Andrea Sach, left, and Sylvia Michelle, both research scientists, look over atmospheric data for the University of Colorado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in a new building called the SEEC complex (Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex). (Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
The complex, which sits on the northwest corner of Foothills Parkway and Colorado Avenue, features a newly constructed, 115,000-square-foot wet laboratory building and a renovated 289,000-square-foot building for classrooms, offices and dry labs. The two buildings are connected by a bridge.
The complex was intended to bring together researchers and students interested in the environment and sustainability, including environmental studies, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, civil and environmental engineering, the Center for the American West and the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute.