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Tufts broke ground on a few significant projects this spring and has plans drawn up for one more major development in the future, so I thought it might be time for a Tufts-specific development thread (all the other schools have 'em!).
Central Energy Plant (CEP):
The CEP is a new co-generation plant being built on Boston Ave in Medford, carved out of the hill just south of Dowling Hall (the parking garage and administration building). The facility will provide the campus with electricity, steam, hot water, and chilled water for cooling and include:
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Science & Engineering Complex (SEC):
The 175k sq.ft. SEC will located in the triangle formed by Boston Ave, Dearborn Rd, and College Ave, straddling the Somerville/Medford line. The building will contain 79k sq.ft. of lab space, including:
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Cummmings future air-rights academic building:
The 100k sq.ft. Cummings academic building is planned to be built at the intersection of Boston and College Avenues in Medford, with two-thirds of the building sitting on Tufts land north of the intersection and one-third built in the air rights over the future Green Line station. The building will include ground-floor retail, upstairs academic and meeting space (no labs or dormitories), and a footbridge crossing Boston Ave and connecting to "The Hill". As part of the air rights agreement Tufts will take over maintenance and security at the MBTA station.
Renderings:
Central Energy Plant (CEP):
The CEP is a new co-generation plant being built on Boston Ave in Medford, carved out of the hill just south of Dowling Hall (the parking garage and administration building). The facility will provide the campus with electricity, steam, hot water, and chilled water for cooling and include:
The project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2016. At that time, the current 1950s-era heating plant (and its smokestack) will be demolished.-A cogeneration plant, which will provide 4 MWs of power, reduce energy costs for the Medford campus by approximately 20%, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the Medford campus by over 12%
-Three new high-efficiency steam boilers, which will replace the less efficient boilers in the existing plant
-Efficient chillers and cooling towers, which will provide air conditioning to the new Science and Engineering Complex, Tisch, and can be expanded to serve additional buildings in the future
-Increased reliability of the electrical power supply to the Medford campus
-A glass façade, which will allow the Tufts and Medford communities to see what is happening inside this modern facility
-Landscaping with native plants
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Progress:
Science & Engineering Complex (SEC):
The 175k sq.ft. SEC will located in the triangle formed by Boston Ave, Dearborn Rd, and College Ave, straddling the Somerville/Medford line. The building will contain 79k sq.ft. of lab space, including:
The project is scheduled for completion in summer of 2017 to be ready for the 2017-2018 academic year.-Three floors of wet lab space to accommodate up to 21 principal investigators (PIs) in phase one; wet lab space that is “shelled” for future fit out could accommodate up to an additional 17 PIs.
-Four core facilities, two imaging suites, and a mass spectrometer suite; space that is “shelled” for future fit out could accommodate additional core facilities.
-Two introductory and two advanced teaching labs serving students in Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Chemistry
-Seven new meeting rooms, in addition to two meeting rooms that will remain in Anderson.
-Social spaces, including a café, an indoor atrium, an outdoor plaza, and “living rooms” in the center of each lab floor.
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Progress:
Cummmings future air-rights academic building:
The 100k sq.ft. Cummings academic building is planned to be built at the intersection of Boston and College Avenues in Medford, with two-thirds of the building sitting on Tufts land north of the intersection and one-third built in the air rights over the future Green Line station. The building will include ground-floor retail, upstairs academic and meeting space (no labs or dormitories), and a footbridge crossing Boston Ave and connecting to "The Hill". As part of the air rights agreement Tufts will take over maintenance and security at the MBTA station.
Renderings: