Greening the school park: energy and environmental rehabilitation of a nursery school in Palermo

摘要

A nursery school, belonging to the school park of the municipality of Palermo, is here considered for interventions regarding the rehabilitation of the indoor conditions and the renew of its energy performances. The intervention refers to a more general policy, adopted by the municipality of Palermo, devoted to the monitoring of the energy consumption in the public building stock: this action plan also contemplates the adoption of equipment and tools fed with renewable energy sources. Presently, the kinder garden here considered for the rehabilitation shows dramatic problems for the occupants, due to the severe indoor conditions induced by the high level of solar radiation entering the building through the large glazed surfaces. Moreover, acoustic (bad insulation from the outdoor urban noise) and lighting (glare events) problems have been verified inside the school. This determines a high level of complaints to the children and to the people working inside the building. This calls for a deep analysis of the present situation, in sight of an improvement of the energy, comfort and environment performances of the school.