Date
6 February 2015
Time
13:30 – 15:30 (refreshments will be served prior to the tour)
Location
Meet at Reception area of Engineering & Computing Building
Organisers
WATEF, University of Coventry Estates Department and Professor Sue Charlesworth
The event
Designed by ARUP, this BREEAM ‘Excellent’ building celebrates people and the learning experience whilst making use of radical new technologies.
Visitors will be taken on a tour of the entire building, from the green roof right down into the basement with the solid fuel (wood pellet) boiler and rainwater harvesting tanks. They will also be taken to the Student Hub with its green roof and rainwater harvesting as well as other Sustainable Surface Water Management approaches Coventry University has on campus
The building incorporates:
- A high-performance engineering centre with flight simulators and engine test cells
- A high-precision wind tunnel testing facility
- Two lecture theatres that can be subdivided for conferences
- Collaborative classrooms for 4,000 students, including IT workspaces
- Communal interactive spaces with learning booths
- Integrated academic offices, driving new research and teaching
- All linked by a state-of-the-art communications backbone
Booking and further information
This is a free event. Please book here.
6 February 2015
Time
13:30 – 15:30 (refreshments will be served prior to the tour)Location
Meet at Reception area of Engineering & Computing BuildingOrganisers
WATEF, University of Coventry Estates Department and Professor Sue CharlesworthThe event
Designed by ARUP, this BREEAM ‘Excellent’ building celebrates people and the learning experience whilst making use of radical new technologies. Visitors will be taken on a tour of the entire building, from the green roof right down into the basement with the solid fuel (wood pellet) boiler and rainwater harvesting tanks. They will also be taken to the Student Hub with its green roof and rainwater harvesting as well as other Sustainable Surface Water Management approaches Coventry University has on campus The building incorporates:- A high-performance engineering centre with flight simulators and engine test cells
- A high-precision wind tunnel testing facility
- Two lecture theatres that can be subdivided for conferences
- Collaborative classrooms for 4,000 students, including IT workspaces
- Communal interactive spaces with learning booths
- Integrated academic offices, driving new research and teaching
- All linked by a state-of-the-art communications backbone
