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Jesus Salazar da Costa Fernandes, Thomas Feldmann, Elmar Bollin

• Mit dem Anliegen, der sommerlichen Überhitzungssituation in Klassenzimmern wirksam entgegenzuwirken, ist die Stadt Offenburg an die Forschungsgruppe net der Hochschule Offenburg herangetreten. Im Sinn der Nachhaltigkeit sollten Maßnahmen ausgearbeitet und umgesetzt werden, die ohne aktive Kühlsysteme auskommen.
• Recent modernization activities in retrofitting school buildings were mostly concentrated on thermal insulation and reduction of costs for heating. Meanwhile the growing impact of the “climate change” forces decision makers to take the more frequent overheating in hot summer periods into account. Within a research project the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and the municipality ofRecent modernization activities in retrofitting school buildings were mostly concentrated on thermal insulation and reduction of costs for heating. Meanwhile the growing impact of the “climate change” forces decision makers to take the more frequent overheating in hot summer periods into account. Within a research project the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and the municipality of Offenburg implemented strategies based on shading combined with night ventilation in order to reduce the heat load of school buildings. An important role was given to the building automation with a remote access via internet communication for a centralized building and energy management.…