Laboratory buildings are some of the most energy-intensive building types. On average they have an EUI of 370 kBtu/SF. Reducing the environmental impact of lab buildings requires integration of high performance strategies from the outset. This proved effective in our three recently opened interdisciplinary science centers in and around the city of Boston. By integrating our Building Science Group early on in our design process, we were able to test our design options to find the most energy efficient solutions.
Our Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, Boston University Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering and the Tufts University Science and Engineering Complex, though they look quite different in form, all offer insight into energy efficient labs. Take a deep dive into each project in our brochure: Science Centers to Foster Collaboration.
Related:
The Boston Globe Reviews the ISEC
Energy Savings: Northeastern University’s ISEC
Northeastern ISEC Earns I2SL Award!
PAYETTE Receives 2017 AIA NY COTE Award
Designing BU’s new CILSE
BU opens Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering
Designing for Flexibility
Energy Savings: Boston University
Celebrating the SEC at Tufts University
Fostering Collaboration
We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Green Good Design Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—Land’s Sake Farm and The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
“Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and works to develop a public awareness program that informs the general public about which global companies are doing the best job in ecological and sustainable design for our world. Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design projects from over 30 nations were honored with the 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN Award.”
#designalways #bostonarchitecture #archdaily #archisource