Renovate all educational buildings by 2035
Many schools and universities across Europe are in poor condition: overheating in summer, too cold in winter, and often providing unhealthy and unsafe learning environments for students and teachers. Educational buildings account for 17% of the EU’s non-residential stock, most built between the 1950s and 1980s, and every day 93.3 million students learn in them.
With its new campaign, the Renovate Europe Campaign calls on all EU Member States to make educational buildings the frontrunners in achieving a zero-emission building stock by 2050, and to commit to their deep renovation by 2035.
The benefits of deep renovation:
- Healthier, more efficient schools for 93.3 million European students: every 100 ppm reduction in indoor CO₂ is linked to a 0.1-1% drop in illness-related absences
- Better spaces, better learning, better teaching: an improved indoor climate helps students achieve the same results up to two weeks faster each year
- Boosting EU business and jobs: building renovation can create up to 30 jobs per €1 million invested
- Lowering energy bills: renovations can reduce energy use by up to 80% across 2 million buildings
