Local Government Training Centre in Mali (CFCT)

Project information:

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Name: CFCT Mali / National Local Government Training Centre

 

Location: Kati (near Bamako), Mali

 

Year: 2010-2013

 

Financing: German-Malian Finacial Cooperation through KfW-Entwicklungsbank

 

Status: Completed

 

Partners: GITEC Consult (lead), Agetipe-Mali, Ofetoc, Acart, European Union (furniture and IT-equipment)

 

tri-lo's contribution: Team Leader and overall coordination in Mali, architectural design and construction supervision, energy efficiency measures, maintenance training

 

Scope:

• Overall: Construction of the new training centre for local governments with low energy consumption

• Room programme: multipurpose hall/canteen, class rooms, library/media centre, administration building, dormitories, service area, basketball pitch

• Equipment: professional kitchen equipment, furniture (partly, others by European Union)

• Trainings: Maintenance training (including manual production)

 

Energy efficiency measures:

Passive:

• Thermally insulated roofs with permanently cross-ventilated ceiling voids

• Large roof overhangs and bris-soleils shade the façades

• Natural cross-ventilation in all larger rooms via windows (manual control)

• Vegetation within the green courtyards allows for evaporative cooling

Active:

• 24kWp photovoltaic system for all external lights and the borehole pump

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