Design for Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology Approved

Architectural rendering of the main entry to the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology at 3200 Walnut St. View looking south from Walnut Street. (Image: Courtesy of Behnisch Architekten)

The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology has received design approval from the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees. The new $173 million facility at 3200 Walnut Street will consolidate existing and emerging energy research programs by providing 110,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space.

The facility will house the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, bringing researchers from the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science together to solve scientific and technological problems related to energy. It will also be a home for the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER), an undergraduate dual-degree program run jointly by Arts & Sciences and Engineering.

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