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Lycée Kyoto Poitiers - The first post-oil high school, using 100% clean energy
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Posting Date | 5 March 2010
Country | France
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Heating, domestic hot water, Lighting, Energy sources, district heating / cooling, cogeneration, On-site renewable energy sources, Public and non residential buildings, Very low energy buildings, Thermal comfort, indoor air quality, acoustics, General
Target Group | Local/regional/national authorities and facilitators, Building professionals, Building occupants
Source of funding | Regional
Abstract | This high school, the Lycée Kyoto in Poitiers, France, is presented as the first "100% clean energy" high school in Europe. Built by the Region Poitou-Charentes, the high insulated 16500 m2 building includes a 1000 m3 hot water storage linked to a domestic waste incineration plant, a rapeseed oil cogeneration system (88 kW of electricity, 50 kW of heat), a hot water floor heating system, 861 m2 of solar photovoltaic cells, several air handling units with heat recovery, a ventilation flow rate control according to classrooms occupation and an automatic adjustment of lighting according to actual natural light.
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Web URL(s) of the case | http://blog.poitou-charentes.fr/kyoto/doc/livret-kyoto-anglaisok.pdf, http://www.buildup.eu/publications/7858, http://download.reedexpo.fr/salons/interclima/conferences/Le-lycee-Kyoto.pdf
Lessons learnt | The building is in use since September 2009. The electricity consumption from the grid is estimated to 5 kWh/m2/year, all other energy needs being covered by renewable energy sources (including domestic waste).
Award labels | none
Case Languages | English , French
Submitted by François Durier (CETIAT )