One Market Street, a 1.5 million square-foot building
owned by Equity Office Properties Trust, sits on the
San Francisco Bay waterfront. With its floor-to-ceiling
windows, the building's tenants have some of the most
spectacular views of the Bay area. But while the tenants
never complained about the outdoor scenery, they did
complain about the heat and glare caused by the sun's
rays.
Equity Office Properties Trust contacted several window
film companies to offer solutions to the building's
heat and glare problem. Paul Murphy of Special Products
Window Film Company in Foster City, California, a 3M-authorized
Dealer / Applicator, suggested RE20NEARL Scotchtint
for the building's windows.
"We chose RE20NEARL because it significantly reduces
glare and increases a building's energy efficiency,"
says Murphy. "It also reduces the window clutter
caused by blinds and shades that can be seen from the
outside. Once RE20NEARL is applied, the outside of the
building looks consistent, which greatly enhances its
appearance."
He was asked to complete the project, which took more
than three months to finish. "This was by far the
largest window film project ever done in the San Francisco
area," Murphy recalls. "So it required a significant
amount of planning to ensure that the building's tenants
were inconvenienced as little as possible. We had a
four-person production crew working on the project -
mostly after hours."
The project manager's goal was to keep the tenants happy,
and while the project was service-intensive, Murphy
says that not one tenant complained. And, because the
window film installation increased the building's energy
efficiency, Pacific Gas and Electric Company offered
Equity Office Properties Trust a rebate. As a result,
the company's project payback was realized just twenty-one
months after installation.
According to Murphy, Equity Office Properties Trust
chose to work with Special Products Window Film because
of its reputation in the Bay area and because of its
exclusive use of 3M products. "They chose us because
of the service they were going to receive and because
they wanted the finest quality products available,"
Murphy says. "They knew they could get that with
3M."
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