Lycée Chevrolier High SchoolLycée Chevrollier

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Site location
Lycée CHEVROLIER Rue Adrien Recouvreur 49000 ANGERS

This city is located in the west, between Paris and Nantes

As a large part of all the French landscape, the climate in Anger is oceanic and tempered and the sky situation is open

Building History
The CHEVROLLIER high school was built in 1959, during the baby boom, when the need for educational structure had never been so strong.

The surface is 37 000 m²: The Site

CHEVROLLIER combines professional, scientific and literature education systems. Pupils study there from sixth grade until the obtaining of their degree.

  • 2700 pupils
  • 500 teachers

  • Apart the school restaurant and the gymnasium, the whole building will be refurbished.

    Objectives
    Since the 60’s, none refurbishment has ever been done to the building.

  • None ventilation system had ever been installed in the high school
  • Some areas, such as the workshops, were built with asbestos
  • Windows and woodworks were degraded
  • It seems there is a problem with the stability of the concrete
  • Surfaces:

  • before refurbishment: 37 000m²
  • refurbishment: 33 000m²
  • demolition (workshops): 4 000m²
  • new buildings: 9 000m²
  • Total refurbishment surface: 42 000m²
  • Site Plan

    The fllowing areas and issues are covered by the refurbishment:

  • Bioclimatic design and social consideration
  • Insulation with low U-value
  • Protection against overheating, solar shading, special glazing
  • Daylight strategy
  • Artificial lighting
  • Ventilation
  • Boiler
  • Photovoltaic
  • BEMS and innovative components
  • Waste management during the building erection or retrofit
  • Management of the waste produce by the user during the exploitation of the refurbished building
  • Use of friendly material (Low VOC emission, no formaldehyde, no solvent, no polluting emission)
  • CO2 analysis - collection of data
  • Details of the refurbishment strategy can be found in the following document:
    Refurbishment Of Chevrollier High School

    Progress:
  • Building F (complete and in use)
  • Building E (complete and in use)
  • Photovoltaic panels installed 17th July 2006
  • BMS installed
    Planned actions for next period:
  • Buildings D and parts of L and L1 will be refurbished between September 2006 and July 2007
  • Monitoring to commence in 2007
    Upcoming papers/presentations:
  • CLIMAMED 2006 (HVAC Mediterranean Congress) in Lyon, France, 21 to 22nd November (Paper accepted for presentation. Title: Sustainable refurbishment of large tertiary buildings from the post-war, prioritizing of thermal comfort in summer)
  • CLIMA 2007 Wellbeing Indoors/ROOMVENT 2007 (International Congress of REHVA Association), in Finland, June 2007 (Theme: Sustainable energy use of buildings/ Methods to evaluate building performance)

    Buildings E-F in function since the 1st September: south façade (October, 2006)
    Buildings E-F in function since the 1st September:south façade (October, 2006)

    Inside of buildings E-F: secondary daylight (October, 2006)
    Inside of buildings E-F: secondary daylight (October, 2006)
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