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Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center
Owner: State of Utah DFCM/Utah State University
Architect: CRSA/ Brixen & Christopher Architects
Project Budget (FLCC): $19,000,000
Procurement: Design/Build - Value-Based Selection
Anticipated Completion: August 2010
Utah State University,
Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center
Rendering by CRSA
 The Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center will be the flagship building for the newly designated Uintah Basin Campus of Utah State University in Vernal, Utah. It is a 70,000 square foot, 2-story building housing the Bingham Entrepreneurship Center as well as multi-disciplinary educational and research lab facilities.
The Entrepreneurship Center will support local small businesses by offering centralized facilities and services in order to support the synergy required for small businesses to survive and flourish.
Teaching laboratories will support under-graduate and graduate level classes for chemistry, geology, biology and natural resources disciplines with separate research labs supporting faculty and corporate research in the area of existing and renewable energy systems.
The building is organized around a central east-west spine which features an open central staircase and clerestory. This spine will link all functions of the building including the entrepreneurship center, dean’s suite, student registration, teaching labs, research labs as well as many informal study and interaction areas for faculty, staff and students.
Extensive use of clerestories, transoms and skylights maximize the use of natural daylight. This along with high-efficiency building systems and local and recycled content materials will assist the BEERC in meeting Utah State’s High Performance Building Standards as well as helping achieve a LEED Silver rating.
Durable exterior materials include stone, brick, high-performance metal panels and glazing systems in a color pallet which is sympathetic to the unique surrounding mountains of Vernal and the Uintah Basin.
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