Embedding the structural support in the core made it possible to cantilever the roof and thus wrap a glass facade around the building, using vast expanses of insulated, triple-pane glass and mahogany mullions.

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Sheets of glass separated by a vacuum could bring windows' insulating properties up to par with insulated walls, yet allow them to be nearly as thin as single panes of glass.

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Thanks to its heavily insulated roof and double-glazed, low-emissivity glass throughout, Mayhem Manor's electricity consumption is a modest 8, 300 kilowatt-hours a year.

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