The Frenchay Primary School – Designed and project managed by South Gloucestershire Council, the new £11 million Frenchay CofE Primary School is the first Passivhaus school in South Gloucestershire. The new school is a two-storey, timber framed Passivhaus certified building which can accommodate up to 420 pupils and is the benchmark for how all new schools should be constructed in the future.
The school includes state of the art facilities which are designed to Passivhaus standards of environmental performance, meaning it has a very low carbon impact on the environment. Building work began in June 2021 and the 2500m2 school was opened to staff and pupils in October 2022.
Key features of the design include high levels of insulation, triple glazing, low energy LED lighting, heating provided by air-source heat pumps and recycling of heat through a Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery (MVHR) system, which also ensures good air quality throughout the school.
