COMENIUS-Project
     Project-Nr. 57240-CP-1-98-1-DE-Comenius-C3  

• ecologically sound
• recyclable
• economical and
• energy-efficient

Europe-Project
Sokrates

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     Project aims

• exchange of specialist knowledge
• getting to know what the different countries do
  to promote the construction of ecologically sound housing
• getting to know the different concepts
  and didactic methods of teaching
• joint development of on-going teacher-training material,
  to be tested in the country responsible for the training unit question

1. Project aims
2. Target groups
3. Desired results
4. Project themes
5. Time planning

     Target groups:

Teachers at vocational schools for the building trade in Central and Northern Europe

     Desired results:

The intention is to combine the results of the three on-going-training units in a multi-media-package comprising

• manuals
• videos
• press releases
• an internet homepage (=see: http://www.holzbau.musin.de)

Munich:
Fachschule für Bautechnik der Landeshauptstadt München,
Meisterschule für das Bauhandwerk; Germany:

"Cost-efficient construction of multi-storey timber-frame housing"

• basic information on timber and timber-frame construction
• design details, taking into account the requirements dictated by architectural physics
• trends in the construction of low-energy housing
• visit to a timber-construction company to see prefabrication steps
• visit to a construction site, and a tour through a finished housing object

Internal test workshop: 4th – 6th October, 1999

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Emmen:
Drenthe College, Unit Techniek, Emmen; Netherlands:

"Planning and production of cast components and systems for precast-concrete housing construction"

• structural system design
• aesthetic, ecological and technical guidelines
• building inspectorate
• structural systems (eg, chuted concrete and precast-concrete construction)
• architectural physics and statics
• building preparations and executing
• visit to a precast-concrete-parts plant and to a construction site

Internal test workshop: 24th – 26th May, 2000

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Hallein:
Höhere Technische Lehranstalt, HTLB-Hallein; Austria:

"Resource-saving use of the laminated-beam construction method and engineered wood in housing and civil engineering"

• fundamentals of timber technology and ecological balances
  
• regional developments in timber construction
• modern structural systems in solid wood
• timber construction in civil engineering
• viewing of innovative objects

Internal test workshop: 4th - 7th April,  2000

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Schedule

Material compilation and the test workshops are due for completion by the middle of 2000. The most interesting results will be published in an internet homepage.

Homepage address:
http://www.holzbau.musin.de

The three schools taking part in the project will then offer workshops for all teachers interested in attending.
The dates of the workshops at the different schools can be obtained from the homepage or from the addresses given here.

Project partners

participating in this project are schools in
Germany, the Netherlands, Austria.