A number of educational institutions of the municipality of Chisinau were thermally insulated and outfitted with photovoltaic systems. The municipality aims to this way optimize energy consumption in schools and kindergartens. The works were performed in the framework of a project launched in 2021, which is at the final stage, IPN reports.

Works as part of the project “Energy efficiency and thermal rehabilitation of educational institutions of the municipality of Chisinau” were performed at the Lyceums “Nicolae Gogol”, “Petru Rareș”, “Onisifor Ghibu”, “Gloria”, “George Meniuc, “Natalia Dadiani”, “Vasile Vasilache”, “Nicolae Sulac”, “Vasile Alecsandri”, “Elena Alistar”, “Vasile Lupu”, “Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu” and at five kindergartens, No.  112, 127, 146, 167, and 225.

During a year and a half, there were executed works to thermally insulate the walls and roofs, to replace windows and doors and to rehabilitate heating systems. There were modernized the interior lighting systems and installed photovoltaic systems. The contractors will ensure monitoring and maintenance during a year.

The Chisinau City Hall said studies showed that such projects considerably diminish the building maintenance costs. Also, the local authorities aims to extend the project so that this covers the other educational institutions of the municipality of Chisinau.