WEBVTT 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:11.000 [Gary Cocke] UT Dallas is a young, smart, and innovative University. Since this is an Engineering Building, we wanted to walk the talk with our facility. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.000 [Tarum Basu] This building has got so many spaces for the students. 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:22.000 [Hongbing Lu] The space is really vibrant, so it's an exciting place to come, to work, to interact, to actually invent. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:27.000 [Kelly Kinnard] The teaching goes on in the classroom, but a lot of the learning happens outside of the classroom. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.000 Engineering on display was a huge driver. If you go through the building, what you would find is lots and lots of glass. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:46.000 [Gary Cocke] We wanted students to be able to see how the building's working. Even if they aren't working in an area specifically, they can see the interesting work that's taking place in the facility. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:51.000 [Hongbing Lu] We hope people to see what we are doing so that provides motivation for them as well. 00:00:52.000 --> 00:01:01.000 [Kelly Kinnard] When you walk down the hallways, you now see a perforated metal ceiling to where you can see everything that they will be working on in the Mechanical Engineering program. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.000 [Tarum Basu] What parts they use for what purposes, those things are exposed intentionally. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:21.000 [Gary Cocke] One of the things we knew we wanted to incorporate in this building was lots of flexible space where students could settle down, where they could study, where they could read. Much of that space is on our South facing wall and that's where we've used a lot of the smart glass 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:34.000 [Kelly Kinnard] We put it up and we gave people the ability to control the amount of light that they wanted to let into their offices without sacrificing the views. People who are happy in their space tend to be more productive. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:42.000 [Hongbing Lu] So that helps save energy and that also give you a clean, vibrant feeling for the entire space. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:02:11.000 [Gary Cocke] One of the big lessons we've learned with this is for one, you don't have to sacrifice energy efficiency in order to have the open feel. If you wanted to have a building that is connected to the outside, using smart glass is a great option to do that because you are able to maintain that connection. Without having blinds, the glass makes it a comfortable area and it also allows them to feel like they aren't in a cave; they aren't hibernating while they're studying. They're still engaged with the building. They're still having that connection with the outside. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:25.000 [Kelly Kinnard] Because of the visibility, because of the engineering on display, it doesn't feel like you've walked into an institutional building. It feels more like you've walked into your living room or your den. 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:30.000 [Tarum Basu] This building has got so many spaces for the students, open space, that can be used that can be used for different purpose. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:37.000 [Kelly Kinnard] They have taken to this building as if it's theirs and that's exactly what we wanted them to do. 00:02:41.000 --> 00:03:05.000 [Gary Cocke] We are certified LEED Gold with our Engineering Building here and we are very proud of that. Everything from our materials sourcing, to the site selection, to our recycling program was looked at very carefully. 70% of students look at a University's sustainability program when they choose where to they're going to go. Having a building like this helps to bring them to our campus and then having the capabilities, we are able to provide the training that they are going to need for the jobs of tomorrow.