John Hopkins Alum Donates $30M for Engineering School
BALTIMORE — John C. Malone, chairman of Liberty Media Corp. and a John Hopkins alumnus, donated $30 million to the university’s Whiting School of Engineering to construct a building that allows collaborative research for systems-based approaches to some of society’s biggest problems.
The largest amount ever donated to the school, the money will go toward the construction of a 56,000-square-foot research building on the university’s Homewood campus.
Read More Hawaii Revises Impact Fees to Benefit Local Districts
WAILUKU, Hawaii — Landowners seeking to build new housing in Maui will soon be required to pay new "impact fees" for the construction of new school facilities directly to the local districts rather than through the state or county.
Read More Dining Hall Renovation Lands LEED Silver
ANDOVER, Mass. — Phillips Academy, a residential secondary school, earned LEED Silver certification for the renovation of its 80-year-old dining hall, Paresky Commons.
Renovated over the course of 15 months, the Academy reused and recycled more than 90 percent of all construction debris and installed several energy-saving devices.
Read More Mike McDonald
Munters AB, a supplier of energy efficient solutions for air treatment and damage restoration, announced the retirement of Mike McDonald, effective April 1. In his 15 years with the company, McDonald held various management positions, most recently serving as Group Vice President and President of the Dehumidification Division.
Efficient Water Cooler
The VRCGRN pressurized water cooler from Elkay Commercial is the first GreenSpec-listed addition to the company’s family of innovative drinking water solutions. It has enhanced efficiency and water conscious functionality, and can assist in achieving LEED points. The product is constructed of 60 percent recycled content stainless steel and manufactured without using VOC-emitting paints/coatings.
$8 Million S.D. Science Building
SPEARFISH, S.D. — Students will arrive back to school for the spring semester with a new $8 million Life Sciences Laboratory building open for research and instruction on the Black Hills State University campus.
The 26,000-square-foot, LEED-certified building is part of a $74.5 million state appropriations bill to upgrade laboratories at all state universities.
Read More Calif. Names New BOE Members
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown named seven new appointments to join the existing four members of the State Board of Education.
Trish Williams of San Jose heads EdSource, an independent non-profit K-14 research and communications organization that provides extensive data, policy analysis and research.
Read More A Platinum Harvest at UC Davis
DAVIS, CALIF. — UC Davis’ new winery, brewery and food-processing complex received LEED Platinum certification, establishing it as the first university facility of its kind to receive the award.
The grand opening of the new $20 million, 34,000-square-foot teaching-and-research complex located within the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science is scheduled for January 28.
