A Home for Innovation: The Jacob School of Engineering’s Franklin Antonio Hall at The University of California San Diego campus is designed to challenge the status quo with cutting-edge research. It’s a building that will break down the barriers between labs made for faculty and researchers to work on our most pressing issues and engineering solutions to society’s biggest challenges. Ranked as the #9 engineering school in the nation, this space will foster new ways of thinking, experiential learning, and engagement. It will educate tomorrow’s technological leaders, conduct leading edge research, and bring forward those innovations for the benefit of all society.
From Inception to Industry: We are building capacity to work across disciplines and industries in real time. The Institute for the Global Entrepreneur is a collaboration between The Jacobs School of Engineering and The Rady School of Management, that brings together aspiring startups, venture capital, and a team of experts on site to further the conversations of translating ideas into industry. A new 187,000 gsf USGBC Platinum Rated engineering facility is designed for collaborative research, active learning, and technology transfer.
“Franklin Antonio Hall is designed to facilitate cross-discipline collaborations that are critical for solving the toughest health, energy, autonomy, security, communications, and materials challenges facing society.” Dean Albert Pisano
Site Sustainability features include:
Exterior pervious surfaces and vegetation that reduce the heat island effect
Improved stormwater quality utilizing bio-swales
Provide native vegetation within a buffer zone to protect the California Coastal Commission designated sensitive habitat areas that surround the building
Native and drought-tolerant plants were chosen to reduce both outdoor water usage and potential fire risks
Building design includes a heat deflection wall to help protect it from fire risks Building Sustainability features include:
Building materials with recycled content, low-VOC emissions, and FSC- or PEFC-certified wood
Photovoltaic panels located on the roof of the building for on-site renewable energy
Expanded metering that provides usage loads for HVAC, lighting, plug loads, and equipment
An energy dashboard that demonstrates solar generation and usage to building users and visitors
A modular heat pump chiller that utilizes the campus chilled water loop to produce heating and domestic hot water
LED fixtures, dimming controls, and occupancy sensors
On-site EV charging stations
Low flow fixtures to reduce water consumption by 40 percent
Condensate Recovery System which captures and redirects non-potable condensate to the campus Reclaimed Water Loop utilized for campus irrigation.