Lichtwiese Campus of Darmstadt Technical University awarded "The German Sustainable Building Certification"
Darmstadt Technical University was awarded the silver "German Sustainable Building Certification" (DGNB) for the new building now housing the Civil Engineering department on the Lichtwiese Campus. The award takes into account economic and ecological aspects as well as sociocultural, functional and technical qualities. The quality of the site was evaluated separately. The building is characterized by the regard for economic viability, spanning the entire lifecycle of the building, the use of long-lasting and ecologically compatible materials as well as the use of efficient technical building facilities.
Object Data
| Year of construction | 2004 |
| Gross floor area | 52,463 ft2 |
| DGNB Object evaluation* | 1,87 Ecological quality:1.58 Economic quality: 1.42 Sociocultural and functional quality: 2.27 Technical quality: 1.90 Process quality: 3.75 |
| DGNB Site evaluation* | 1,34 |
*Evaluation System
The marks indicate the extent to which the requirements of the certificate were met:
- 1.0 means that the requirements were met 95 percent,
- 1.5 corresponds to a fulfilment level of 80 percent,
- 2.0 is equivalent to a fulfilment level of 65 percent.











