Insulation, elevation, greening: Villeurbanne is renewing its schools

The interior parts of the Jean Moulin school have been restored. (AP Photo)

Students from five school groups in Villeurbanne will soon benefit from the renovation of their facilities. In fact, the projects of the Jean Moulin, Albert Camus, Jules Ferry, Victor Hugo and Anatole France schools that were launched this summer are progressing quickly. And as the start of the school year approaches, the City wanted to share its progress. Important projects that should end this year for some or in the summer of 2025 for others.

Total cost of more than 8 million euros

So the Jean Moulin school group offered themselves a new face. The building in the Buers area is undergoing external and internal thermal renovation. In particular, the facade is thickened for better insulation and sun shades will be installed on the windows. On the classroom side, a new ventilation system was installed with an air handling unit. The latter allows the air quality to be regulated and the temperature to be reduced economically. In addition, photovoltaic panels will be added to the roof of the sports hall for an energy saving of 39%. Renovation that cost 4.8 million euros to the city.

Another major project, an elevated extension to the Albert Camus school. One of the last projects of this kind. “With the welcome on the threshold of our students, the idea is not to expand more Villeurbanne schools but to renew them.“, highlighted this Wednesday morning Sonia Tron, educational assistant at Villeurbanne. In this school group of 13,345 square meters, an extension of 426 square meters will complete the total. Thus the new floor will make it possible five to create additional classrooms, a master’s room, a large courtyard and new toilets The building will also be connected to the district heating network To carry out these major works, Villeurbanne has invested more than 2.7 million euros.

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Projects without results for the beginning of the school year

For other schools, it mainly involves greening and rethinking outdoor spaces. In Jules Ferry, for example, 21 trees will be planted to provide more shade for children and outdoor sports and educational spaces will complete everything. The courtyard was also waterproofed to encourage rainwater infiltration. “The water will be retained by infiltration to supply the water tables. They will follow a path through the courtyard to flow into the green areas“, explained Vanessa Villeneuve, project manager of the site, which will cost 780,000 euros. library at the Anatole France school.

Despite these different projects, the beginning of the school year will go as planned for the students. Most of the ongoing projects will not have much impact on the running of the courses. However, some classes are nested in modules before they are final.

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