The Lewis Center's lighting is designed to optimize energy efficiency while creating a pleasant, welcoming environment in which to work and study. Features employed include:

• Orienting the building on an east-west axis in order to take full advantage of natural lighting. "Passive solar" is a design strategy that maximizes direct use of solar energy for light, heat and ventilation in order to minimize energy-consumptive mechanical systems.
• Strategic window placement and reflective surfaces to distribute light throughout spaces.
• Energy-efficient lighting fixtures and control strategies, including motion sensing lights and "WATT-Stopper" dimming system to set lighting depending on need.

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