In need for Green Service Providers?
May 21, 2012 at 6:04 pm | Posted in Events, General | Leave a commentTags: Events, GBC, Green Building, Green Building Council, Green Building Projects, Launch Event, Romania Green Building Council, sustainability, Sustainable Construction
The 3rd edition of the Romania Green Building Council Awards Gala revealed the top three finalists / short list candidates:
- BuildGreen Romania
BuildGreen Romania is the first Romanian company providing assesment services (BREEAM and LEED), construction project management services for buildings and Green Building design support and consultancy.
BuildGreen projects: EuroTower – BREEAM certification, Crystal Tower – BREEAM certification, Victoria Center Office Building- BREEAM in Use – LEED EB:OM feasibility report, Olympia Tower Office Building – BREEAM certification
- CUNDALL Engineering
CUNDALL Engineering is a international multi-disciplinary consultancy operating company with over 20 locations across the globe. Cundall’s engineering consultancy services cover the entire life cycle of any building project offering sustainable design solutions.
- EPSTEIN ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING ROMANIA
Epstein is a professional services firm, providing architecture, engineering and construction services for offices, retail, manufacturing, distribution and institutional facilities around the world. Alinda Dudu has received the first LEED AP certification in Romania. (add something related to their involvement in the RoGBC training Platform)
The winner for this category was Epstein Architecture & Engineering.
Do you know which are the most innovative green building products in 2011?
May 21, 2012 at 5:53 pm | Posted in Events, General | Leave a commentTags: Bucharest, Events, Green Building Council, green buildings, RoGBC, Romania Green Building Council, Sustainable Construction
We revealed the top 3 within the Romania Green Building Council Awards Gala, on May 10 at Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest
- AGC Flat Glass Romania;
Stopray Ultravision is new type of glass to be used in facades or windows. It has a double function: during winter, it acts as a super insulating glass. In double glazing Ug value is as low as 1.0 W/sqm K. In summer time its low Solar Factor of 23%generates significant reduction of electricity ( air conditioning is not used on full power). On top of that, the light transmission is the optimum (LT=49%), ensuring that natural light enters to the building. Glass has the highest selectivity in the market (ration between light transmission and solar factor is very high, S=LT/SF=2,13). Stopray Ultravision is certified Cradle to Cradle with SILVER.
- Jotun
Jotashield Extreme Silk is a 100% pure acrylic based paint specially formulated to with stand the harsh climate. The porduct’s special formulation based on a cutting edge technology offers excellent thermal comfort, lower energy consumption for keeping building interiors cool, longer lasting colours and protection against concrete carbonation. The special acrylic binder gives a durable and long lasting silk finish with low dirt pickup. It is ideal for decorating and protecting exterior surfaces and specially suited as a maintenance product
- Schneider Electric;
Transportation is responsible for almost one third of all CO2 emissions in most industrialized countries.
As environmental considerations cause individuals and businesses to increasingly consider electrical propulsion for a wide-range of transportation needs, society is presented with an outstanding opportunity to reconsider its expectation of vehicles and the role of personal mobility. And Schneider Electric has a very significant role in this motion process by providing the infrastructure for the charging stations used by electric vehicles.
Schneider Electric’s EVlink makes possible for an electric car battery to charge at 80% of its capacity in less than 15 minutes, covering all the needs of the contibutors: from energy utilities to electric vehicles users, from the smart grid to the plug, from local supervision to wireless supervision on the charging stations, from simple charge to smart charge to optimize costs.
In our country, Schneider Electric has signed a partnership with Renault, Electrica and Siemens to develop the electric vehicles charging infrastructure.
The winner of this category was AGC Flat Glass Romania.
