Article: Letter from Dijon.

By Edward CodyDIJON, FranceAuThe Elithis Tower, its builder says, is an office building like no other, an oval-shaped showcase for how to help save the planet on a reasonable budget.According to Thierry Bievre, the 10-story tower in the eastern city of Dijon has the potential to become the worldAAEs first commercially priced office building that produces more energy than it consumes. Already, he boasts, it is the most Aoenvironmentally soberAo such tower in operation, using an average of 20 kilowatts per square meter, or 11 square feet, a yearAu400 is the average in FranceAuto heat, cool, light and otherwise occupy its 54,000 square feet of office space.Getting the rest of ...

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