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Net-Positive Campus Sets New Sustainability Standard

How design, data, and early energy strategy made an 850,000-SF campus net-positive

Wells Fargo has opened the largest net-positive corporate campus ever built in the U.S., generating more energy on site than it consumes.

The world-class, 850,000-SF-campus employs cutting edge sustainable design, including 360,000 SF of solar panels, low-carbon concrete, dynamic glazing, and a high-performance envelope.

How Early Modeling and Design Innovation Delivered Net-positive Performance at Scale

Wells Fargo has opened the largest net-positive corporate campus ever built in the U.S. Designed by Corgan, the innovative campus in Irving, Texas employs cutting edge sustainable design, including solar panels, low-carbon concrete, dynamic glazing, and a high-performance envelope. Varun Kohli, Principal and Director of Sustainability at Corgan and Matt McDonald, Principal and Office Sector Leader at Corgan join us to discuss this project.

Wells Fargo’s new corporate campus in Irving, Texas

Photo: Corgan

Varun Kohli, Principal and Director of Sustainability at Corgan and Matt McDonald, Principal and Office Sector Leader at Corgan are here to join me today to discuss this innovative project.

Listen and watch as Varun and Matt discuss some of the most significant architectural decisions that enabled net-positive performance at an 850,000-SF scale.

They also discuss how early energy modeling, solar analysis, and site evaluation influenced the massing, orientation, and program distribution of the campus.

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Lindsay Lewis is the Editor for Building Enclosure magazine. She has been with the publication since 2013 and is a graduate of Central Michigan University. She can be reached at lewisl@bnpmedia.com.