Planning Department

Science Buildings (Midtown Campus)

Description:
This state-of-the-art science building houses the biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy and meteorology departments. The facility includes classrooms, research laboratories, lecture auditoria, a greenhouse, an observatory, and the WCSU Weather Center.

The new science building was the first state-funded building project to seek LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council*.

The U.S. Green Building Council works to promote environmentally responsible and sustainable designed buildings.

Type New Construction
Project Budget $48 million
Size 122,000 sq. ft.
University Representative Thomas P. Carlone
Architect/Engineer Fletcher Thompson, Inc., Shelton, CT/
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, LLP,
New York, NY
General Contractor Fusco Corp., New Haven, CT
Construction Administrator The Morganti Group, Danbury, CT
Status Opened Fall 2005

* For more information about the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED™ rating system, log onto www.usgbc.org.