Modern apartment-style student housing served by clean energy technologies is on the horizon on the site of the outmoded Mansfield Apartments townhouses, which are scheduled for demolition starting this winter.
With fuel cells generating most of its electricity and geothermal wells used for the majority of its heating and cooling, the new complex will be among the most environmentally self-sustaining facilities on a campus that has committed itself to being a leader in the research and use of clean energy technology.
The 16-acre site, located near the corner of Routes 195 and 275 at the southeastern corner of the UConn Storrs campus, will be cleared over the course of this academic year and into summer 2023. Crews already are on the site for the earliest work, remediating and removing certain materials in the old brick buildings.
The 270-bed, townhouse-style Mansfield…
New UConn Student Apartments to Include Modern Amenities, Clean Energy Technologies
