SageGlass®, an electronically tinted glass made by Wayne-based Saint-Gobain, will be featured in Saint-Gobain’s new state-of-the-art North American corporate headquarters at 20 Moores Road in Malvern.

Saint-Gobain is transforming the long-vacant National Liberty property situated on the northeast corner of the Route 202 and 401 exchange into a LEED-certified facility for its North American construction materials subsidiary, CertainTeed Corporation.

The $80 million redevelopment project, to be completed in the fall of 2015, will incorporate Saint-Gobain’s extensive portfolio of green building materials and technologies, including SageGlass, to create an energizing, sustainable work environment to attract and retain top talent.

“Saint-Gobain products are found in workplaces all over the world and we are excited to demonstrate how our products create a better workplace experience for our more than 800 employees that will work in the new headquarters,” said John Crowe, president and CEO of Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed corporations.

“SageGlass will not only help us to transform the existing structure into an iconic workplace with a dramatic design, but will allow our employees to take in all the benefits from daylight without experiencing the drawbacks.”

SageGlass will replace the building’s energy inefficient curtain wall to create both a visually stunning and energy efficient multi-story curtain wall on the building’s western and southern facades, where sunlight is most intensive. SageGlass is electronically tintable glass that maximizes daylight and outdoor views in buildings while controlling glare and heat gain.

Preserving an outdoor connection to the scenic 65-acre campus with woods, fields, a pond and a stream was another reason for using SageGlass, according to architect Neil Liebman of Bernardon Haber Holloway, who designed the exterior.

The headquarters will also include materials from other Saint-Gobain companies. Incorporating these products will create a “living laboratory” where the company’s research team can measure the impact its products will have on a real workspace environment.

Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company, has its North American headquarters in Valley Forge.  The company has more than 265 locations in North America and approximately 15,000 employees. In the U.S. and Canada, Saint-Gobain reported sales of approximately $7.9 billion in 2013.