The aim education must not be merely providing jobs to those who need it by giving them the necessary knowledge. It has to be a process that includes the entire experience of how to live right and how to make sure that you give your best back to the society that gave you so much. University of Newcastle has the right idea in this regard as one look in to it will tell you that it is giving its students a lesson about environment that they are almost never likely to forget for the rest of their lives. The Building of Devonshire is one of the greenest structures that you will ever come across.
Going according to the commitment to the environment by the university, the construction of this environmental marvel includes everything that ranges from renewable energy materials to recycled material. This six storey building of the university includes solar panels in the gazed southern altitude in order to allow as much as possible natural light inside the building. The designed blinds help in managing the heat. There is also an intelligent system which allows all the shades to be automatically opened and closed in order to allow the right amount of sunlight entering the windows. Apart from adjusting according to the time of the day they also adjust according to the season.
This intelligent solar shading has been designed by the Dewjoc architecture firm. The building is a home to solar modules as it generates nearly 25 KW of power. The building also makes a good home to the rain water harvest system as it collects the rain water and sends it to a 20,000 liter underground tank. If the tank overflows then the excess water is sent to the geothermal tank that has a capacity of nearly 40,000 liters. The entire system is so perfectly designed that the water in the geothermal tank is sent to the heat sink which further acts as the cooling agent for the entire building.
The entire structure is filled with green features that not only independently work magic, but also work with great coordination to make sure that they compliment one another to make this structure truly eco-friendly. The building is an example of how modern architecture can combine with the elements to make sure that we get sustained and emission-free clean energy.
