"To really exploit site-specific opportunities for cutting energy use, you have to look at what’s under the site—and what’s over it as well—not just what’s around it.”
Scott Moll, PE, LEED® AP
Project Manager
Corporate Headquarters - Campus 1
A more efficient headquarters for more efficient healthcare. One of the largest geothermal heating and cooling systems in the country cuts energy use by about 40 percent for medical record software technology leader Epic Systems Corporation. AEI conceptually designed the geothermal system as part of the seven-building first phase of Epic’s rural Wisconsin campus headquarters. Over 500 vertical bores contain a series of pipes running 300 feet underground, where they draw from the relative temperature of the earth to warm in winter or act as a heat sink to cool in summer. The preconditioned water is pumped back to the surface. It is then further heated or cooled to specific temperatures using electric coils in localized mechanical rooms. Duct fans push air over the coils and throughout the campus. The system takes the place of a central plant, removing the need for freestanding utilities structure and bulky equipment required by conventional systems and preserving the surrounding views of prairie, farmland, and rolling hills.
Services: Mechanical, Electrical, Piping/Plumbing, Fire Protection, Sustainability, Architectural Lighting Design,
Size: 580,000 sf
Location: Verona, WI
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Cuningham Group Architecture, P.A.
Awards: In Business Magazine
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