RENEW SCHOOL

School buildings are places of major public interest. Our children are educated in life’s basics, in some schools beyond that. Therefore not only the educational system itself, but also the conditions of these buildings are very important signals to the public, even to the pupils themselves.

The RENEW SCHOOL project aims at retrofitting a great amount of school buildings to highest nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) standards. It will, by promoting appropriate tools and measures, help to downsize the energy use significantly, and create and secure comfortable conditions for the pupils and teachers. Sustainable school renovation actions build on following three focus points promoted by this project (the “RENEW SCHOOL way” of renovation):

1. Improvement of the building’s envelope by coating it with insulated prefabricated timber modules including wooden frame windows, solar shading and ventilation components
2. Improvement of the indoor environment quality (IEQ) by ventilating, passive cooling and daylight upgrading the classrooms
3. Improvement of the energy gains on site by using active renewable energy sources, beside the passive ones, integrated in the school buildings

These focus points will be transferred to a wide European market entre by including 9 EU member countries. The RENEW SCHOOL project will: