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Sentient Building Technology Drives Space Utilization, Interaction, and Flexibility in Higher Education, Healthcare, and Research
Combining wireless sensor networks with custom mobile apps to create interactive “sentient buildings” and smart community spaces has the potential to significantly impact the future of facility design in higher education, healthcare, research, and other sectors where increased collaboration and space efficiency are crucial.
Nexus Building
The Nexus Building is home to Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health and the Center for Health Innovation, and serves as a hub for core student services. It is also a welcoming space for prospective families who visit Adelphi’s admissions office, and alumni who access the advancement office.
Renovation, Modernization, and Upgrades are Top Priorities for Animal and Biocontainment Facilities
With many aging animal and biocontainment facilities coming to the end of their useful life, renovations, modernizations, and upgrades are by far the top priorities among facility owners and operators, and greater flexibility and adaptability are the hottest issues in project and program planning. Rodents are still overwhelmingly the primary species in animal research, according to industry leaders, and most containment facilities maintain a combination of containment levels; of facilities housing a single containment level, BSL-2 is by far the most prevalent.
Radical Rethinking: Fast-Tracking Progress with Few Growing Pains
A new interdisciplinary medical and health sciences education building at the University of North Dakota (UND) has reinvigorated academic culture with shared resources and improved research capacity, while accommodating increased enrollment and faculty. The 325,000-sf School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) building replaces the repurposed hospital that previously housed medical education on the campus, bringing disciplines including medical lab sciences, physician assistant, occupational therapy, sports medicine, public health, and physical therapy together with medicine.
Rodent Cage Technology Evolves Beyond the Simple Holding Vessel
As scientific research increasingly moves toward a greater use of data, so too is the animal cage technology being introduced and developed by major manufacturers. Innovations designed to improve animal life, reduce costs, and enhance research are happening at the cage level, with technology allowing for control of conditions within individual housing units and data collection of cage-level variables.