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E. Salgari School Redevelopment: Engineering for Safe and Sustainable School Buildings

Integrated intervention for seismic improvement, efficiency of the envelope and decarbonization of plants to transform the building into a safe, inclusive and high energy performance infrastructure.

Investing in school buildings means investing in the future of a community. With this principle, Dabster oversaw the profound redevelopment project of the “E. Salgari” First Grade Secondary School in Negrar di Valpolicella (VR), focused on the classroom and office block. The intervention represents a complex operation to regenerate public buildings, structured on two fundamental pillars: seismic improvement for the absolute protection of people and global energy efficiency. Through the renovation of the envelope and the introduction of plant technologies oriented to decarbonization, the building is transformed into a cutting-edge, sustainable structure ready to face the challenges of the coming decades

Place Negrar di Valpolicella (VR)

Typology School Buildings / Training

Anno 2026

State Completed

Customer E. Salgari First Grade Secondary School (Public Administration)

Area of Intervention School Building

Activity Integrated Design: Seismic Improvement and Energy Efficiency

Focus Structural Safety, Plant Decarbonization, Air Quality (VMC)

The challenges of school assets: Safety, consumption and health

The Italian school building stock often presents critical issues related to the construction age: structural vulnerability, high thermal dispersions and obsolete systems based on fossil fuels. The administration required radical intervention on the classroom and office block of the E. Salgari school to resolve these three urgencies simultaneously. The design challenge consisted in carrying out a total 'upgrade' of the building: to guarantee the most recent seismic resistance standards for the safety of students and teachers, to drastically reduce energy management costs and ensure a healthy and comfortable indoor microclimate, an essential element today for the quality of teaching.

The Dabster Solution: Integrated Engineering for Public Regeneration

To govern such a transversality intervention, Dabster has adopted an integrated engineering approach, systematizing the structural, architectural and plant engineering skills of its Business Units:

Structural and Seismic Engineering: Starting from an in-depth study of seismic vulnerability, the team defined targeted structural reinforcement interventions. These works increase the resistant capacity of the building, improving its overall behavior and ensuring maximum reliability over time to protect the school community
Architecture and Building Envelope: To reduce energy requirements, the facades have been redeveloped with a high-performance insulation system. The existing windows have been replaced with the latest generation of frames for thermo-acoustic insulation, and a total renovation of the roof has been carried out to eliminate dispersions. The intervention also includes the functional adaptation and the inclusion of tactile paths to ensure total accessibility and inclusiveness of the
MEP Plants and Energy Transition: Traditional combustion thermal power plants have been eliminated in favor of total decarbonization. The project introduced high-efficiency heat pump systems for heating and cooling, supported by a rooftop photovoltaic system for the self-production of renewable energy. Finally, the design of a modern Controlled Mechanical Ventilation (VMC) system for continuous air exchange is fundamental, guaranteeing very high standards of

internal environmental quality

The Results: A Resilient and Sustainable Educational Infrastructure

The redevelopment of the E. Salgari School represents a model of excellence for the adaptation of public assets. The integrated design returns a profoundly renovated building to the administration:

Maximum Safety: The seismic adjustment protects the lives of those who live in school every day, ensuring the resilience of the structure.
Decarbonization and savings: The mix between insulated enclosure, heat pumps and photovoltaic reduces management costs and CO₂ emissions, aligning the building with the objectives of the ecological transition.

Comfort and Inclusivity: Thermo-acoustically isolated environments, air constantly purified through VMC and spaces free of architectural barriers create the ideal place for learning and community growth

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