{"id":135363,"date":"2026-01-16T00:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135363\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:23:21","slug":"csub-breaks-ground-on-83m-energy-innovation-building-to-enhance-stem-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135363\/","title":{"rendered":"CSUB breaks ground on $83M Energy Innovation Building to enhance STEM education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 California State University, Bakersfield, broke ground on its $83 million Energy Innovation Building (EIB) on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said 10 years ago, CSUB approved the concept for an ambitious plan to construct the building, later receiving the allocated $83 million in 2022 from Gov. Gavin Newsom for construction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dcce75ce-548b-4e68-9983-611ecc2c380a-Image20260115T153429.063.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The building will allow the university to grow its STEM program, meet regional needs for a highly-skilled workforce, and create an intellectual hub for science and research locally, said CSUB.<\/p>\n<p>The EIB will be a three-story, 56,000-square-foot facility, between Science III and the Student Health Center.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy: news.csub.edu{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5b9661c4-8068-46c4-9f14-9d4ed471db90-E2.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy: news.csub.edu<\/p>\n<p>It will feature:<\/p>\n<p>8,900 square feet of research space for physics, engineering, and the California Energy Research Center.Specialized labs for computing, materials testing, power systems, and petroleum engineering.A 240-seat event hall for symposiums, conferences, and academic events.Offices and extended education programs to connect workforce development with industry needs.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy: news.csub.edu{p}{\/p}{p}{\/p}{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b7b595a3-092e-4ee4-8a57-4341742d63fb-EIB.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy: news.csub.edu<\/p>\n<p>The EIB will meet CSU sustainability standards, feature low-energy systems, drought-tolerant landscaping, and efficient irrigation, said officials.<\/p>\n<p>CSUB said the facility will be fully electric, powered in part by off-site solar panels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy: news.csub.edu{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2c4cbc67-af49-4b08-ae96-4d583a5d024c-E3.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy: news.csub.edu<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Karen Goh and Sen. Shannon Grove were among those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eaf147ce-57ec-4abe-8ad5-182553207711-Sequence_EVERT_0115CSUB_0001_frame_50128.jpeg\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/news.csub.edu\/energy-innovation-building-receives-key-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news.csub.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 California State University, Bakersfield, broke ground on its $83 million Energy Innovation Building (EIB) on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-135363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}