Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) ha...

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has begun construction of a 7000-sq-ft facility that will contribute to as a test bed for innovative office building component parts and systems. It will be housed in a rooftop extension of a building forward its Pittsburgh campus.

The $3 million facility will criterion the performance of enclosure, telecommunications, power, lighting and HVAC a whole s when integrated into a realistic office setting, said Volker Hartkopf, CMU professor of architecture and director of the architecture department's Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics.

The facility,