Sustainability Commitments

Our goal is to move beyond an approach of simply “using less” to create buildings that also “do more.” For each project, we assemble an integrated team of experts in sustainability, discovery, and innovation to harmoniously weave foundational environmental tenets into the design of the building. We develop solutions that balance the built and natural environments through ecology, site planning, conservation, preservation, cultural heritage, building massing, material selection, building systems, economics, and construction methodologies.

We have successfully led sustainable design efforts for some of the most technically challenging architectural building types in the world, including multi-million-square-foot LEED Platinum headquarters, campuses, and hospitals, some of the largest and most complex LEED Platinum data centers, LEED Platinum research centers, and Net Zero education facilities. We also designed and built our own LEED Silver certified headquarters in 2007 when just a little over 100 projects in the world were LEED certified. And when we expanded in 2018, our headquarters was awarded LEED Gold.

At the core of our efforts is a single, firm-wide ambition: to create environments where our clients thrive. WELL and Fitwel certification are instrumental in delivering on that ideal. These performance-based certifications systems help ensure the built environment has a positive impact on human health and well-being, which is why Corgan has over 30 WELL and Fitwel accredited professionals working in our studios. Certified environments include criteria like higher air quality, daylight views, close access to drinking water, lactation rooms, and sit-to-stand desks, among many others. Once viewed as luxury features, WELL and Fitwel criteria now represent the new standard.