Case Study
Energy efficiency improvements help UEL save money, attract tenants
HIGH-TECH INCUBATOR GOES GREEN Energy efficiency improvements help UEL save money, attract tenants University Enterprise Laboratories (“UEL”) is a nonprofit bioscience incubator located in St. Paul. UEL renovated an existing office building on the busway connecting the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses. In 2005, they began leasing wet-lab space to small, high-growth bioscience and biotechnology companies, many coming directly out of the University of Minnesota. Now fully occupied, UEL has supported the creation of more than 1,300 jobs." " As a nonprofit committed to high-technology job creation, UEL embraced the opportunity to upgrade the building’s energy performance and replace aging HV AC equipment. UEL leadership engaged Eutectics to manage the