Selwyn_Times: July 06, 2022
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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> 6 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NEWS 3<br />
PROGRESS: Lincoln University’s new flagship science facility is currently under construction and on track for completion in <strong>July</strong> 2023. (Right): An<br />
architect’s illustration of the completed building.<br />
New uni science facility funded and on track<br />
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY has<br />
received a further $60 million<br />
of Crown funding to complete<br />
the construction of its flagship<br />
science facility.<br />
The funding represents the<br />
bulk of the Crown funding for<br />
the new building’s construction,<br />
which is on track for completion<br />
in <strong>July</strong> 2023.<br />
The flagship science facility<br />
will be a new fit-for-future learning<br />
and research centre located<br />
in the north-eastern quarter of<br />
campus.<br />
The new building will feature<br />
state-of-the-art teaching, research<br />
and collaboration spaces<br />
complemented by<br />
multi-use adjustable<br />
workstations and social<br />
zones, all set within a<br />
biodiverse park-like<br />
environment.<br />
An expansive<br />
ground-floor café<br />
will form a central<br />
hub where Lincoln<br />
University staff and<br />
students will be able to mix and<br />
mingle with campus visitors and<br />
employees from the co-located<br />
Susie<br />
Roulston<br />
AgResearch facility, also currently<br />
under construction.<br />
In line with the<br />
university’s sustainable<br />
infrastructure goals, the<br />
new building will have a<br />
minimal environmental<br />
impact; incorporating roof<br />
and wall-mounted solar<br />
arrays, a ground-sourced<br />
heating/cooling system<br />
and a rainwater-fed toilet<br />
flushing system in the design,<br />
chief operating officer Susie<br />
Roulston said.<br />
“Our new flagship science<br />
facility forms part of a suite of<br />
infrastructure assets that will<br />
ultimately deliver a spatially<br />
optimised campus, with students<br />
at its heart, where the university<br />
can provide its world-leading<br />
teaching and research within an<br />
ecosystem of social well-being<br />
and environmental sustainability,”<br />
she said.<br />
“The challenges facing today’s<br />
food and fibre producers are<br />
manifold and profound, and we<br />
are proud to deliver this new<br />
facility where we can further advance<br />
our commitment to equip<br />
future generations with the skills<br />
and knowledge to shape a better<br />
future.”<br />
Further campus projects<br />
including an ambitious and<br />
extensive decarbonisation<br />
programme which supports<br />
the university’s goal to be<br />
carbon neutral by 2030 and<br />
to cease the combustion of<br />
coal by 2024, the restoration<br />
of Ivey West and Memorial<br />
Hall and an overarching<br />
visionary landscaping<br />
masterplan, are in various<br />
stages of development.<br />
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