The Center of Excellence in Syracuse is wilting on the outside. The brand new state of the art building is suffering as bits of its facade fall to the ground. Work on the building began in 2007 and is still under construction. YNN's Joleene Des Rosiers tells us more about the technologically advanced building that its creators say is a continued work in progress.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It's made in Finland, used in Scandinavia and California and is making its debut in Syracuse. However, it may not be ready to stand up to Syracuse. The facade on the Center of Excellence is coming apart at the seams. Literally. It's called rainscreen. But just why it's falling from the brand new building remains a mystery.

"Buildings move!" said Cener of Excellence Director Ed Bogucz. "The wind blows, rain comes. People move around inside the building, there could be a little vibration in the building. So there are lots of factors that might be leading to this system to develop cracks and fail."

On Thursday, the original design team of architects, engineers and facade installers spent part of the morning removing some of the facade in an effort to determine what's causing the problem. Roughly 60 of the 8 by 2 feet panels are suffering. The questions remains....why?

"The work that they're doing today will result in a report," said James Alfieri, Senior Project Manager. "They'll either deliver some findings or what happens most often is they'll deliver some additional information that's required and we may have to come out and do the same thing again to ultimately solve the problem."

Contractors are basically getting a closer look at the fiber cement panel. It's about five-sixteenths of an inch think. And behind it, many layers.

"And behind the insulation is a blue material that is an air and vapor barrier," continued Bogucz. "And behind that is a yellow material that's called sheathing that's a cousin of drywall. Ours is made out of gypsum. And then behind that are the studs and the insulation. And behind that is the interior wall."

And somewhere in the thick of all it lies the answer.

"There's a part of it that's embarrassing, but there's a part of it also that makes clear to the world that were literally pushing the envelope. And were trying new things, we're trying new materials and sometimes when you do an experiment, what you learn in the experiment is the idea didn't work," Bogucz said.