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A view over the school's lagoon to one of the Channel Islands Henley Gate (eastern entrance) at dawn. The University of California, Santa Barbara is located on cliffs directly above the Pacific Ocean. UCSB's campus is autonomous from local government and has not been annexed by the city of Santa Barbara.
This design element was carried over into many of the school's subsequent buildings. The UCSB Libraries, consisting of the Davidson Library and the Arts Library, hold more than three million bound volumes [35] and millions of microforms, government documents, manuscripts, maps, satellite and aerial images, sound recordings, and other materials ...
Pages in category "University of California, Santa Barbara buildings and structures" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The UCSB Library underwent a major construction project between 2013 and 2016. [6] [7] The project included three parts: a building addition on the north side of UCSB Library, a renovation of the two-story section of UCSB Library, and seismic and code upgrades throughout the existing buildings.
The Institute for Energy Efficiency is housed in Henley Hall, [22] a three-story 49,900 gross square foot building designed to house IEE's research activity and programs. The building consists of wet- and dry laboratories, conference and collaboration spaces, a 124-seat lecture hall and faculty and administrative offices.
Munger donated $200 million to the project on the condition that the university follow his design exactly. [7] The building was expected to cost $1.4 billion. [8] The heating and hot water for the building would have been all electric, in compliance with UCSB environmental policies to avoid fossil fuels. [9]
Bren Hall's original location was a parking lot. All of the waste was recycled and used in the construction or elsewhere on campus. Developers designed the building to conserve power by using energy-efficient lighting, natural lighting, efficient boilers, connection to the campus's chilled water loop, and a sophisticated building automation system.
UCSB Engineering is home to the nation's first NSF-funded Quantum Foundry, a center dedicated to developing materials for quantum information-based technologies.The College operates as the West Coast hub of the American Photonics Manufacturing Institute and is a key participant in the federal Next Generation Power Electronics Institute.