Green Building Education Initiatives in Romania awarded within the RoGBC Green Awards Gala, May 10
May 21, 2012 at 4:11 pm | Posted in Events, General | Leave a commentTags: Bucharest, conference, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Events, Green Building Council, RoGBC, Romania Green Building Council, sustainability
We are pleased to announce that for the 3rd edition of the Romania Green Building Council Awards competition we received a very impressive list of submissions for the Green Building Education Initiative of the Year category. The most appreciated education activities were:
- “Sustainable Development. Integrated concept of built space and energetic audit” – University of Architecture & Urbanism “Ion Mincu”
The Faculty of Urban Planning, Landscape Design Section has developed a new Curriculum of Master in architecture which responds to issues of sustainability, energy, and the environment within the “Sustainable Development – Integrated concept of built space and energetic audit” course. As case study for this course a partnership protocol was signed between Bucharest University, “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, and University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine The students from Faculty of Urban Planning, Landscape Design Section were involved in the interdisciplinary summer practice.They identified the architectural patrimony of Geopark villages: Sarmisegetusa, Clopotiva, Densus, Santamaria Orlea and the vernacular architecture principal specific features.
- “Energy improvement in the built environment” Transilvania University Brasov – Faculty of Construction;
The Department of Construction & Building Services has organized and developed courses concerning the Management of Water, Energy, Indoor Air Quality and Daylight harvesting.
Notable environmental and sustainable achievements:
-Green Roofs and Cool Roofs have been subjects of papers published by doctoral students.
-A student contest concerning Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Renewable energy applied in buildings, Sustainable use of Materials took place in 2011 in the faculty.
-A laboratory that studies the usugae of heat pumps was recently finalized. MsC and doctoral Students have won an ASHRAE grant focused on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
-In March 2011 RoGBC organized the “Managing Green Building Projects” course at Aula of Transilvania University of Brasov.
- “Research and Educational Center for High Energy Efficiency Buildings” – University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest;
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, in partnership with University of Architecture & Urbanism “Ion Mincu”, ICPE, ISPE, UTCB and Agecom Baia Mare built two passive houses as a laboratory for students and educational purpose.
The monitoring system helps students to better understand:
- Conductive heat exchange through building walls, windows and doors.
- Convective heat exchange through heating recovery units.
- Heat exchange by radiation through radiant heating panels, windows. The monitoring system also uses a pyrometer to collect solar radiation.
Moreover, students learn how to calculate heat requirement of the building using dynamic models, sizing heating equipament, how photovoltaic panels can be integrated in the structure of the house (storage of energy, energy transfer to the national grid) and many other applications.
The winner for this category was “Research and Educational Center for High Energy Efficiency Buildings” – University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest.
Romania Green Building Council has a new board of directors – 2012-2013
May 15, 2012 at 4:06 am | Posted in Events | Leave a commentTags: board of directors, Events, GBC, Green Building, Green Building Council, vote
During the annual event in wich RoGBC evaluated the past year’s activity, the new board of directors was announced, after previously being elected by the members.
According to the status of the organization, the RoGBC members had a month to vote the new board of directors for the 2012 – 2013 period.
63 members of the 108 with voting rights, expressed their opinion, an abstention being also present.
According to the votes, five of the seven nominees have been elected.
The new board members (alphabetical order) are:
I. Steven BORNCAMP – ECO NAVITAS (SOPOLEC SRL)
II. Adrian CRISTESCU – WEST GROUP ARCHITECTURE SRL
III. Alinda DUDU – EPSTEIN ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING
IV. John LYONS – AQUARIUS GRUP SRL
V. Dragoş RITI – ERSTE GROUP IMMORENT SRL
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Good luck to the new Board of Directors!
The RoGBC Team
New graduates of the “Romania Green Building Professional” certification and training program
July 15, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Posted in Certification | Leave a commentTags: Certification, conference, Green Building Council, sustainability, Training
We would like to congratulate the following persons for their commitment, participation, ideas and other contributions for the “Romania Green Building Professional” certification and training program:
Andreea Carastoian, Strucon Proiect
Raluca Primejdie, Architect
Lucian Opris, Bluehouse Capital
Monica Marza, West Group Architecture
The intensive program includes 56 hours of multidisciplinary training in sustainable construction principles. The RoGBC wishes each of you success in transforming Romania’s built environment to the highest levels of green performance.
Click here for the full list of Romania Green Building Professional graduates.
LEED green building rating tool course organized by the RoGBC
June 29, 2011 at 12:26 pm | Posted in Events | Leave a commentTags: Green Building, Green Building Council, LEED, Sustainable Construction, Training
Romania Green Building Council in partnership with Triple Green Building Group organized on June 28 the 3rd training course this year about the internationally recognized LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The event was organized with the help of our founding member Epstein Global, who were very kind to host us in their conference room. Epstein is one of the largest and oldest architecture, interiors, engineering and construction firms in the world.
