A two-level lecture block is located just inside the building. Computer laboratories are placed on the north facade, which is fully glazed with a curtain wall, to capture efficiencies in energy consumption and communications systems. Faculty and research areas are stacked in a flexible wing that parallels the main circulation space. The lecture hall's south facade is fully glazed, with moveable wooden louvers providing blackout capacity. An atrium supplies daylight, and is an active part of the ventilation system and energy supply strategy.
Natural ventilation is used during spring and autumn to reduce energy consumption.
Other features include a planted roof, the use of reclaimed brick from an adjacent building, and concrete containing 50 percent fly ash. Sustainable Building, 1-2001, p 32. The program then calculates the actual output, number of PV modules and inverters required, surface area of the PV array, and number of modules per string. The simulation's final results include a system diagram, a list of the design's most important values, such as the percentage system efficiency and performance ratio, and an economic efficiency calculation, which provides electricity production and annual cost information. Free demonstration versions are available.