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SUNY Polytechnic Institute Constructs ZEN Building
SUNY Polytechnic is building the $191 million Zero-Energy Nanotechnology (ZEN) building in Albany, N.Y. Designed by EYP Architecture & Engineering to support clean energy research, the 360,000-sf facility will provide labs, classrooms, offices, and a large central atrium. The building will also house the new data center for the state of New York and the headquarters of the U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium. CommerceHub will occupy 50,000 sf in the building.
University of Oklahoma Dedicates Radar Innovations Lab
The University of Oklahoma dedicated the $15 million Radar Innovations Lab in October of 2014. Located on the OU Research Campus in Norman, the 35,000-sf facility provides advanced research space for the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences. Designed to promote interaction and collaboration, the building features high bay labs, prototyping fabrication areas, a testing suite, an experimental observation deck, and two precision anechoic chambers. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2012.
DOE Opens Energy Research Facility at Lawrence Berkeley Lab
The Department of Energy opened the $54 million General Purpose Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in October of 2014. The 43,000-sf facility provides 33 labs for the study of renewable energy, battery technologies, and life sciences. Designed by RMW Architecture and Interiors, the sustainably designed project features occupancy sensors for lighting, temperature, and equipment. The General Purpose Lab will accommodate approximately 130 researchers and is part of an ongoing seismic renovation of the LBNL campus.
University of Illinois Dedicates Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
The University of Illinois dedicated the $95 million Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Building in Urbana in October of 2014. Designed by SmithGroup of Chicago, the six-story, 235,000-sf facility provides advanced classrooms, labs, and equipment suites for interdisciplinary research in biotechnology, communications, computing, energy, and nanotechnology.
Binghamton University Breaks Ground on Smart Energy R&D Facility
Binghamton University broke ground in August of 2014 on the $70 million Smart Energy Research and Development Facility in Vestal, N.Y. Housing the departments of physics and chemistry, the two-story, 114,000-sf project will include laboratories, 45 faculty offices, and a total of 125 fume hoods. The building will accommodate research programs in solar and thermoelectric energy harvesting, energy storage, energy efficiency in electronic systems, and sensor development for energy resource management.