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This Former Porn Shop Is Now The Biggest Net-Zero Energy Building In The World

05/06/2013

Where there was once lube and lingerie, there are now solar panels and a "vampire energy kill switch." Most (if not all) American (...)
Where there was once lube and lingerie, there are now solar panels and a "vampire kill switch." Most (if not all) American cities have a smattering of sex shops--one-stop shops for lingerie, massage oils, dildos, and the occasional bondage restraint kit. In the early 2000s, at the corner of 44th Street and Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona had the Castle Boutique. Then the megastore built a new location, walked away from its lease, and left the building to sit for three years. When DPR Construction, a national sustainable building company, came across the 16,533-square-foot building, they knew they had encountered something special. "When we first went to look at it, we went down with a broker in june. It was 105 or 110 degrees, but inside the building was still in the low 80s, which told us that the building was well-insulated and able to manage itself. We knew the building could perform well given the right prescriptive changes," says Dave Elrod, regional manager at DPR Construction.Read Full Story    
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