Английская Википедия:Barbara and Jack Davis Hall

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Officially opened on May 10, 2012, as a part of University at Buffalo's 2020 Strategic Plan, construction of Barbara and Jack Davis Hall, known as Davis Hall, started in 2009 with ground-breaking and finished in late 2011 with a construction cost of $75 million including nearly $49.6 million from New York State funding and the rest from corporate and individual endowments.[1][2] Besides UB Engineering, Davis Hall is the new host to both Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments featuring several new laboratories and research centers.[2]

The building is constructed by Turner Construction and its exterior design is a reminiscent to printed circuit board representing interaction among faculties and students and is designed by Perkins and Will firm.[3] The building is constructed in accordance with LEED's Gold certificate standards.[3]

Naming

The building is named after industrialist-turned-political candidate Jack Davis and his wife Barbara, who made the largest endowment ($5 million) among individuals to fund the project.[3] The couple made their first donation of $1.5 million to fund the project in 2008.[1] Jack, a UB Engineering graduate in 1955,[4] and his wife donated an additional $3.5 million to the project making themselves the people who have made the largest endowment in university's history with $5 million endowment.[1]

Tenants

Departments

The building is the new home to Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments.[3] However, the building supports five other departments such as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering.[4]

Labs

Notable features

Facilities and research centers

  • Шаблон:Convert of Cleanroom space[5]
  • Two 3D Electrical Engineering Labs [5]
  • A smart room [5]
  • A surgery lab [5]
  • A multimedia lab [5]
  • A security lab [5]
  • Two visualization labs [5]
  • Eleven flexible, multi-purpose labs [5]
  • Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)[6]
  • Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)[7]

LEED gold certificate

On April 4, 2012 it was announced that the building has been certified "Gold" by LEED.[4] The building exceeds the state's energy efficiency code by 34 percent. Some of its features, making the building green, are as follow:

  • An outdoor plaza that includes water-efficient landscaping and methods to capture stormwater
  • A small green roof
  • Waterless urinals
  • Bicycle racks
  • Constructed with recycled building materials
  • Energy-efficient heating, cooling and ventilation systems

References

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Davis Hall не указан текст
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Davis Hall Opening не указан текст
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Davis Hall Green не указан текст
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 5,6 5,7 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Turner Construction не указан текст
  6. ↑ Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)
  7. ↑ Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)
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