Green schools cost less

"We have noted the ever-increasing levels of energy prices and the share of these costs in our budgets and have decided that we have to focus on very high energy requirements for planned buildings," says Marcin Piotrowski, the leader of Marki town council. The school, on ul. Wspólna, will be the first building to comply with these high energy norms. "The architectural concept, which was chosen in a competition, was created on the drawing boards of the CJK Pracownia Architektury i Designu Piotr Kuś architectural studio. The whole complex will have an area of 17,000 sqm and will comprise a secondary school for 800 schoolchildren, a sixth form college for 400 students, a town library, a sports hall with a swimming pool and spa complex, sports infrastructure and a new road layout. "We are hoping that the construction work will start at the beginning of next year and will take app. 18-24 months. The net value of the project is estimated at around PLN 54 mln and is to be financed with the