This state-of-the-art center for life sciences and Computer Science opened in Fall 2012. It features 13 new laboratories, two seminar rooms, three multi-purpose classrooms, 21 faculty offices, a modern greenhouse, herbarium, electron microscopy suite, cold rooms and tissue culture rooms. It is certified LEED gold, with a number of sustainable features, including a $1 million geothermal heating and cooling system, high-efficiency frame hoods, energy-saving lighting and water-saving plumbing fixtures.