Visit to the Library of the Italian Building Schools
On Friday, February 13, 2015, the directors of 4 of the most prestigious Italian construction schools visited the construction site of the new Municipal Library of Villamediana de Iregua in order to schedule a visit with 20 professionals that will take place on March 19 within the framework of the international project SAVE THE PLANET.
The SAVE THE PLANET Project involves 40 professionals working in SMEs and in the field of vocational education and training in construction at various levels: training centre managers, trainers, workers' training managers/consultants, technicians, architects and structural engineers.
The project offers three mobility streams: to Germany in May 2014, to Finland in October 2014 and to Spain in March 2015. The aim is to create a cross-sectoral, strategically qualified group that, through intensive knowledge enhancement, can initiate a comprehensive process of innovation in national construction, both in the vocational training system and in the company system. The coordinating school, in agreement with its European partners, offers a special training programme for the analysis of the best practices that currently exist in Europe, giving practical advice, sharing tools and methodologies, and comparing products and results throughout the development of the project. There is a basic need to include the concept of sustainability in the overall approach to construction, as an overall design is increasingly required that encompasses all disciplines, including energy efficiency and calculation of water consumption, choice of the most suitable orientation, well-being, safety and comfort of the inhabitants, elimination of waste, reduction of long-term costs and the use of sustainable construction materials and construction techniques. The overall objective of the project is to implement and share a new attitude in the national construction culture with the following objectives:
-Develop and test advanced methodologies and construction techniques for Highly Efficient and Sustainable Buildings through the study and analysis of outstanding examples considered at the highest European level.
– Adopt tools and systems to monitor energy consumption.
-Adaptation to environmental and demographic changes, anticipating the tools necessary to identify the new skills needed for the sector and professions
-Improve knowledge and skills of strategic roles both in the vocational and educational training system and in SMEs, as a necessary condition for general dissemination to students and workers
– Motivate companies and the Public Administration to adopt a new attitude in the design of urban plans and developments to apply and disseminate new, more efficient and sustainable construction systems.
The new Villamediana de Iregua Library was chosen for this project because it is the first public building in Spain built to the most demanding standard of energy efficiency, health and comfort currently in the world, the Passivhaus standard.
