Boston University officials have outlined plans for six real estate projects expected to take place over the next 11 years, including a new lab tower and installation of air conditioning for the Warren Towers dorms.

The 1,800-bed dorms on Commonwealth Avenue will be renovated including installation of mechanical penthouses for the new HVAC system. Other upgrades to the 1960s-era structures will include new room finishes, window replacement, accessibility upgrades and bathrooms.

“After the heat waves experienced this summer, [the project] will be extremely welcome because this dormitory houses students 12 months of the year,” Sonia Richards, associate vice president for planning, design and construction, told members of the Boston University task force that advises the Boston Planning & Development Agency, at a presentation Monday.

The towers house approximately half of Boston University’s first-year students.

“With approximately 11,400 undergraduate student beds on campus, we need to be mindful of the quality of our existing inventory,” Richards said.

Derek Howe, BU’s senior vice president of operations, said a consulting team recommended the university focus on upgrading existing buildings to improve its on-campus housing. Half of each of the three towers would be renovated each semester beginning in summer 2023, with displaced students relocated to the Fenway campus.

Task Force Chair Pam Beale said on-campus housing and sustainability programs will be two prominent focuses of the review.

Other projects identified in the school’s latest institutional plan covering the period from 2023 to 2033, submitted this month to the BPDA, include:

• A new 229-foot-tall, 351,000-square-foot science and research building including wet labs, replacing the 84,000-square-foot College of Communication building at 36 Cummington Mall;
• A new 162,000-square-foot College of Communication building replacing a parking lot and retail building on Commonwealth Avenue in Brookline;
• A new 11-story, 70,000-square-foot academic building for the Pardee School of Global Studies, replacing a 138-space parking lot on Bay State Road, replacing seven sites on Bay State Road;
• A 120,000-square-foot academic building at 766 Commonwealth Ave. in Brookline, replacing a parking lot;
• Total rehabilitation of the Mugar Memorial Library to update mechanical systems and library services.

A BPDA comment period on the institutional master plan runs through Dec. 15.