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UW Institutes for Discovery almost half completed

MADISON (WKOW)--A new focal point of the University of Wisconsin campus is almost half finished.

The project manager for the Wisconsin Insitutes for Discovery says the building is 46% completed.

"The building now is enclosed and completely air- and water-tight. With 46 percent of the project completed, we are excited about the high standards we are achieving for sustainable building practices. For instance, 92 percent of the project's demolition and construction waste has been reused or recycled, surpassing our goal of 85 percent," says George Austin, building project manager for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which is funding the public/private initiative with donors John and Tashia Morgridge and the state of Wisconsin.

Opening next December, the 300,000-square-foot building located on the UW campus between University Avenue and Campus Drive is being built to use 50 percent less energy and water than the typical laboratory facility at UW-Madison.

Click here to learn more about the green construction features in the Wisconsin Insitutes for Discovery.