Green office space
The world’s greenest building uses only 16 kilowatts of energy per square meter, a whole lot less than the 80 to 250 kilowatts so common among traditional office buildings. Energy Plus, a 70,000 square meter complex in the Gennevilliers area of Paris, looks a little bit like a dismantled Pentagon, reassembled in the wrong shape. Its arms jut at awkward angles to maximize roof space—holding more solar panels than any other building, the largest solar array in the world—and exposure to the sign, inviting daylight inside to offset use of energy-guzzling artificial lights.
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