmentally responsive. These forward-thinking approaches were top of mind for local owner/architect, Archimania, when the firm was planning to move its main office.

Rather than new construction, the organization understood the importance of upgrading existing building stock, so it renovated and reinvented 663 S. Cooper. What was once a dilapidated structure originally built in the late 1950s is now a modern, affordable carbon-neutral headquarters for Archimania.

To enhance its 10,000 square-foot, high-performing enclosure, Archimania carefully selected Solarban^® 90 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass in a thermally broken storefront system for its high level of solar control performance and neutral aesthetics. In a one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU), Solarban^® 90 glass delivers visible light transmittance (VLT) of 51% and a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of 0.23.

Even though the window-to-wall ratio is a mere 18%, the floorplate design manages to deliver daylight and views to 100% of the building’s work and collaboration spaces. In upcycling the mid-century building’s original steel structure, masonry and terrazzo floors, a 67% reduction in embodied carbon helped the project achieve net-zero energy, net-zero carbon performance.

In August of 2022, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE^®) announced 663 S. Cooper Street one of the top-10 green building projects of 2022. Four of the 10 award winners were glazed with Solarban^® solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses by Vitro.

Quite simply, 663 S. Cooper Street is an amazing adaptive reuse success.

For more information about Solarban^® 90 glass and the rest of Vitro Glass’s full line of architectural glasses, visit www.vitroglazings.com or call 1-855-VTRO-GLS (887-6457). Information on satisfying LEED^® and other green building objectives with Vitro Glass products is available at www.vitroglazings.com/leed.

About Vitro Architectural Glass

Vitro Architectural Glass, part of Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), is the largest glass producer in the Western Hemisphere, manufacturing a range of industry-leading, energy-efficient, high-performance products such as Solarban^®, Sungate^® and Starphire Ultra-Clear^® glasses. Committed to continually raising the industry standard for sustainability, Vitro was the first U.S. glass manufacturer to have its complete collection of architectural glass products earn Cradle to Cradle Certified^® status and the first North American manufacturer to publish third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for flat glass and processed glass products. Additionally, as of April 2024, all Vitro architectural glass products meet the Top 20% Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material Global Warming Potential (GWP) threshold the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and related guidance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Vitro operates seven glass production facilities across North America, four residential glass fabrication plants in Canada and one of the world’s largest glass research and development facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit VitroGlazings.com.

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