Egis has just been honoured by the French National Engineering Awards* for its occupied-site refurbishment of the Lycée Bréquigny in Rennes. An example of replicable and innovative renovation that will bring liveability, healthy conditions, energy efficiency and a low carbon footprint to the largest high school in Brittany.
Spanning nearly 20,000 m², Lycée Bréquigny accommodates 3 ,500 students, making it the biggest high school in Brittany. Built in 1958, its refurbishment had become a pressing necessity to enable it to continue fulfilling its role into the future.
Brittany Regional Council, within the framework of an MGP (or Global Performance Procurement Contract), appointed the teams at Egis Bâtiments Centre Ouest for the design and project management of the energy renovation of part of the day school and accommodation buildings, the refurbishment and conversion of the current canteen building into a lobby, facility management centre, teaching staff room and library, and finally the creation of a new foodservice facility.
The programme’s specificities lay in the key focus placed on energy efficiency and low carbon renovation to offer an answer to the challenges arising from the climate emergency, but also to the issues of liveability, air quality and user health. In addition, to allow classes to continue, the operation took place while the school was occupied.