Mrs. Vessela Vatcheva-McGee, LEED AP, delivered the course on LEED ‘BD+C 251: Understanding the Building Design + Construction LEED Rating Systems’. The course objectives were to identify LEED BD+C minimum program requirements, to recognize the unique aspects and differences between each LEED BD+C rating systems and to plan for key considerations and requirements for the LEED certification process. This course provided the participants with coursework critical to professionals interested in taking the LEED Green Associate exam.
The participants were from various fields of activity and companies: members of the RoGBC team, Epstein Global, Bluehouse Capital, Build Green Romania, architects and independent building evaluators.
“Greening our Hotels – Green Hotels in Romania too” – September 28th, 2010, Bucharest
October 12, 2010 at 10:49 am | Posted in Events | Leave a commentTags: buildings, conference, Energy Certification, Energy Efficiency, Events, Green Building, Green Building Council, green buildings, Legislation, Legislative Outreach, RoGBC, Sustainable Construction
On September 28th, Romania Green Building Council held, at the Athenee Palace Hilton, a one day course on “Greening our Hotels – Green Hotels in Romania too”, in order to engage the hospitality industry and its related products and services in a discussion regarding the opportunity and importance of a more environmentally responsible approach of architectural design, rehabilitation and dealing with properties.
The workshop provided practice information about integrating available technologies in the design of more energy efficient and with low environmental impact buildings. In addition, the course was structured so that the participants had the time to interact with the speakers, during the “question& answer” sessions.
First part. Competitive advantages for building/ refurbishing green hotels.
In his welcoming speech, Steven Borncamp, president of RoGBC, gave a short introduction to the importance of the “green approach” in designing and operating new buildings, increasing international and local regulations for building materials and energy consumption, as well as the need for more action for generalized sustainable principles for all types of buildings. Stressing that “green” stands for quality, present and future, Mr. Borncamp also mentioned that for a slight increase of the costs for a green building (with 2-4%), the cumulative savings are about 40% per year, while the investment amortization is being done in the first 2 or 3 years.
Next, Linda Griffin, the new general manager of Hilton Athenee Palace, presented some recent actions that aim at reducing electricity consumption, promoting ecological means of transportation (bicycles for customers) and creating a Green Team, which would be involve in implementing sustainable initiatives in the hotel network as well as initiating a “customer awareness” program on environmental behaviors during accommodation.
David Nicholl- general manager of Schneider Electric- had a comprehensive overview on the benefits of generalized automation systems in all types of buildings, including hotels. Through the Active Energy Management systems, significant, controllable and predictable reductions are being made, throughout the building, while ensuring optimum comfort for residents. The integrated Schneider Electric solutions can lead to constant electricity and heat consumption reductions up to 30% in the long run.
Second part. Financial incentives, legislation and certification
Ms. Maria Daniela Toma – manager in Ministry of Environment- tackled issues of the environmental labeling of hotels. Introduced after 2005, eco-labels represent green building certification, based on 20 criteria which include, among others, indicators of ecological materials use, presence and quality of the vegetation in the site area, energy and water consumption, waste storage and recycling, cleaning systems’ efficiency, information about preventive ecological behavior etc. Specific matters regarding general aspects and regulations of green label certification are available on www.eur-lex.europa.eu. The fee for obtaining this certification is presently 200-300 euro/year.
Furthermore, two case studies were presented. Linica Stan, manager Saturn Hotel, presented the case of Saturn Hotel, Mangalia, while for Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bucharest, the presentation was held by Melania Secuianu, Administrative Manager Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Mark Velody – BERD consultant – held a methodological overview of financial procedures, with favorable interest or grants for energy efficient building projects.
Third part. Innovative solutions.
Rafael Mărculescu – Schneider Electric – completed David Nicholl’s presentation through an application of energetic management integrated systems. He showed that the implementation of this kind of systems is very useful for all types of hotel equipments (heating/ HVAC/ water management, lighting etc.) and that the investment amortization for Schneider systems is up to 3 years, meanwhile noticing reductions of 35% for heat, 60% for electricity, as well as the number of employees.
