The indoor climate is a challenge in many Danish schools and daycares. In collaboration with DCUM and Realdania, Transition has developed a tool that can map the likely indoor climate of buildings and its improvement opportunities. The tool has been used to screen the indoor climate in several municipalities across Denmark.
The indoor climate tool provides a strategic overview of the likely indoor climate in one’s building stock. The indoor climate is illustrated within the four pillars of the indoor climate; visual, acoustic, atmospheric and thermal indoor climate, in a level of detail right down to the room level. The tool can effectively provide an overview of the condition in a municipality in general, at individual schools, institutions, and in specific rooms. In addition, the tool is able to estimate the costs associated with improving the indoor climate.
Indoor climate experts have participated in precision testing the tool against regular indoor climate measurements. This showed a coincidence of 93%, which is why the tool is quite accurate, even though it requires relatively few measurements.
Frequently Used in Danish Municipalities
The tool is already used in a number of municipalities, including Frederikshavn Municipality, Ringsted Municipality, Hørsholm Municipality, Randers Municipality, Silkeborg Municipality and Kolding Municipality.
The indoor climate tool has currently mapped the indoor climate in 208 primary schools and 269 daycares, corresponding to 19% of all Danish primary schools and 6.7% of Danish daycares. Below is a comprehensive overview of the municipalities that have used the tool to screen schools and daycares, respectively.
The indoor climate tool has been developed so that it can now be used to screen schools, daycares, and care centers. The tool for schools has also been further developed into the IK-tjek program, which is available free of charge, under the leadership of DCUM. We also offer screenings with IK-tjek.
Do you also want to gain insight into the indoor climate in your buildings? Then contact Nicolaj Krogsbæk Bøgh, Head of Energy and Indoor Climate, at nicolaj@transition.nu.
Schools
Silkeborg: 32
Ringsted 11
Hørsholm 5
Ballerup 9
Frederikshavn 15
Kolding 25
Herning 26
Randers 19
Aalborg 32
Glostrup 5
Ringkøbing Skjern 26
Skanderborg 3
Daycares
Silkeborg 53
Randers 58
Aalborg 46
Frederikshavn 12
Kolding 51
Herning 24
Ringsted 25