February 21, 2012
Largest Net-Zero Building in the World
When the Darla Moore School of Business is completed next year, the University of South Carolina will have 1.2 million square feet of green building space. The Moore School will be the largest net-zero building in the world.
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Reader Comments
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We won’t even know until late in 2014 if it’s even a net zero building, let alone the largest in the world. Performance counts, not promises.
Jerry Yudelson | February 21st, 2012
Yes Jerry, that what they said about getting to the moon, centralized distribution of energy, wood-gas powering IC engines during WW2,and Robert Stirling’s inventions including Tesla & Edison & Franklin…
Albert Amorino | February 23rd, 2012
Dr. Koman mentions offsets, but doesn’t mention what kind or how many. The term ‘net zero building’ ought to be reserrved for buildings that are really net zero energy on-site. Otherwise, any rich folks and institutions with donors that have deep pockets can claim net zero energy for just about any building.
Nick Brown | February 26th, 2012