Like most of the projects Elon Musk is involved in, the plans laid out for the Tesla Gigafactory are on another scale to other net zero buildings and the project has rewritten the rules on how to design, build, and operate a facility. Covering a footprint of approximately 5.4 million square feet, for comparison that is three times the size of Central Park in New York, the innovative gigafactory is a vision of the future. When completed, the Tesla Gigafactory will be the biggest building in the world and (of course) the biggest net zero building in the world. However, due to the scale, the project has been developed in phases to allow it to operate at the same time, and in its current level of development, it is already a 1.7 million square foot, productive, net zero, smart building. Elon Musk stated that his concept behind the gigafactory is “the machine that builds the […]