ABSTRACT

This study investigates different architectural types of Korean national childcare centers. The goal of this study is to provide a preliminary study of the energy retrofit of childcare centers. Given the growing concern over climate change, renovation and remodeling of current buildings for energy use improvement has become a major movement. Thus, today’s improvement in the building environment inevitably accompanies energy use improvement.

An examination of 17 childcare centers in the Dongdaemon-gu district in Korea has been carried out. This includes the history of the buildings, construction information and energy use of the buildings. The cases are classified depending on their architecture type and have been analyzed with their energy use. Korea has embraced the influence of other countries with child care policies and types. The typology has been adapted to the Korean environment. This research is the preliminary study for green renovation of national childcare centers under a Korean context.