The USAID Project developed the pre-feasibility study on energy efficiency improvements in 60 public buildings in Zaporizhzhia. It is proposed to fund the project with credit from the European Investment Bank. The project includes seven buildings in the health protection sector, 20 secondary schools and 33 kindergartens. They all have similar problems: lack of weather-based heat supply control, need of capital renovations and flushing of the heating systems. The windows in most of the buildings are wooden and in poor technical condition, while newer PVC windows do not comply with modern requirements. The walls are not insulated; their thermal characteristics are 2-2.5 times lower than the norms, etc. A survey revealed that temperature norm is not observed on the premises of 41 objects. Read more<<