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Fun Facts

The REDC is made up of:

201,000 bricks
6,950 cubic yards of concrete
774 tons of steel.
35,000 square feet of curtain wall glazing (What regular folks call windows.)
1.42 miles of caulking
3 miles of copper piping
2,400 gallons of paint
150,200 pounds of sheet-metal ductwork
13 air handling units
6,346 receptacles and switches
956 sprinkler heads for fire protection
2,246 miles of cable, which is the driving distance between Erie and San Francisco (This is what makes the REDC so smart!)
8 computer servers
50 computer network switches
220 new PCs
400 relocated PCs

The REDC’s winter heating bill is $40,000 a month.

The REDC created nine new full-time jobs at Penn State Behrend, eight in Maintenance & Operations and one in Housing & Food Services.

During peak times in its two-year construction, the project averaged 135 workers per day.

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