The HAN in LED

The HAN in LED

LED & EDUCATION

The programs of the Faculty of Education in Nijmegen of the HAN will receive a new educational building. Construction started on November 10, 2011, and will be the most sustainable educational building in the Netherlands.

ATRIUM

The sustainability ambitions of the high school and the multifunctional use of the spaces have resulted in a special design. This design is a major challenge for the lighting design, but the desired solution in LED lighting has been found and included in the design. By seeing the 6-story atrium as a whole instead of separate floors, it is ensured that there will be an even light distribution. This also includes a few walkways that individually illuminate the atrium, so that fewer luminaires have to be used and the lines of the architect are not lost. Here too, LED lighting is used again.

SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN

The combination of mainly green facades in combination with glass creates a pleasant climate with an additional advantage: lots of light. By making use of the height differences, an artificial landscape is created in which so-called rocks with special functions are placed. The landscape extends from inside to outside the building and the roofs of these "rocks" are used as a study landscape. For sustainability, in addition to LED lighting, water consumption, material consumption, air quality, acoustics, and visual comfort were also considered. But the most striking points are the health of the users and the classification flexibility. The building, therefore, meets the highest sustainability level for buildings: a MIG score of at least 330 and an EPC of less than 0.5.

MIG

MIG stands for environmental index buildings and is comparable in terms of classification to the energy rating on your washing machine. This is determined with the help of GreenCalc +, this is an instrument with which the sustainability of a building or neighborhood can be mapped. We look at 3 themes: material use, water use, and energy use. These themes are then translated into a clear score, the environmental index, which makes it clear at a glance whether a building is sustainable or not. The MIG shows the sustainability of a building, regardless of the behavior of the user housed in the building and makes it possible to compare buildings with a similar function.

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