CHIRAG SCHOOL, ODAKHAN, DISTRICT NAINITAL
Status: Chirag Trust
CHIRAG School is the first environmental green school in the central Himalayas.
This village school is constructed out of local stones quarried at site, bricks, and concrete structural members.
Local practices to conserve and harvest rainwater, maximizing daylight and protecting from the cold weather were adopted through passive design controls.
The school is water self sufficient. To promote outdoor learning, it has windows that step out into outdoor learning spaces in protected sunlit pockets in the south.
The inside spaces are filled with daylight from roof skylights and windows.