Geneva greenhouses to get $4.7 million upgrade
Renderings of the greenhouses to be reconstructed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.
Agricultural research at Cornell will get a big boost, thanks to a $4.7 million investment in greenhouses at the university’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva, N.Y.
The two-year project, funded by money released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will reconstruct 21,000 square feet of greenhouses at NYSAES, which were built during the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Construction is expected to begin in May 2013 and will transform the greenhouses into much-needed, state-of-the-art facilities.
New glass, increased eave heights, improved lighting, retractable shade curtains, upgraded cooling and climate controls will not only improve research capacity, but will also optimize energy efficiency.
“The critical research being done today in Geneva requires state-of-the-art greenhouse facilities that can only be achieved through modernization and expansion,” said Thomas Burr, the Goichman Family Director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.