Yale Development of Lower Hillhouse Avenue to Boost Sustainable Building

An architectural rendering of how Lower Hillhouse Avenue will appear following Yale's historic campus investments.
February 27, 2023

Yale University on Thursday announced plans for a historic series of infrastructure investments that would transform the face and trajectory of its School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) and advance the university’s strategy for hastening engineering, science, and technology breakthroughs.

Over the next decade and beyond, Yale will seek to undertake several major construction projects in the lower Hillhouse Avenue area, all on sites already owned and occupied by the university, Provost Scott Strobel and SEAS Dean Jeffrey Brock said in a meeting with engineering faculty.

The overall project will also serve Yale’s sustainability goals: buildings would be comprehensively renovated or demolished, and new structures built to Yale’s zero-carbon-ready standard. A geothermal network would provide efficient, clean, and resilient thermal energy.

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