The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has always exemplified efficient design. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a master modernist, filled its Chicago campus with simple rectangular buildings. Critics quipped that IIT'S only church spire was the chimney of its power plant. It is fitting, then, that IIT should herald a new era of efficiency. With the help of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, it is adopting the electric grid of the future. The hope is that the rest of the country will soon have one, too.
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机译：伊利诺伊理工学院（IIT）一直是高效设计的典范。现代主义大师路德维希·密斯·凡·德·罗（Ludwig Mies van der Rohe）在芝加哥校园内摆满了简单的矩形建筑。批评者打趣说，IIT唯一的教堂尖塔是其发电厂的烟囱。那么，个人所得税应该预示着效率的新时代。在加尔文电力倡议的帮助下，它正在采用未来的电网。希望该国其他地区也将很快拥有一个。
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