Cornell is building biofuel research facility

Cornell University is planning to build an 11,000-square-foot Biofuels Research Laboratory on its Ithaca, N.Y., campus. Scheduled to be completed by December, the $6 million lab is being constructed as part of a $10 million grant to advance technologies that convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into ethanol and other biofuels. The architect is SWBR Architects & Engineers.To read The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle article, click here.