According to a published report, Apple’s CEO recently appeared before the Cupertino City Council himself to make a presentation about the proposed building that would house 12,000 employees under one roof.
A hand-out from that presentation that was reproduced by the Economic Times of India says proposed Apple the campus would have its own energy centre which will serve as its primary source of power.
“Grid power to be used only as a backup,” the illustration says, without providing any details on what kind of energy will be used.
In making his pitch for council approval, Jobs said, “We have seen office parks with lots of buildings that get pretty boring very fast,” Jobs said while making his pitch before the city council. “We’d like to do something better than that.”
In fact, the campus will be a little like a spaceship, Jobs said.
“It's got a gorgeous courtyard in the middle- and a lot more. It's a circle, so it's curved all the way round. This is not the cheapest way to build something,” Jobs said in excerpts of his presentation published by the Economic Times.
“There is not a straight piece of glass in this building. It's all curved and we have used our experience in making retail buildings all over the world,” he said. “We know how to make the biggest pieces of glass in the world for architectural use and we want to make the glass specifically for this building. We can make it curved all the way around the building. It's pretty cool.”
On the sustainability front, Jobs said Apple’s existing campus has “lots of space for parking lots,” and only about 20 percent of its space used for landscaping.
“We want to completely change the ratio,” he said. “We want to keep 80% of space for landscaping. We will do this by putting most of our parking underground.”
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