STORY: Kindergarten built entirely from wood opens in Slovenia
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 28, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2024
LENGTH: 0:02:59
LOCATION: SELNICA OB DRAVI, Slovenia
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (English): NATASA TERAZ KROIS, Head of development and sustainability at house maker Lumar
2. various of the kindergarten

STORYLINE:

At the start of September, 150 children in Slovenia's northeastern town of Selnica ob Dravi moved from their old kindergarten building to a beautiful, spacious, and bright new facility. 

This new building is believed to be Slovenia's first kindergarten made entirely of wood, with no glue used in its construction.

SOUNDBITE (English): NATASA TERAZ KROIS, Head of development and sustainability at house maker Lumar
"This is the first kindergarten in Slovenia that is built with massive wood construction, produced without glue and chemicals, and where the whole life cycle is here in Slovenia from the log till the end product.
This kindergarten has ten departments, spreads over a total of 3,000 square meters. With this September, 150 children are attending, but it was planned to accept around 200 kids. It spreads over two floors. Both of them are built with wooden construction and additional basement, which is made out of concrete and used for service areas.
The first kindergarten here in Selnica ob Dravi, was built 50 years ago. Therefore, around 3 years ago, the municipality decided that they wanted a new, modern kindergarten in compliance with current, sustainable construction standards. That are not only focused on energy efficiency, but also on comfort and environment. That actually means that they wanted to have a kindergarten with really high comfort for the children that are attending it, a building with low life cycle costs and a building that will retain its economic value well into the future."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Selnica ob Dravi, Slovenia.
(XHTV)