RENEW SCHOOL Workshop “Deep retrofit of school buildings for better learning environment”, Lyngby, Denmark

On 26th of May 2016 in Lyngby, Denmark, DTU organized Technical Workshop in the potentials of deep retrofit of Danish and European school buildings to decrease energy consumption and improve indoor climate (supported by the RENEW SCHOOL project) and excursion to Stengården School, Ølstykke and Vibengen School, Haslev.

The target group of the workshop were municipal project leaders and officials, company project leaders, engineers, financiers, developers and school leaders. The workshop was attended by 20 participants.

Programme:

Title	Purpose
Welcome Christian A. Hviid	Introduction to the programme
Examples and learnings from deeply retrofitted school buildings in Austria Gerhard Kopeinig	Austria is the frontrunner in Europe when it comes to retrofit of schools. However, there have been many learnings on the way.
Technical barriers to deep retrofit with prefab timber elements in Europe Stefan van Loon	Modular and serial building techniques are not widely used for school renovation. Why not?
First results of survey on possible obstacles and triggers for market uptake of modular retrofit of school buildings. Marc van Praet	Barriers are technical, but also financial, economical and structural in the value chain of school construction
RENEW SCHOOL approach Armin Knotzer	RENEW SCHOOL disseminates the best examples of schools constructed from modular timber elements.
Visit to Stengården school, Ølstykke Stengårds Plads 2, 3650 Ølstykke Contact: Lisbeth Berg, Egedal Kommune	This school has been deeply retrofitted with new facades, new ventilation and PV’s.
Visit to Vibeengen school (RENEW front-runner) Vibeengen, Haslev Contact: Peder V. Pedersen, Cenergia	This iconic school is a nearly zero-energy building made partly from light prefab elements.