By Stephen Marcantel
The Advocate
The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories designated UL Lafayette's Louisiana Solar Energy Lab as a regional test center for emerging solar technologies.
The facility, whose main building was named Antoun Hall after Acadiana area philanthropist and UL alumni Georges Antoun at a Friday ceremony, will be the DOE's sixth Regional Test Center and will be used for research into new solar technologies to advance American energy markets.