Technical Energy Information
The building is home to highly technical research and includes several laboratories and areas with high internal thermal loads requiring appropriate ventilation and air conditioning. The challenge was to provide a building that does not use refrigerant fluid or fossil fuels, and does not emit CO2. To do so, the architects took the basic energy requirements – annual consumption below 27 kWh per sq.m, and at least 40% of energy provided by solar power – and used them as the driving force behind the project rather than as a constraint.