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ven before President Joe Biden announced his historic $2 trillion American Jobs Plan on March 31, which includes massive infrastructure investments, it was clear that his proposed solutions would include a focus on cleaner buildings. The built environment think office buildings, schools, hospitals, homes and businesses is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions, largely in the form of energy wasted by inefficient appliances, insulation, lighting and more. Between those inefficiencies and the actual construction and building materials (concrete, for example, is very
The Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience is renovating a building on the WSU Spokane campus.
Avista Development owns the building, which is located south of WSU Health Sciences, at 325 E. Sprague Ave. Avista leases it to the institute for a nominal fee, according to the WSU Health Sciences Spokane website.
The pandemic has slowed the renovation progress, but the building is nearing completion. Renovations started last summer, and should be finished in three to four months, said Andrea Lazarus, executive director of the Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience.
Upon completion, the building will be outfitted with specific technology to help people with neurodegenerative diseases. The institute will start accepting patients at the end of the summer, Lazarus said.