The Elithis Tower in Dijon, France, is the headquarters of the Elithis Group, a building engineering consultant firm. Completed in March 2009, the facility was one of France’s first net zero buildings and is considered the world’s first positive energy office tower developed at a standard cost of construction. At just over 50,000 square feet of floor space, the Elithis Tower is composed of 10 floors, 9 dedicated office levels and one technical level for the building’s HVAC system. Four floors are occupied by Elithis Engineering, while other floors are occupied by ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency), a radiological services company, other civil engineering firms, and a restaurant. In this research note, we explore the generation and efficiency technologies that enable the Elithis Tower to achieve carbon-positive status, while also considering the facility’s embodied carbon policies and the external factors that helped make this building possible. Source: Arte Charpentier Energy Generation for […]