Artificial Intelligence Windows Set Up At LIC Apartment Tower

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — Residents of a glass-clad tower in Long Island City don't need to set up window shades.

View Smart Windows, which use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust the amount of natural light coming in through windows, have been installed at Sven, the Durst Organization'sluxury residential tower at Queens Plaza Park, the window company announced on Wednesday.

The windows are the latest of many unique luxury amenities offered to people who can afford an apartment at the 958-unit skyscraper, where market rate studios start at $3,200 per-month and "affordable" apartments are off limits for "low income" New Yorkers, Patch reported.

Smart windows have become increasingly common in office towers, but this is the first time that Durst's installed them in one of its residential buildings in New York (two of its midtown office towers have them, though).

Jonathan Durst, president of the Durst Organization, said that bringing the windows to Sven is in alignment with the real estate company's vision for the building.

"With Sven, we set out to build the healthiest, most sustainable residential property in the world," Durst said in a statement, adding that the windows "bring that vision to life."

View's windows help reduce energy consumption by as much as 20 percent, the company says, since its windows reduce the amount of overhead lighting and internal heating and cooling that's necessary in a building.

Dr. Rao Mulpuri, CEO of View, added that his company's windows offer "game-changing benefits" for Sven tenants, citing a study that found that residents living in buildings with View Smart Windows slept 16 minutes longer and experienced 11 percent less anxiety than those living with traditional windows.

The smart window company plans to expand further into the residential sector, according to Mulpuri, but — at least for now — Sven is the tallest residential building in North America to feature smart windows, the company said.

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