NLR's Campus Construction Projects
We're enhancing our campuses with new facilities and collaborations to advance research in energy systems research and development.
Our construction and renovation projects will enable more cross-disciplinary research and partnership opportunities and new ways to scale up global technologies for the marketplace.
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Construction Impacts
Energy Materials and Processing at Scale Facility
Concept design rendering of the Energy Materials and Processing at Scale facility, due north (right) of the solar arrays above the Visitor Parking Lot on NLR's Golden, Colorado, campus. Rendering from SmithGroup
NLR's Energy Materials and Processing at Scale facility—to be located on the east end of the laboratory's Golden, Colorado, campus—will be a 127,000-ft2 signature facility that rapidly minimizes barriers to scaling up new energy, materials, devices, and processes. The laboratory design will facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to materials R&D by providing opportunities for engineers, scientists, and industry partners to work together in shared laboratory facilities to greatly accelerate process scale-up and market adoption of the advanced energy materials.
Construction began in September 2024 and is anticipated to be completed in 2027.
Here's what our neighbors can expect in the coming months:
- Construction will take place 7 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Monday–Friday. There may be occasional work on evenings or weekends due to inclement weather or extenuating circumstances.
- There are no anticipated road closures in the community.
- There are no anticipated impacts to utilities (water, gas, electricity) in the surrounding neighborhoods.
- Expect increased worker vehicle traffic via the east entrance along Denver West Parkway, with peak activity 6–7:30 a.m. and 3:30–4 p.m.
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Last Updated March 23, 2026