Bulding opening ceremony with Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Hector, Honorary Senator of KIT, KIT President Professor Holger Hanselka, Annette Ipach-Öhmann, Office for Assets and Construction in Baden-Württemberg, Minister Dr. Nils Schmid, Lord Mayor Dr. Frank Mentrup, and Professor Volker Saile, Head of Division V of KIT. (Photo: Patrick Langer, KIT)
Half the energy consumption at a nearly doubled usable area: The restored mathematics building on Campus South of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) sets new benchmarks in energy efficiency and offers up-to-date conditions for education and research. The building was handed over officially to KIT today in the presence of the Baden-Württemberg Minister of Finance and Economics, Dr. Nils Schmid, and the President of KIT, Professor Holger Hanselka.
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