One Market Street

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.