On 12.08.2022, Lodz University of Technology signed a funding agreement with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management for the project entitled Conversion and comprehensive energy modernisation of the buildings of Lodz University of Technology for the needs of a kindergarten and crèche for the children of students and staff of the university (A14) and for the educational and scientific needs of students and academic staff of the university (A7), project number: POIS.01.03.01-00-0001/22-00.
Project implementation period: 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2023
The planned total cost of project implementation is: 14,145,985.23 PLN
The maximum amount of eligible expenditure is: 11 500 801.00 PLN
European Funds contribution: 11 500 801.00 PLN (100% co-financing)
The project consists in the reconstruction and comprehensive energy modernisation of buildings of Lodz University of Technology for the needs of a kindergarten and a crèche for the children of the university's students and staff (A14) and for the educational and scientific needs of the university's students and research staff (A7). The project will create a non-public kindergarten at Lodz University of Technology (building A14) and a laboratory for students and research staff (building A7) for scientific purposes.
The direct objective of the project is to increase the energy efficiency of buildings and reduce emissions of harmful substances and dust, thus improving the local environment and thus the quality of life for people and animals. Another result is clean and efficient energy from renewable sources and the integration and improvement of the energy market. The implementation of the project will ensure an increase in the energy efficiency of the buildings, a reduction in dust emissions harmful to the quality of people's lives, improved safety in the use of the buildings, adapting them for use by people with sensory impairments. The works will allow 2 old buildings to be adapted to the current standards and technical conditions to be met by modern buildings, and the preservation of the old fabric of the city will allow the old-town atmosphere to be preserved and will fit in with current revitalisation trends.
The project will create: the Non-public Kindergarten of Lodz University of Technology, which has been operating since September 2022, from Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The offer of classes conducted at the kindergarten includes: English language, rhythmics, sensory classes, the little cook's corner, the little chemist's corner, thematic classes at the faculties of Lodz University of Technology, classes within the Young Explorer's Club under the patronage of the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. We implement international, English-language and nationwide educational projects.
The completed kindergarten consists of 4 modernly equipped playrooms, a room for specialists, a gym and kitchen facilities. Each room has a separate bathroom, adapted to the needs of the children. In order to develop independence and self-confidence, the nursery school has created corners furnished according to Maria Montessori's pedagogy. Children also have the opportunity to develop their technological interests through activities on interactive monitors. The premises of the kindergarten are adapted to the needs of the youngest children, and in their free time the children can spend time on the playground located next to the kindergarten building. The children are looked after by qualified pedagogical staff with many years of experience, as well as a speech therapist and a child psychologist.
On 03.11.2022, Annex 1 to the grant agreement was signed, increasing the amount of funding awarded:
The planned total cost of project implementation is: 18,450,985.23 PLN
The maximum amount of eligible expenditure is: 15 000 801.00 PLN
European Funds contribution: PLN 15 000 801.00 (100% co-financing).
The project is co-financed by the European Union under the Cohesion Fund priority axis I Reducing the carbon intensity of the economy, measure 1.3 Supporting energy efficiency in buildings, sub-measure 1.3.1 Supporting energy efficiency in public buildings of the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020.
Project Office: 116 Żeromskiego, 90-924 Lodz, building A-28, tel. +48 42 631 21 18.
The kindergarten at TUL was implemented by a project team appointed by the Rector of TUL and led by Rafał Wasilewski and composed of: Anna Flakiewicz, Agnieszka Kostrzewa-Sarnowicz, Małgorzata Drozdowska, Michał Zieliński and Mirosław Dudra.
Additional information: According to the provisions of the Project Grant Agreement - § 4 (18): "The Beneficiary undertakes to publicise, at least on its website, information on the functioning of the mechanism enabling the signalling of potential irregularities or fraud, i.e. an IT tool developed and made available by the Managing Authority, enabling the transmission of information on suspected irregularities or fraud in particular through: (a) a dedicated e-mail address or (b) an electronic reporting system via a dedicated website. Signals of potential irregularities or fraud can be reported via a dedicated e-mail:
naduzycia.POIS@mfipr.gov.pl or via the form available on the website http://www.pois.gov.pl/strony/zglaszanie-nieprawidlowosci/.
Information on the rules of personal data processing In connection with obtaining EU funding for the project, the data of persons involved in its implementation both on the part of the Beneficiary and the contractor are subject to inclusion in personal data sets, the administrator of which is the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy acting as the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020. The Project Beneficiary - Lodz University of Technology in Lodz, in accordance with the funding agreement, is obliged to comply with the information obligation under GDPR on behalf of the Managing Authority.
