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Case Study School Building
Post occupancy evaluation of renovated school is presented. Primary school building Mirova in
city of Mimon, Czech Republic, altitude 280 m (PSM 2015). The school was built in 1894 and was
renovated in 2014. The case study school building characteristics follow; Built-up area: 1448.8 m2,
volume of the building: 17243.6 m3. It was constructed as a three-storey building (3 floors) with loft
space. Headroom height of occupied floors is 4.5 m. Pitched roof of wooden truss construction
with ceramic tiles roofing. Load bearing walls of solid brick masonry have thickness of 800 mm on
the ground floor, 600 mm on the first floor, and 450 mm on the second floor.
The building envelope was renovated. Thermal insulation of 80 mm polystyrene was placed in internal surfaces of peripheral walls. Internal thermal insulation was selected because the building
facade historical style is protected. Originally, the building windows were as wooden frame with
double casement windows. The old windows were retrofitted last year (2014) for the new ones
with plastic frames and double glass units.
Figure 1: Building of primary school in Mimon; a) photo of the building from 1894, b) photo of the
renovated building today, c) classroom interior photo, d) scheme of classroom dimensions
Analysis of thermal and visual comfort in renovated school classrooms
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