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Kindergarten Šentrupert

Kindergarten Šentrupert
In the municipality of Šentrupert stands a low-energy kindergarten with four class units. It’s the first entirely wooden kindergarten in Slovenia. The kindergarten is situated in close proximity to nature, with rugged relief, and it also offers a good view through the windows of children playrooms. As a low-energy and low-carbon building the kindergarten also received the award for an energy efficient project of the year chosen by the readers of newspaper Finance at the Energy days 2011.
Vrtec Šentrupert
Images: NOM BIRO

Architecture office

ESPLANADA

Services

  • main water supply connection
  • indoor sanitary installation
  • floor heating
  • cooling of administrative premises with a “split” air conditioners
  • ventilation and air conditioning
  • boiler room on wood chips for heat supply of the kindergarten and the neighbouring school
  • district heating

Specialty of the project

  • the first entirely wooden kindergarten in Slovenia
  • use of renewable energy source – wood chips

Year of the project

2010

Project status

completed in 2010