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The Appalachian State Faculty Senate met to discuss it's upcoming Innovation District, which includes a district energy system.
“The vision for the campus is to bring expertise across disciplines, facilitate collaborations on campus and with the communities across the region,” Baldwin said.
According to Baldwin, Chancellor Sheri Everts recently announced that they had secured funding for phase 1 of the Innovation District.
The master plan for the Innovation District was completed in fall of 2021, and the project's groundbreaking took place last month.
The Innovation District will include the conservatory for biodiversity education and research, faculty and staff housing, a district energy system along with other sustainable infrastructure systems.
Phase 1 of the plan includes academic facilities, faculty and staff housing and the district energy system. The academic facilities will incorporate cross-disciplinary space that will encourage K-12 partnerships, according to Baldwin’s presentation.
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