====== Passive House schools - best practice examples ======

Passive House is a great fit for school buildings with manifold benefits - including high air quality, which is vital for a good learning environment. Hundreds of Passive House schools and educational buildings have been built - they are in successful e.g. in Sweden, UK, Luxemburg, Spain ... and even in China. Here you see a few early examples from Germany.
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[[examples:non-residential_buildings:passive_house_schools:Riedberg Passive House school, Frankfurt, Germany]]
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[[examples:non-residential_buildings:passive_house_schools:central_europe:secondary_school_in_baesweiler_germany]] {{:picopen:secondary_school_in_baesweiler_-_fig_6.jpg?152 }}

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===== See also =====

[[planning:non-residential_passive_house_buildings:Passive House schools|Planning of Passive House schools]]\\


[[http://www.passivhausprojekte.de/index.php?lang=en |Passive House Building Database]] - you can filter for "schools" in the advanced search (in May 2025: > 190 examples featured).\\ 

[[https://database.passivehouse.com/de/buildings/map/|Map of certified Passive House buildings]] on record.

[[https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/passivhaus_awards/passivhaus-educational-buildings/|Passive House for Educational Buildings]] - Information and case studies in the UK from the Passivhaus Trust.