Market-Rate Net-Zero-Carbon Design Emerges from Exercise

Designers at HOK and daylighting and energy consultants at the Weidt Group recently came together to see if they could design a market rate, net-zero-carbon-emissions office building. Their design exercise resulted in “Net Zero Co₂urt,” a four-story, 170,000 ft² (16,000 m²) office building for a downtown St. Louis site, and with an estimated payback period of 12 years for features going beyond a building meeting LEED Certified standards.

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