Centro Escolar Manuel António Pina,
Vila Nova de Gaia

Building view

The building is a school – Centro Escolar Manuel António Pina – that was built between 2012 and 2014 and consists of 16 rooms for basic education and 6 rooms for kindergarten with more than 500 daily users. It is equipped with a multi-sports room, library, media library, multipurpose room, study rooms, canteen, and auditorium. It also has a children’s playground and a vast recreational area to Lavandeira Natural Park.

characteristics

Location: Rua de Raimundo de Carvalho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Building geometry:

Gross total area: 5.576,2 m²

Total built volume: 18.000 m3

Number of floors: 3

Floor height: 3,5 m 

Wall construction:

The exterior facades are double walls with an air gap. The exterior walls are covered with white cement boards for extra acoustic insolation while the interior walls are made out of plasterboards. The flat roof structure consists of reinforced concrete slabs with thermal isolation. The windows are of stainless steel profiles and thermo-lacquered panels, with thermal cutting and double glazing.

External wall: 0,497 W/m²K

Ground wall: 0,748 W/m²K

Flat roof: 0,35 W/m²K

Windows (double glazed): 2,8 W/m²K

Heating and cooling system:

 

Indicator

Zone

Typology

Capacity

Heating system

Centralised

Gas boiler

150 kW

AHU 3.1.1

VRV system

31,5 kW

AHU 3.1.2

VRV system

31,5 kW

AHU 3.1.1

VRV system

31,5 kW

AHU 3.1.2

VRV system

18 kW

Auditorium

Reversible Heat pump

32,1 kW

DHW system

Centralised

Gas boiler

30,6 kW

Cooling system

AHU 3.1.1

VRV system

28 kW

AHU 3.1.2

VRV system

28 kW

AHU 3.1.1

VRV system

15,5 kW

AHU 3.1.2

VRV system

15,5 kW

Auditorium

Reversible Heat pump

32,2 kW

Illumination:

Most of the lights are T5 with 49 W but with different luminaires. Sports hall have SON with 250 W. Overall, the building has a high level of natural light. The electrical appliances are mainly computers, projectors, and kitchen equipment (freezers, cold storage cabinets, microwaves, etc).

Energy consumption:

Total energy consumption

Electricity consumption: ≈130.868,3 kWh/year

Gas consumption: ≈10.289,5 m³/year

Electricity price: 0,17425 €/kWh

Gas price: 0,07635 €/m³

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