Educational
Vele Secondary School
- Location
- Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa
- Year
- 2011
- Client
- Oprah's Angel Network
- Architects
- East Coast Architects
PJC Services
- Sustainable Design Management
- Passive + Low Energy Design
- Daylight + Visual Comfort
- Integrated Water Design
- Low Carbon + Healthy Materials
Key Highlights
- A new secondary school built with local skills and materials to be a vibrant hub at the centre of a remote rural community.
- Rainwater harvesting and storage.
- Food gardens at the heart of the school campus.
- Solar energy for computers and water pumping.
- Electricity sub-metering and display for energy management and education.
- Green roofs for insulation and celebration of indigenous flora.
- Dry composting toilets and biogas digestors for cooking.
- Passive Low Energy Design for thermal comfort, natural lighting and ventilation.
- Received recognition both locally and abroad, first runner-up in the 2016 Greenest School on Earth Award presented by the US Green Building Council.
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