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Description
The purpose of this project is to improve the energy efficiency of school buildings in Żuławy Wiślane which will reduce CO2 emissions and increase the share of energy generated from renewable energy sources. It will also raise inhabitant''s awareness of energy efficiency and improve quality of life due to CO2 reductions.
In their current condition, the school buildings fail to provide appropriate comfort of use and require modernisation of the basic structural elements for better energy efficiency. As such, the project will eliminate the ineffective systems in the school buildings, making the schools more socially responsible units.
The planned activities include the thermal insulation of external walls, the replacement of heating installations, windows, doors and internal lighting, and the installation of PV panels.
The target group encompasses students, the school staff and residents of the gminas involved. Additionally, the local governments of these gminas will act as institutional beneficiaries.
Summary of project results
The aim of the project was to improve the energy efficiency of four school buildings to reduce CO2 emissions, increase the share of energy generated from renewable sources and raise awareness among the residents of the municipalities covered by the project in the field of energy efficiency. Before the project was implemented, the school buildings did not provide adequate comfort of use and required the modernization of basic structural elements to increase energy efficiency.
1. The project included:
a) thermal modernization of the Primary School in Nowy Staw,
b) thermal modernization of the Primary School in Kmiecin,
c) thermal modernization of the Primary School in Wocławy,
d) thermal modernization of the Primary School in Cedry
2. With the support of the Norwegian Partner, the following were carried out:
a) consultations and advice on energy efficiency, energy conservation, use of renewable energy sources in public buildings for local government employees,
b) two experts/consultants were trained on the efficient use of energy and renewable sources for each municipality,
c) workshops for school youth on energy saving and its respect – workshops in Poland in 4 schools participating in the project,
d) study visit of representatives of individual local governments (including trained energy experts) of the Norwegian partner,
e) workshops in Norway for a group of students from Poland (a group of several people from schools participating in the project).
The result of the project is to improve the energy efficiency of buildings through the following activities:
a) implementation of energy efficiency measures in four school buildings, including insulation of external walls and flat roofs of school buildings, replacement of heating systems and internal lighting, replacement of window and door frames, and installation of photovoltaic panels and heat pumps,
b) 1,069 people were covered by campaigns raising ecological awareness. The campaign increased the knowledge of the residents of municipalities about environmental protection, changed their thinking to pro-ecological, raised awareness of the importance of using RES and other solutions related to energy efficiency and their positive impact on the climate,
c) five campaigns were carried out to raise ecological awareness among the local community, including municipalities leaders, officials, teachers, school students and residents of the three municipalities participating in the project.
Summary of bilateral results
Cooperation with our Norwegian partner NILU Norwegian Institute for Air Research was based on the transfer of knowledge in the field of the use of renewable energy, in particular solar energy in school buildings, and conducting training for officials and children and youth. The Norwegian partner provided knowledge about the latest technologies solar technologies, PV applications, energy efficiency and sufficiency of urban buildings, and the implementation of solar energy in schools and its integration with other sustainable solutions at the school level