Just to be a Debbie Downer I predict that in the next 5 years BU will spend a minimum of $10 million to fix/replace some of these advanced features.
Not if BU takes a deconstructionist approach to whatever problems arise. I read an article a while back on the tendency of cutting edge buildings like BU's to start developing problems almost immediately. The author was responding to critics of a new building with an extravagant roof that started leaking almost immediately. The critics argued that the architects should have stuck to a tried-and-true roof structure instead of an eye-popping extravaganza. The author's defense was that the radical design immediately developing leaks wasn't a problem. The problem was the critics. They needed to deconstruct their assumption that a roof shouldn't leak.