VIC New Schools 2 PPP

The New Schools PPP Project delivered 15 new schools across some of Victoria’s fastest-growing metropolitan and regional communities, with the schools open for the commencement of the 2017 and 2018 school years.

In support of the State Government’s education agenda; the schools were designed as community hubs and will encourage community use and additional community facilities and programs through a partnership with the YMCA. The schools support the inclusion of all learners, including students with a disability. In addition to the 15 schools, Learning Communities Victoria Pty Ltd (LCV) also delivered:

• Expanded indoor gymnasiums to Netball Victoria standards
• A learn to swim pool at Mernda Central Prep-Year 12 school
• A hydrotherapy pool at North Geelong Special Developmental School
• Additional multi-purpose spaces which will be used by the school during the day and operated by YMCA after hours to deliver before and after school care and other community programs; and
• Kitchens at four schools.

The State requirement was for the school buildings to provide good levels of thermal comfort for the students, teachers and members of the community using the buildings, and for those buildings to be controlled by passive means as far as possible.

LCI focused on the key drivers and delivered multiple systems that:

• Passively controls space temperature as far as When not possible by passive means an active system takes over.
• Maintains the space temperature between 21 to 26 C
• Can limit the percentage of people dissatisfied (PPD) to less than 10%
• Limit the build of carbon dioxide