Floor space: 30,600 m²
Gross floor area: 41,700 m²
Gross building volume: 158,900 m³
- Compact technical shell, space: 7,400 m² (4,000 m² less than the former University Library)
- Triple glazing (U-value 0.6) with highly selective solar control coating (16% energy outlet), 50:50 glazed/closed
- Concrete core temperature control, 100 km mains system in the concrete ceilings, additional heated and chilled canopy ceilings around the edge of the ceiling
- Air-conditioning from the underground well water supply
- District heating system
- Source air via the hollow floors (control of air quality and presence)
- Additional ventilation valves in the façade for individual offices with automated closure
- Presence- and daylight-dependent control of the ceiling lights
- Energy-saving LED lighting at desks, with automatic switch-off
- Additional LED lights in the staircase voids and the underground garage
- Around 25,000 active users with 1.2 million items borrowed per year
- 24/7 service: University Library open all day long, every day of the week, even bank holidays (since 2018-10-01 Mo - Su 7am - 12am)
- Approx. 1,750 workstations for users, of which 1,250 are individual desks in the reading rooms and 500 are designed for group work in the parlatory
- Checkout and return terminals to borrow and return media
- Wi-Fi throughout the building, multi-function photocopiers and scanners in the reading rooms
- Media centre for producing, editing and using audiovisual media
- Research reading room for using historic, rare and special materials
- Digitisation centre
- Function room for 200 people; seminar and training rooms
- Café Libresso on the ground floor; 190 seats plus outdoor seating
- Accessible library
