Area statement
 
 Reception
Entrance lobby
Information centre
Telephone exchange  350sq.m.
Visitors’ toilet 50sq.m.
Total 400sq.m.
Administration
Chief Administration Officer 25sq.m.
Chief Accounts Officer 25sq.m.
Maintenance Engineer 25sq.m.
Office area 220sq.m.
Staff toilet 25sq.m.
Total 320sq.m.
Library
Visitors’:
Reception & baggage  80sq.m.
Books and periodicals 310sq.m.
Reading hall 225sq.m.
A.V. room 120sq.m.
A.C. plant 110sq.m.
Toilet 50sq.m.
Research:
Reception/ lobby 100sq.m.
Books 165sq.m.
Magazines & periodicals 100q.m.
Reading hall 200sq.m.
Digital library + Microfilm room 250sq.m.
Photocopying 50sq.m.
Store 25sq.m.
A.H.U. 25sq.m.
Total 1810sq.m.
Cafeteria
Dining 250sq.m.
Kitchen 115sq.m.
Store 40sq.m.
Total 405sq.m.
Awareness centre
Display & Entrance lobby  250sq.m.
Foyer 115sq.m.
Auditorium (250 persons) 210sq.m.
V.I.P. lounge 35sq.m.
A.C. plant 50sq.m.
Total 660sq.m.
Executive section
Visitors’ lounge  110sq.m.
Executive lounge  150sq.m.
Board room  130sq.m.
Briefing hall  75sq.m.
Director’s  75sq.m.
Senior Scientists’; 15 nos.  35sq.m.
Junior staff/technicians’ lounge  115sq.m.
Fax/photocopying, etc.  25sq.m.
Circulation  280sq.m.
Total 995sq.m.
Building Design department
Entrance lobby  50sq.m.
Lounge  60sq.m.
Consultancy  90sq.m.
Computer room  50sq.m.
Building design studio  85sq.m.
Mechanical Design studio  85sq.m.
Photocopying / Blue print, etc.  10sq.m.
Store  35sq.m.
Toilet  25sq.m.
Total 690sq.m.
Computer facility
Lounge  45sq.m.
Changing rooms  35sq.m.
Maintenance  35sq.m.
Computer room  350sq.m.
Building Automation System control room 165sq.m.
Disk & magnetic tape store  70sq.m.
D.G. set & panel room  35sq.m.
Total  735sq.m.
Laboratory complex
Photovoltaic Lab 1,2,3:
Lobby  35sq.m.
Lab Officer  10sq.m.
Air lock lobby  10sq.m.
Changing rooms  40sq.m.
Computer room  40sq.m.
Lab space  360sq.m.
Store  20sq.m.
A,H.U.  20sq.m.
575sq.m.
Discussion room  80sq.m.
Total  1805sq.m.
Solar systems Lab 
Lobby  35sq.m.
Lab Officer  10sq.m.
Discussion room  40sq.m.
Computer room  25sq.m.
Lab space  335sq.m.
Store  25sq.m.
Total 475sq.m.
Electronics Lab
Same as Solar systems Lab  450sq.m.
A.H.U.  25sq.m.
Total  475sq.m.
Solar Simulator Lab
Lab space  180sq.m.
Control room  40sq.m.
Store  30sq.m.
A.H.U.  10sq.m.
Total  260sq.m.
Material Characterisation Lab 
X-ray diffraction lab  42sq.m.
Isotope mass-spectrometer lab  42sq.m.
Electron microscope  42sq.m.
Total  126sq.m.
Circulation  550sq.m.
Total for laboratory complex 3691sq.m.
Workshop
Workshop supervisor  10sq.m.
Office area  40sq.m.
Wash area  20sq.m.
Tools store  20sq.m.
Shop floor  270sq.m.
Raw material store  37.5sq.m.
Finished goods store  37.5sq.m.
Total  435sq.m.
Total Built-up Area 10141sq.m.