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Let $G$ be the group of all invertible operators on a Hilbert space $H$ that are of the form $1+K$, $K$ compact. Then the space of all invertible operators $GL(H)$ is a model for $EG$ and $BG$ is the identity component of the space of all units of the Calkin algebra $B(H)/K(H)$ (bounded modulo compact operators). By the way, $BG \simeq BU$, $G \simeq U$.