Background The beneficiary of this project is the municipality of Yspertal, in partnership with the local High School for Environment and Economics, which is constructing a teaching hall for environmental engineering purposes. The municipality and High School will capitalise on their experience in project management and technical know-how to construct the hall according to sustainable principles. Objectives The environmental engineering teaching hall will be used as a demonstration hall for the pupils of the High School in Yspertal as well as of partner schools from other European countries. The hall will be used for lessons in applied environmental studies. The construction will use an innovative energy, insulation and lighting concept and total annual energy consumption will be less than 60 kWh/m. Renewable energy resources from the region (wood, straw, and hemp) will be used for construction and heating. The hall will be approximately 18m x 35m in size and will rely on wood chips for heating. CO2 emissions will also be reduced in comparison to a conventional building, as CO2 neutral resources will be used for both the construction and for meeting energy requirements. The project also aims to quantify the reduction of CO2 emissions by monitoring measurements carried out by students of applied studies. Results For financial reasons, the technical activities planned under the project were not started. Consequently, there were no results achieved.