PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building

ISSN :
1609-7548 (en ligne)
DOI :
10.1787/16097548
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Articles from the OECD Programme on Educational Building’s PEB Exchange. Articles cover examples of innovative new educational building projects, new technologies, trends in educational architecture, and related management and policy issues.
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Low Energy Schools in Ireland You or your institution have access to this content

Auteur(s):
Martin Heffernan
Date de publication
01 juin 2004
Bibliographic information
No:
2004/08
Pages
5
DOI
10.1787/617451000554

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Out of a commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, Ireland’s Department of Education and Science has designed and constructed two low energy schools, in Tullamore, County Offaly, and Raheen, County Laois. With energy use in buildings responsible for approximately 55% of the CO2 released into the atmosphere and a major contributor to global warming, the Department researched the latest construction techniques and systems that lower energy consumption.
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Mots-clés:
energy, environment, Ireland, sustainability