Fraunhofer USA Inc., Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Boston

May 15 | News

Major energy retrofit will turn a 100-year-old building at 5 Channel Center in Boston's Innovation District into a showcase for clean energy technologies and research. A key objective of the project is accelerating adoption and acceptance of advanced building energy technologies in Massachusetts and nationwide.

California Institute of Technology, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena

Jan 31 | News

This LEED Gold-certified project provides a home for chemistry, chemical engineering, and chemical science at Caltech, with laboratories supporting chemical synthesis, chemical engineering, and biochemistry research.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute

Jan 18 | News

The first part of a planned two-phase project, the Wisconsin Energy Institute is a five-story building created for multidisciplinary collaboration.

Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, San Diego

12/6/2011 | News

The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine comprises a consortium of five life science research leaders: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The Scripps Research Institute, the Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institute, The University of California-San Diego, and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, CNS Research and Education Greenhouse

12/6/2011 | News

Greenhouse complex balances the historic and agrarian character of the university's roots with cutting-edge research in plant, soil, and insect sciences. Project combined a new research greenhouse, renovated teaching greenhouse, and research laboratory.

Rice University, Brockman Hall for Physics, Houston

11/2/2011 | News

Supported with federal stimulus funds from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Brockman Hall was fast-tracked for a 33-month project period.

J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, Calif.

10/18/2011 | News

Lab facility on the University of San Diego campus will support genomics research by ~125 JCVI scientists and staff, and will be LEED Platinum certified.

Connecticut College, Science Center at New London Hall (addition, renovations), New London

10/18/2011 | News

New LEED Silver-targeted facility will house the biology, botany, and computer science departments and will include a modernized greenhouse.

Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science Building, Boca Raton

10/5/2011 | News

LEED Platinum building serves FAU's programs in computer science and electrical and computer engineering.

Santa Fe Community College, Health Sciences Center, Santa Fe, N.M.

10/5/2011 | News

New LEED Gold facility will includes two nursing labs, two biology labs, a respiratory lab, a dental lab, and lab space for the Emergency Medical Service Institute.

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R&D 100: Now and Then

Apr 16

As R&D Magazine prepares for the 50th annual R&D 100 Awards, the editors take a stroll through the awards history, and invite former winners to join them.

R&D 100 Awards: Final Deadline is April 30

Apr 3

The editors of R&D Magazine have extended the submission deadline for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards to April 30, 2012, at 11:59 pm, eastern U.S. time. This is the FINAL DEADLINE. We cannot accept entries after that time.

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Post-conference materials from Lab Design Pittsburgh available

May 15 | News

PDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.

New labs, new philosophies

Mar 1 | News

R&D Magazine is proud to announce the 2012 Laboratory of the Year winners. These laboratories represent the pinnacle of design and execution in architecture for research and development. New construction facilities dominated this year's competition, but beyond this common theme the top new laboratories of 2012 differed widely in design philosophy.