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Experts Break Down the Hidden Energy Costs of Campus Construction
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As noise levels and dust particles mark the University’s expansion and renovation of campus, so do concerns over the sustainability of these extended projects.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/construction/)
As noise levels and dust particles mark the University’s expansion and renovation of campus, so do concerns over the sustainability of these extended projects.
Completion of the new Student Agencies Building this summer will add 56 new luxury apartments to the Collegetown housing market.
Atkinson Hall promises new opportunities for progress in sustainability initiatives and collaboration between various science departments.
Through an atypical semester where most parts of campus were put on hold, Cornell continued its North Campus construction.
The University has halted construction on the North Campus Residential Expansion project until further notice, following new state regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Emergency construction shut down part of Hillview Place on South Hill, barring all traffic at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, as city crews repaired a partially collapsed sewer main.
On Monday Jan. 20, a water main break caused parts of Jessup Road to close, with a crew working on fixing the damage into Tuesday evening. This closure forced commuters to reroute, using Cradit Farm Drive instead.
College Avenue reopened to traffic earlier this week as the first of three phases of construction came to a close. The 100-300 block of College Avenue had been closed to cars — with its asphalt torn up — since the College Avenue Sewer Replacement Project began on August 7, with construction crews installing new water and sewage lines.
The land — 0.6 acres situated in the Fall Creek neighborhood — was initially leased to the owners of the apartment complex previously known as Gun Hill apartments, who used the land as a parking lot, according to Simon Allen, associate vice president for asset management.
The water and sewer work on College Ave started this summer, frustrating Cornellians returning at the start of this semester with the closure of the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare.