BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE
KI manufacture sustainable
says: “Furniture is a crucial component in
creating a quality learning environment.
Seating should be comfortable and
durable and worksurfaces ought to be
able to accommodate specific tasks
including note taking, laptop computer
use and conducting experiments. Beyond
these functional aspects, the image
portrayed correlates to student perception
of teachers’ performance expectations –
an attractive, highly functional, quality
environment tells them you expect
Maestro and
excellence.”
Uniframe at
Today’s educators, administrators and
Westview
Middle School
facility planners have more to consider
than ever before when making decisions
I is the largest educational practical considerations. In addition to that will help students achieve their full
K
furniture manufacturer in the BREEAM certification, more facility potential. Furniture solutions that
world. With over 60 years managers and global architects seek LEED maximize flexibility for teachers and
experience, KI understand the certification, they need environmentally students are at the heart of a successful
distinct and evolving needs of friendly products that can help them modern educational environment.
the educational environment. They design achieve it. KI is continuing to design KI is at the forefront of educational
furniture that facilitates learning and furniture that encompasses customers’ furnishing knowledge and expertise
interaction between students and staff. needs for products that are safe, having designed and manufactured
Educational stakeholders, Designers aesthetically pleasing, affordable, and furniture for many global Educational
and Administrators make buying decisions help earn points toward LEED certification Institutions.
for furniture based on many factors. Cost, for the building as a whole. Designing classrooms with more
durability, functionality, safety, and Jonathan Hindle, Group Managing functional flexibility means that a teacher
aesthetics represent just a few of the many Director – Europe, Middle East & East Asia can easily vary instructional methods to
STOKVIS–RIOMAY SOLAR HE
SYSTEM OFFERS BIG ENERGY
n evacuated tube solar collector 750kWh/m
2
per year in direct heating
A
linked to boilers and plate heat mode and a 850kWh/m
2
per year in
exchangers saves money by pre-heat mode.
maximising the energy efficiency Because of their sophisticated vacuum
of heating systems while also minimising tube design, Ecotube® panels are air
heat loss through radiation. temperature independent, so they work
Ideal for schools and colleges the extremely well on cold, clear, frosty days.
ultra high efficiency Ecotube®, developed The indirect system eliminates problems
and patented by Riomay and now caused by the build-up of limescale and
available from Stokvis Energy Systems, also ensures that the system cannot freeze
radically reduces the amount of ‘parasitic’ in winter. Automatic sensors prevent
energy (energy used up by the system energy losses at night and during the
itself when converting solar energy to darkest days of winter, and the use of a
heat) lost by most evacuated tube solar special heat transfer fluid eliminates any
heating systems. risk of freezing.
As a result, the system requires Stokvis-Riomay systems can heat
smaller pumps to circulate the fluid in the school swimming pools and provide hot
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