Imparare a risparmiare: scuole sostenibili

La qualità degli edifici per la formazione, spesso di basso livello prestazionale negli edifici esistenti, riveste un ruolo fondamentale per limitare i consumi energetici e garantire al contempo adeguate condizioni di benessere. Può inoltre efficacemente contribuire a diffondere strategie sostenibili nel settore delle costruzioni. The existing school buildings are mainly characterized by low level of architectural quality and performance which leads to a high consumption of energy and an indoor microclimate below comfort level. The design and construction quality of buildings plays a key role in limiting energy consumption, while ensuring proper comfort conditions. Best practice can also effectively encourage experimentations and contribute to formulate sustainable construction strategies that should be widely adopted. School buildings play, in fact, a dual role: on one hand they have to ensure adequate technical and morphological standards to all spaces used by the students; on the other one, they have to effectively communicate the criteria of sustainable design which have been used for their construction.