Climate, Sustainability & Wellness
Good from Every Angle
Empathy, responsibility, and efficiency.
At Corgan, we believe sustainability is an echo of performance; that if we truly optimize the places we create for our users’ needs and consider the environment as an essential part of meeting those needs, a new level of intelligence and balance can be achieved. One that not only serves the future but creates an immediate impact for our clients.
In our work, sustainability isn’t based on buzzwords or a checklist that’s uniformly imposed on our projects. It stems from meticulous analysis of each project’s unique goals, challenges, and resources. It weaves through our work and unifies every aspect of our design. And it’s guided by our mission to create places where our clients thrive.
In our studios, sustainability doesn’t symbolize sacrifice. It inspires performance. It means a chance to reimagine, to pioneer for our clients, to create solutions that address current problems and create future opportunities. We seek not only to use less, but to create buildings that do more — for our clients and users, and for the environment. Because when we ensure the viability of the whole system, we create positive outcomes that reverberate well into the future.
Corgan-Echo's services include:
Design Integration
• Goals, Metrics, & Regulatory Requirements
• Passive Design Optimization
• Massing & Envelope Optioneering
• Green Infrastructure
• Building Loads Assessment
• Operational & Embodied Carbon
• Visual & Thermal Comfort
• Indoor Air Quality
• Healthy Materials
• Biophilic Design
Climate & Sustainability Consulting
• Bespoke Sustainability Frameworks
• Third Party Certifications (LEED, WELL, Fitwel, ILFI, BREEAM)
• Existing Asset Assessments (building, portfolio, & campuses)
• Carbon Accounting (Scopes 1 & 2)
• Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessments
• Climate Risk Assessment
• Risk Mitigation Through Design & Operations
Advisory
• Organizational Level Approach to Sustainability
• Environmental & Social Impact
• Organization Level Decarbonization Strategy

Climate, Sustainability & Wellness Contact
Varun Kohli
Principal
212-624-3127
varun.kohli [at] corgan.com
Design StoriesBeyond LEED: Wells Fargo’s DFW Campus
ResearchHolistic Water Management in Building Design
Design StoriesWells Fargo's New Net-Positive Campus
Press ReleasesWorld Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings (NZCB) Commitment
ResearchClimate Toolkit: Embodied Carbon Edition
PerspectiveIntelligent Processes and Defining Sustainable Architecture
ResearchThe CDC-backed Badge for Workplace Wellness
ResearchMetropolis Magazine: 10 Strategies for Climate Control in Interior Design
ResearchThe 2022 Curiosity Report: Designing with New Energy
PerspectiveThe Anatomy of Southern California Cool — Insights from Sean Kim Nickerson
ResearchThe Future of Smart Cities and the Impact of Data
Design StoriesConceptual Design Competition: Deep-Rooted Ellum
Awards & RankingsA Healthier Corgan: Dallas Headquarters WELL Gold Certified
Design StoriesHealth and Safety in a Post-Pandemic Workplace
ResearchSustainability Unleashed: The Evolution of WELL
Climate, Sustainability & Wellness Projects
Los Angeles Community College District, LA Southwest College, Solar PV Array Improvements
Cottonwood Development, Northeast Texas Cancer and Research Institute
Methodist Health System, Midlothian Medical Center Medical Office Building
RiCloud Data Center
Cigna Medical Group, SkySong Health Center
Vantage VA12 Data Center
Phoenix Terminal 4 South 1 Concourse
Terminal C Delta Sky Club at LaGuardia Airport
Corscale Gainesville Crossing Data Center Campus
DAL Love Field Modernization Program (LFMP)
SMF Central Terminal B
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Headquarters
Financial Company Headquarters
American Airlines Federal Credit Union Headquarters
Confidential Technology Client Project Mills Data Center