Archello: CCDS Named 2024 Award Finalist
Excerpt from Archello | November 29, 2024 | Photo: Tom Arban
The Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University is an exemplary project and a defining landmark for the university. It transforms the Boston skyline, meets laudable sustainability goals, and encourages collaboration amongst students, faculty, and staff.
Towering boldly over the banks of the Charles River at 19 storeys, and spanning 345,000-square-feet, the Center is one of the largest, sustainable, operational fossil fuel-free building in Boston.
Striving to be energy efficient, the building uses onsite renewable energy through its closed-loop geothermal system for heating and cooling. Energy consumption is minimized throughout the Center by utilizing a high-performance envelope with external sun shading devices and enhanced heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
The Center also elevates the ground floor for future resilience to climate change and protection against floods, and will be one of the first buildings at the university to implement its Zero Waste Initiative.
The Center was designed to meet the goals of the university’s Climate Action Plan and will contribute to its target of carbon neutrality by 2040. The building also aims to attain LEED Platinum and meet the city of Boston’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
KPMB designed a building that is not only environmentally sustainable but socially sustainable and reflects the university’s commitment to being a leader in computing and data sciences.