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Industry News
Onset Announces Energy Measurement and Verification System
Onset, a leading supplier of data loggers, announced the release of HOBO® Measurement & Verification System in October of 2009. HOBO® is a portable energy logging system for measuring, analyzing, and documenting building energy performance. The self-contained system makes it convenient and economical for energy performance contractors, energy consultants, and building energy managers to track the performance of building systems, such as chillers and packaged HVAC units, and verify the impact of energy efficiency improvements.
University of Rhode Island Breaks Ground on College of Pharmacy Building
The University of Rhode Island broke ground in October of 2009 on a 148,000-sf facility for the College of Pharmacy in Kingston. Housing leading edge teaching and research labs and business incubator space, the $75 million facility will support programs in pharmaceutics manufacturing, pharmacognosy, 3D visualization, and histology. The building will include lecture halls, classrooms, a patient clinic, tissue culture, and a 3D visualization auditorium.
National Cancer Institute Plans Advanced Technology Research Facility
The National Cancer Institute will begin construction in fall of 2009 on the $200 million Advanced Technology Research Facility in Frederick, Md. Located in the Riverside Research Park, the 330,000-sf office and laboratory project is slated for completion by mid-2011. The National Cancer Institute is managed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
El Camino Hospital Opens Acute Care Center
El Camino Hospital opened its $480 million acute care center in Mountain View, Calif., in October of 2009. Construction began on the five-story, 450,000-sf addition in 2004. The 241-bed facility was designed by KMD Architects of San Francisco. The seismically sound expansion features robotic technologies for surgery and the transport of medical supplies.
Purdue University Dedicates Structural Biology Building
Purdue University dedicated the $33 million Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology in October of 2009 in West Lafayette, Ind. The 65,690-sf facility will enable researchers to develop innovative vaccines and disease treatments. Housing the Markey Center for Structural Biology, the building includes eight specialized labs, eight general labs, offices, and conference rooms. The facility provides suites for NMR spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction, as well as a biocontainment laboratory.