BGU Building Represents Israel at World Habitat Day
BGU Building Represents Israel at World Habitat Day
October 18, 2012
To celebrate World Habitat Day and to stress the importance of building for a sustainable future, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Housing and Land Management Unit has organized a photo exhibition “Building the Future We Want.”
Pictures of sustainable buildings and green designs from countries around the world are being showcased at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The administrative building of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at BGU’s Sde Boker campus, pictured here, is representing Israel in the exhibition.
The building employs many green building techniques including evaporative cooling through a downdraft tower located in its central atrium and featured in the photo.
The building was originally designed in the early 1990s as a multifunctional complex housing a cafeteria and lounge, classrooms, administration, library, and accommodation for students and visiting faculty.
It was renovated in 2007 for use as the main administration building of the Institutes.
Read more about the building on BGU’s Web site >>
View the photography exhibition online >>
ABOUT AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
By supporting a world-class academic institution that not only nurtures the Negev, but also shares its expertise locally and globally, Americans for Ben-Gurion University engages a community of Americans who are committed to improving the world. David Ben-Gurion envisioned that Israel’s future would be forged in the Negev. The cutting-edge research carried out at Ben-Gurion University drives that vision by sustaining a desert Silicon Valley, with the “Stanford of the Negev” at its center. The Americans for Ben-Gurion University movement supports a 21st century unifying vision for Israel by rallying around BGU’s remarkable work and role as an apolitical beacon of light in the Negev desert.
About Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev embraces the endless potential we have as individuals and as a commonality to adapt and to thrive in changing environments. Inspired by our location in the desert, we aim to discover, to create, and to develop solutions to dynamic challenges, to pose questions that have yet to be asked, and to push beyond the boundaries of the commonly accepted and possible.
We are proud to be a central force for inclusion, diversity and innovation in Israel, and we strive to extend the Negev’s potential and our entrepreneurial spirit throughout the world. For example, the multi-disciplinary School for Sustainability and Climate Change at BGU leverages over 50 years of expertise on living and thriving in the desert into scalable solutions for people everywhere.
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20,000 students | 800 senior faculty | 3 campuses | 6 faculties: humanities & social sciences, health sciences, engineering sciences, natural sciences, business & management, and desert research.
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