Miami-based real estate development firm Ytech, has announced The Residences at 1428 Brickell, a 70-story luxury condominium development planned for 1428 Brickell Avenue in Miami’s Brickell Financial District. Designed by Arquitectonica with interiors by Italian architecture firm ACPV ARCHITECTS, the building will be the first-ever high-rise residential tower using solar energy.

The development will be the world’s first luxury high-rise residential tower to integrate photovoltaic glazing within the building’s façade. Solar cells are integrated into the glass, effectively elongating the panels’ lifespan to match the windows.

This solar energy feature is cleverly blended into the building’s architectural aesthetic, expressing the importance of sustainability and carbon reduction across its 70 floors. The property will feature 500 photovoltaic-integrated windows along the west-facing façade, creating a “Solar Backbone” comprising nearly 20,000 square feet of energy-producing glass, producing up to 170,000 kilowatts, or 170 megawatts, of clean energy per year. 

The intended result is the reduction of approximately 4,700 tons of CO2 and using 3,000 barrels less of oil.

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