Kindergarten “Slantse" in Gabrovo

It is a two-storey building. In view of the laid down high requirements for energy efficiency, its form, orientation and internal dispositions of the rooms comply with the principles of maximum thermal benefits of the solar heat and minimum thermal wastage. This is possible due to the installation of constructive thermo bridges and external glazing.

Children’s space (including a bedroom, a children’s corner for play, a kitchen and a sanitary unit) and a multifunctional hall are situated on the grand level of the building. The hall has a direct exit, combined with a pergola, to an entrance platform in the southern part of the courtyard. There are isolated offices and store rooms in accordance with the requirements for such types of buildings. In regard to the requirements for an accessible environment, there is a platform for the second level. A corner for children’s play is laid out under the stairway. A doctor’s surgery with isolation space and a sanitary unit are located near the lobby. On the second level of the building there is space for two children’s groups, planned with the same features like the children’s space on the ground floor - bedrooms, children’s corners for play, sanitary units and a kitchen.

All external walls are built from hollow 25 cm thick bricks, and thermal insulation from the outside – 20 cm EPS. The roof has thermal insulation with 30 cm thick glass wool put in the upper part of the concrete slab. The internal walls are built from bricks as well. The floor slab, bounded by the ground, has thermal insulation of 18 cm EPS from the bottom and 2 cm EPS above the slab for shielding of underfloor heating. The window frames are replaced with PVC profiles which have high thermal insulation parameters with the necessary air tightness, secured during the installation thanks to seal tapes.

The rooms are provided with radiant floor heating systems, working at temperatures between 32-37 degrees Celsius. The main heating source is an air / water heat pump aggregate with an electric stand-by heater. When the winter temperatures are very low, a central heating station is turned on as additional and reserve capacity. A combi boiler for heating through solar systems with selective collectors is also provided.