Cornell Tech Campus — Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center

New York City, United States, North America

Completed · Education · Net-Zero Academic Building · Temperate · 2017

The first academic building in New York City to be certified LEED Platinum and to operate as a net-zero energy building in a dense urban setting. It uses a highly insulated facade, passive conditioning and a 1.3MW solar PV array to achieve zero net energy in an island campus context.

Innovation highlights

• first urban net-zero energy academic building in New York City
• 1.3MW integrated solar PV exceeding annual energy consumption
• triple-glazed unitised curtain wall with thermal break achieving NYC's best envelope performance
• passive facade orientation eliminating mechanical cooling for perimeter zones
• real-time energy dashboard used as live teaching tool

Client / Developer

Cornell University / Technion

Architect

Morphosis Architects

Engineer

Arup

Type

Net-Zero Academic Building

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