Richard CANTIN, Gerard GUARRACINO, Marine MORAIN
Year:
2005
Bibliographic info:
Climamed 2005 - 2nd Mediterranean Congress of Climatization, February 2005, Madrid, Sapin

In France, for historical and demographic reasons, many educational buildings must be retrofitted in the next years.However, various studies showed that measurements of energy savings, and improvement of comfort, are rarely applied in the retrofitting operations, because of a lack of knowledge of the decision makers concerning the potential improvements.The program REDUCE of International Energy Agency - ECBCS Annex 36, and studies aiming at promoting the high environmental quality of the educational buildings in France, showed the existence of a potential improvement of the energy efficiency, and improvement of thermal and visual comfort quality, during the retrofitting operations for educational buildings. Several solutions, allowing a research of a better retrofitting performance, can be identified.In this article, the constraints and the requirements, aiming at improving the programs of retrofitting for educational buildings, will be exposed. Then the results of several french case studies, relating to various retrofittings, will be presented, illustrating improvement solutions.