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The new learning and application center for mechatronics is being built at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology on the site of the former Nusselt lecture hall. The energy concept includes a photovoltaic system and a building envelope in passive house quality.State Secretary for Finance Gisela Splett together with the Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Science Research and the Arts Dr. Hans J. Reiter laid the foundation stone for the new building of the learning and application center LAZ at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT on Monday .State Secretary for Finance Gisela Splett said The new building of the learning and application center at KIT at the location of the former Nusselt lecture hall will be exemplary in terms of energy. The building envelope is created in passive house quality a photovoltaic system on the roof complements the energy concept. New building combines new teaching and learning concepts research and innovationMinisterial Director Dr. Hans J. Reiter said The new building of the learning and application center mechatronics enables the support of the product development from the idea to the use of a new product. This project-oriented and cross-faculty approach combines new teaching and learning concepts research and innovation in an exemplary manner and will make an important contribution to improving academic success in technical and engineering courses. The new learning and application center is being built on Kaiserstrae in Karlsruhe on the site of the former Nusselt lecture hall. The new building with around 3000 square meters consists of a low workshop building and a five-story main building. The workshop opens up to Kaiserstrae with large glazing allowing citizens to look at the work of the students.Buildings certified for sustainable constructionThe building envelope is executed in passive house quality. A photovoltaic system with an output of around 25 kilowatts peak will be installed on the roof. The building is also planned and built according to the rating system for sustainable building BNB with the certification target silver.The state is investing around 20.4 million euros in the new building. Of this 1.5 million euros are co-financed by KIT.The Nusselt lecture hall dating from the 1960s could no longer be economically renovated in terms of statics fire protection or energy. At this point the new building for the LAZ will be built along Kaiserstrae. The workshops for the students are housed in the basement of the workshop building. In the future there will be a learning room and a lecture hall on the ground floor of the main building. The project and meeting rooms as well as learning areas will be built on the upper floors. The two-storey workshop building will only appear with its upper storey and the large glass facade along Kaiserstrasse .