David Clark – Cundall Engineering – presented a hotel case study, underlining the three aspects – energetic benchmarking, clarifying the CO2 footprint criteria (design, passive/ active system, energy efficiency and the recovery of energies) and users’ information/ education, in this case the tourists.
Specific solutions
In the last part the presentations were about a) particular solutions (products and systems) for a successfully implementation of significantly reduction of electricity consumption, lighting through efficient LED and mercury light bulbs (Cuneșteanu – Philips România), b) packaging waste management (Lorita Constantinescu – Eco-Rom Ambalaje) and c) sustainable solutions for green spaces design, through water management and special effects for the aesthetic part and for air quality improvement (Katja Perrey – Katja Perrey Landscapes).
Organizer:
Romania Green Building Council (www.RoGBC.org) is a non-profit and non-political association which encourages the development of market, educational and legal conditions necessary in the transformation of the building industry, in order to create and refurbish intelligent buildings, both sustainable and profitable. RoGBC is an “Established Council” within the World Green Building Council (www.WorldGBC.org) .
Cristina Şiu
Romania Green Building Council
Manager Marketing & Events
021-222 5135 / 021-260 0051 / 021 – 222 0011
11 March – Initiatives for a strong, green economy for Romania
March 8, 2010 at 1:13 pm | Posted in General | Leave a commentTags: Bucharest, conference, Green Building, Green Building Council, Green economy, Initiative, sustainability, Training
The Romania Green Building Council will hold an information session on March 11 to present details of two new initiatives and an event important to the development of a Romanian green economy based on an energy-efficient and environmentally-responsible construction and real estate sector.
The RoGBC will describe details of a “Green Building Innovation Center” opening in April 2010 and a certified “Romania Green Building Professional” training and certification program launched immediately. In addition, information will be provided for a “Green Jobs” event for students and professionals describing employment opportunities in green tech and sustainable construction related fields will be held in May. Both initiatives are critical to the creation of better job opportunities and higher quality and more affordable homes and buildings.
Who: Participants from all construction disciplines are invited. Seats are limited. If the event is sold out before you register your name will be added to a waiting list.
When: March 11, from 9.30 to 10.00am.
Where: The meeting will take place on the 11th Floor of the Bucharest Stock Exchange Building; 34-36 Carol I Boulevard, Sector 2.
Cost: This event is free of charge.
Members of the media should contact Alex.Baranga@RoGBC.org to register and to ensure access to the event.
For more information on the Romania Green Building Council, see: www.RoGBC.org
The RoGBC and the US Embassy brought Copenhagen to Bucharest for an hour
December 11, 2009 at 10:57 am | Posted in Events | Leave a commentTags: climate change, Copenhagen, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Green Building, Green Building Council, green buildings, green cafe, RoGBC, summit, sustainability, Sustainable Development, US Embassy
How would you comment if someone told you that a 38% energy consumption reduction in a huge office building would pay back in 3.1 years? What if this statement came from US experts that were present at the Copenhagen summit? And what would you say if that building was the Empire State Building? This was one of the most exciting aspects of the presentations held during the fully booked Green Café /webinar hosted by the RoGBC, in collaboration with the US Embassy.
The session, which was transmitted via Internet from the US Center at the Copenhagen conference, discussed vital examples of “low-hanging fruit” mitigation opportunities that can be undertaken at cost savings by building owners and occupants.
Panelists represented ESCOs, Green Building NGOs, building supply and technology companies, and addressed leading technologies and examples of green buildings, obstacles to implementation, and best ways forward in implementing energy efficiency in commercial and residential buildings.
Have a look at a slide presentation accompanying one of the talks here.
Discussions before and after the webinar
RoGBC, partner at “Affordable Homes. Energy Efficient Homes”
November 22, 2009 at 7:24 pm | Posted in Events | Leave a commentTags: Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Green Building, Green Building Council, green buildings
RoGBC supported the “Affordable Homes. Energy Efficient Homes” conference, partnering with the Bursa Constructiilor Magazine to disseminate information about the event.
Have a look on the official page of the conference in order to get some impressions and also if you are interested in getting an overview from the press that covered the subject.
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