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Date: July 28, 2016 at 13:57:52
From: blindhog, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Science Used to Avoid Wasting Taxpayers' Money |
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I just watched a Deutsche Welle (DW) Documentary on our local PBS program.
The expert German building engineer in the documentary said glass buildings cost 3 times what it costs to build a conventional building. And the heating and cooling cost is much more in a glass building.
Our local library board in Rock Island, Illinois, is considering wasting taxpayer money by having a glass building built when, just recently, a fairly recent beautiful, yet conventional, building that would be centrally located was offered as a purchase option.
I just hope that this is not a case where good judgment is being shunted aside and pockets are being lined at the cost of city taxpayers.
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Date: July 29, 2016 at 08:01:22
From: Nen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Science Used to Avoid Wasting Taxpayers' Money |
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Being a library, too, if they go for glass it'll
have to be special glass that will keep out the
particular light waves that damage books (and not
having researched that myself, I don't know if that
is possible).
In Illinois, with seasonal weather, they're going to
have to deal with expansion and contraction of the
framework for the glass, and likely in summer,
correct, the AC will have to be much higher to
accommodate the heat building properties of glass.
Winter: That may depend on how the building is
built. If there's enough buffer space between panes
for air insulation, and the building is in the sun,
it MIGHT absorb enough heat to actually save on
heating costs. But I seriously doubt it.
Moreover, birds are likely to fly into it more (I'm
having a vision of that situation intersecting with
lawsuit culture when little Suzie or Billie is
"traumatized" by seeing a bird die and a helicopter
parent suing over that "trauma"), and depending on
how it's structured the reflections from the glass
could be a nuisance or even a driving hazard for
people (Nice flash of sun reflected in the eyes,
blinding a person briefly).
Never have understood the desire for glass
buildings. We have a couple on campus. I wonder if
I can file a lawsuit for the eye damage from
reflected sunlight over the years (joking, but I'm
sure other folks would think it a viable option).
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