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Schools and other educational facilities as flagship projects
Abstract
Date: 21-22 April 2009
Location: Biberach
The EnOB research topic “Energy-efficient schools” will be presented at an event concentrating on refurbishment and new-building projects with ambitious energy targets. Plus-energy schools and 3-litre-house schools which have been planned, built and scientifically evaluated and optimised as EnOB model projects will be showcased. Each project will be treated from various viewpoints – for example, from the perspectives of the architect, energy planner and school administrator. The activities of other parties involved in this area will be presented in the form of best practice examples.
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Many schools and other educational facilities in Germany are in need of refurbishment and have high energy requirements. The usage and comfort conditions are often out-of-date and local authorities’ budgets are often stretched by high heating bills each year. Very few new educational facilities are being built at the moment or will be built in the next few years; however, the teaching/learning conditions in classrooms will have to be improved significantly. For this reason, the refurbishment and modernisation of existing school buildings will be very important. New possibilities have been opened up here by the investment package created at the start of the year in the context of the government’s current economic stimulation programme.
Since the area of schools has strategic importance for all energy-efficiency efforts, the German Ministry of Economics and Technology is placing particular emphasis on research as part of the EnOB research initiative: energy-efficient schools, or, in shorthand, EnEff:Schule. The goal is to develop the fundamental knowledge for future-oriented school building concepts based on model projects. Solutions which could lead to significantly improved energy efficiency combined with increased comfort will be tried out in test projects. So-called plus-energy schools will be implemented as flagship projects. These buildings will produce more energy than they consume over the course of the year. Another group of schools will attain the standard of 3-litre-house schools.
Details on the conference
Venue: Biberach, ‘Gebhard-Müller-Schule’, vocational training school and EnBau model project
Date: 21-22 April 2009
Conference programme: A leaflet with the detailed conference programme can be found here. You can register at the organiser's website.
Organiser: Fraunhofer IBP