Rehabilitation Project

Câlnic School is a primary and middle school situated in the heart of Transylvania/ Romania, where 120 students from 6 to 14 years old are studying. The small community of 3,000 people is proud to have its school building - an old world heritage building included in the UNESCO list - participate in the RoGBC's project: “Building Greener Schools”. This project is a complex one, combining two directions:
•    ecological education of the 120 students, of the 26 teachers of this school and of the local authority – the owner of the Câlnic school;
•    refurbishment of the building, ensuring the highest possible green criteria.


This school has been chosen among other 6 kindergarten and schools around Romania, whose students participated in a contest for the most ecological initiative carried out in their school. Each school team had to point out ways of improving the education quality by turning their school building into a greener one.
RoGBC plays as a catalyst of different green building professionals: architects, engineers, consultants and others willing to contribute to the refurbishment of this 112 years old UNESCO heritage school building. The substantial green renovation includes planning and design services, project management, ecological building materials and coatings, sustainable landscaping, and energy efficient and renewable energy solutions.


The ecological education complements the green renovation works and constitutes an important factor to raise awareness among students, educators community and authorities on the benefits a green building brings both to students' health and quality of education.
Turning Câlnic school into a greener one is expected to add a social valence to the Building Greener Schools campaign at a holistic level, by reducing absenteeism among children coming from poor families, and by stimulating social inclusion of Rroma children, who represent 85% of the students.  A success project will be a project that can be replicated. This is what RoGBC is aiming: to spread this "Building Greener Schools" project to other schools.
 

Next steps:

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November 2012 - Technical expertise, visiting Calnic middle school

The partners that have been so far confirmed will pay a visit, in November, to the winning school in order to perform a technical expertise.

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December 2012 – May 2013 - Design, planning and solutions stage

Following the report resulted in the first stage, next is the design, planning and solutions stage. Mr. Secretary of State, Stelian Victor Fedorca has expressed the wish to join the Romania Green Building council team of professionals for the visit to Câlnic middle school, in Alba county.

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June – September 2013 - Implementing restoration works

The restoration works will take place during the summer vacatio in 2013 in order to welcome the students, in the following 2013 school year, to a new and ecological school.

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What happens to the rest of schools that didn't win the first prize ?

RoGBC will support the other participating schools that have signaled issues with their buildings and will use the "Building Greener Schools" campaign to involve companies that are active in the green buildings industry, in order to generate products, services and funds necessary for solving the reported issues.

A first step has been taken in this direction: Saint Gobain Construction Products will help Ion Neculce high-school by fitting one of its laboratories with 70sqm of Ecophon Master Rigid ceiling tile as a noise reduction solution. The product is created by replacing the old petrol-based binder (used in mineral glass wool fabrication) with a new plant-based one. Also, recycled glass will be used in 70% of the fabrication process. Benefits for students and pupils: improvement of voice clarity by absorbing reflected sounds, thus improving the intelligibility of the spoken information and the improvement of the students' concentration.  Zumtobel also expressed interest in the project and will help with implementing an eco-friendly LED lighting system. Under the "Light for Education and Science" application, Zumtobel will demonstrate how the bright, uniform illumination of both horizontal and vertical surfaces is the basis for optimal visual and learning conditions.  

Thank you Saint Gobain Construction Products and Zumtobel for your support!

We will keep you updated with the project works!