The University of California, Berkeley will begin occupying the new Energy Biosciences Building in August of 2012. Formerly known as the Helios Energy Research Facility, the five-story, 112,800-sf project provides collaborative research space for the study of lignocellulosic biofuels. The facility houses wet laboratories for molecular and microbial biology, fermentation, and chemical separation, as well as greenhouses, warm and cold rooms, shared instrumentation space, offices, workrooms, and conference space. The building was designed by SmithGroup with Research Facilities Design (RFD) as laboratory design consultant. UC Berkeley will also begin building the three-story, 40,000-sf Solar Energy Research Center in August of 2012, with completion expected in 2014.
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Research Facilities Design (RFD)
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