Infrastructure and Sustainability
Infrastructure
Since 2002:
- Developed first-time, long-term strategic space plan for physical growth and secured necessary city approvals
- Among the important facilities created at NYU during Sexton’s presidency:
- The first new dedicated science building at NYU in 30 years – the NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology on Waverly Place
- Built 433 First Avenue, a 170,000 square foot facility that houses the College of Nursing, expanded facilities for the College of Dentistry and a space for the University's bioengineering program
- The Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, which added new classroom space, musical practice space, meeting space, and provided a home for NYU’s communities
of faith
- Built Furman Hall at the Law School, the first new building in lower Manhattan to break ground after 9/11
- The first new dedicated science building at NYU in 30 years – the NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology on Waverly Place
- The University has invested over $3 billion in capital improvements to the Washington Square campus, with significant attention to deferred maintenance:
- 90% of general purpose classrooms newly constructed or renovated
- 700,000 square feet of space added or renovated for science
- 90% of general purpose classrooms newly constructed or renovated
- Across its New York campuses, NYU has added approximately 2.0 million square feet since 2002 and renovated existing properties to house new academic initiatives and strengthen existing programs.
- Among the major projects that fueled the academic expansion at NYU were new homes for the following schools/departments:
Schools
- Consolidation of the School of Professional Studies (East 12th Street)
- Consolidation of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (Puck Building)
- Total renovation of the Gallatin School into a Gold LEED-certified building
Departments
- English (Greene Street)
- Jazz Studies (Third Avenue)
- Philosophy (Washington Place)
- Linguistics (Washington Place)
- Teaching and Learning (East Building)
- Media, Culture and Communication (East Building)
- Sociology (Puck Building)
- The Institute for African American Affairs (IAAA), Africa House, China House, and the
- Asian/Pacific/American Institute (APA) in Washington Mews.
Research
- Programs in the social sciences, humanities, and the arts found new homes at 20
Cooper Square.
- Faculty offices and research centers for the School of Law were built at Washington Square North and Wilf Hall.
- Faculty research laboratories in Arts and Science and at the Tandon School of Engineering
were renovated
Significant Building Renovations:
- Bobst Library (six of Bobst Library’s 12 floors have been renovated: Brine Commons and the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department were created on lower levels 1 and 2; 1st floor and mezzanine were renovated and Mamdouha Bobst Gallery opened; floors 4, 5 and 6 were renovated to create a research commons for 21st century scholarship, with collections, technology, study rooms, and configurable spaces for maximum productivity)
- 19 University Place
- 5 Washington Place (multi-year renovation / upgrade of historic building)
- 10 Washington Place (multi-year renovation / upgrade of historic building)
- Barney Building (Einstein auditorium, multiple floors)
New Centers
- Leslie Entrepreneur Lab
- Academic Resource Center
- Wasserman Center
Sustainability
Since 2002, on the Washington Square campus:
- Built a state-of-the-art co-generation plant to provide electricity, heating, and cooling to many campus buildings, thereby:
- Decreasing NYU’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30%
- Decreasing NYU’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30%
- Overall energy consumption has gone down by 32%
- Created a Climate Action Plan with the goal of achieving Climate Neutrality by 2040
- Instituted many campus-wide sustainable measures, including:
- Re-lamping with energy-efficient bulbs and ballasts in over 50 buildings
- Installing 4,700 occupancy sensor air conditioning and heating controls
- Installing 4,500 occupancy sensor lighting controls
- "NYUnplugged," a residence hall energy conservation competition
- Re-lamping with energy-efficient bulbs and ballasts in over 50 buildings
- NYU received a STARS Gold rating in 2011 from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- To date, there are eight LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings in NYU’s portfolio
- The Sierra Club recognized NYU as one of the top 20 eco-enlightened universities, or “Cool Schools,” in the United States for 2010 and 2011.
- Instituted NYU Green Grants to support campus sustainability initiatives, including:
- NYU Urban Farm Lab
- NYU BikeShare launched in 2010
- An annual end-of-school-year program to divert solid waste from landfills
- NYU Urban Farm Lab