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BUC_PR#3_2013-11-01Press Release Deliverable #3

Right up your street: a meld of nature and technology!

BUC_PR#3_2013-11-01Press Release Deliverable #3

Nature becomes a part of our urban lifestyle

We adapt an energy efficient solar house to the city’s key points, taking a sustainable step towards nature!

3 EFdeN Press Release

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What EFdeN is aboutMission statementWe valueProject description

Photovoltaic and Electrical BMS HVACProject drawings Project disseminationTeam membersAdvisory BoardUniversitiesInstitutional partnersSponsorsSupportersMedia PartnersOrganisational Chart

4EFdeN Press Release

EFdeN means more than 50 students with the same goal: finding the best solutions in order to build a solar energy efficient house. As a multidisciplinary team, we take this competition as a challenge to share our knowledge for obtaining innovation. By building this energy efficient house with our own hands we also intend to set an example which will drive to a change in behavior towards a sustainable lifestyle.

Since the project started, we took steps to fulfill our dream and tore apart the barriers we came up against. And we are not stopping; we are relentless and resilient in learning from each other how to be good professionals and better people!

For us, nature is the determining element, as every component designed for the house is created according to the notion of green. This is also one of our main goals, namely to bring nature into urban peoples’ lives. This is why, for us, nature is the input, which brings us to the creation of the output, namely the house, these two concepts being interconnected. The means for obtaining this equation is f(n), representing all the theoretical knowledge we have learnt until now being put into practice. All for finding the best solutions for our house!

What EFdeN is about


We adapt an energy efficient solar house to the city’s key points, taking a sustainable step towards nature!

Life in the urban context has changed a lot due to technology and the expansion of the metropolises. The city is getting bigger and bigger and the man is struggling to keep pace with it. If you are looking at Bucharest, the city has not developed like other metropolises, as there are many unused spaces within the city due to the industrialization phase. These brownfield areas are, in our view, of great interest, because of their core position within the city. Urban densification and mobility are problems which the project EFdeN wants to offer solutions to by designing and building a solar energy efficient house which can be adapted to the brownfield areas; a modular house, created to offer the user’s desired comfort.

Nowadays, the importance of nature has diminished due to the expansion of the city and, later, technology. The urban man may have forgotten how important and useful nature is. EFdeN wants to give nature its utter position, this is why our house integrates a green space. Being the central architectural element which creates a vegetal axe, it can be adapted to the urban farming concept, but being at the same time leisure space for the whole family and even for the community. Not in the least important, the integration of this corner of nature becomes an innovation as it has never been made in the field of energy efficient housing.

So we are literally putting nature into the center of the house, allocating it the most important role of the concept.

Placing nature in the center of an energy efficient solar house!

Mission Statement


As a team comprised of sharp minds from different fields of study and research, we join together the latest principles of sustainable development towards a concept to unite them all in the ultimate solution. By correlating functional systems of building, we work to harmonize the modern housing system with the resources of the environment.

For a viable and sustainable change, continuity is key. We make sure that our initiative is part of a longer chain of change. Our plans are developed with the inspiration of natural models, adapted to modern construction principles, and designed to be further improved. Rasing the social awerness of the local comunity with regard to sustainable development is how we understand to make sure that our contribution is a meaningful one.

Efficient use of resources is the path to sustainable development. In our view, sobriety as a lifestyle is the expression of such development. Our intended course of action is to bring efficiency to fruition through modern and efficient housing. As a complementary effort, we aim all this action at a greater effort of shaping rather than changing mentalities towards welcoming a more considerate lifestyle.

Powered by unity, continuity and frugality Unity for harmony

Continuity for certainty

Frugality for sustainability

We Value


Project DescriptionEFdeN, the solar house for an upgraded urban lifestyleEFdeN proposes a concept that addresses the 6 main points of Solar Decathlon Europe competition is trying to solve: density, mobility, sobriety, innovation, accessibility, project vs. prototype. While still treating all six challenges like priorities, EFdeN makes it a point to stick to the specifics of the Romanian context, where most of the urban challenges spring from improperly managed mobility and densification issues. Bucharest is representative of Romanian cities which have naturally but uncontrollably grown into city sprawls, hindering the development of a comfortable lifestyle. As follows, our main goal is to put forward one way of solving these issues by means of designing and building an energy efficient solar house, with a catch.

EFdeN proposes a modular, energy efficient solar house that can be adapted to the capital’s brownfield sites - spaces that have previously shown a predominantly industrial use, but are now abandoned. The catch is that on these sites, starting from the EFdeN prototype, semi-collective housing can be developed, compounds which can have both the advantages of individual and collective housing. This way, the project aims to re-integrate the concept of community in the Romanian’s living style.


The lack of a multi-polar development generates an inconvenient use of Bucharest’s urban areas, leading to the congestion of the city center and the functional segregation of certain areas. By creating communities and service areas connected to the housing areas, we can ensure higher density as well as a lower degree of overcrowding in the central zone.

If managed correctly, the EFdeN prototype can help the urban rehabilitation of many other former industrial cities from Romania. Considering the current scenario, comprised mostly of mobility and density issues, with eventual pollution as a consequence, we might just have the key stone. EFdeN will not only align Bucharest with the other major European capitals in terms of quality of living and interest in sustainability, but it will also answer several urban challenges in Romania, while still being applicable to other similar sites around the world. We’re not the only country with abandoned industrial sites.

Given the fact that the urban scenario restricts the access to green areas for the typical urban inhabitant, we are responding to this need by integrating a green-space in the house’s architecture. When deemed part of the development plan, this green space becomes an important element for community activation that encourages communication between neighbors by having common spaces.

EFdeN brings nature into an urban context, thus permitting the inhabitant to have a permanent connection to it. To that end, the greenspace integrated in the house’s architecture provides the perfect opportunity for the individual to use this space for both utility and pleasure purposes. This green space gives the user the ability to include urban farming in his style of living and enhance his comfort level by providing a perfect leisure space. In addition, it functions as a thermic buffer during winter time and has a functional role in the HVAC system.


Photovoltaic and Electrical

BMS (Building Management System)

The house will function with electrical energy produced by the photovoltaic panels, installed on the rooftop. It will also be connected to the national power grid, making use of it only under specific circumstances (for example, cloudy days). When the house produces more energy than needed, it can be injected into the city’s grid. The illuminating of the house is done using both natural light (where possible) and a high efficiency LED system.

We plan to build an intelligent house, permanently linked to its owner, thus optimizing comfort conditions and minimizing energy consumption. The BMS system will carry out specifically this function; with a cause-effect base principle and with the help of a central processing unit, the system continuously receives information from the sensors installed in the house and adjusts the prototype’s HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems accordingly.The inhabitant has permanent control over the BMS, being able to access it via Internet and can, at any given time, create a specific ambiance, according to his needs and desires.


HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) One important part of the HVAC strategy is the integrated green-space, that acts as a thermic buffer during winter time. The green-space benefits from a thermal mass wall that during the day accumulates energy, ceasing it to the inside environment during the night. The technical space has the same thermic buffer function during winter, because of its position to the North, protecting the house from air currents and helping with the heating process through heat emissions from the equipment installed. Phase-changing materials play another part in the intake and distribution of the caloric energy. During winter time, they accumulate thermal energy produced by the solar radiation that enters the house, later distributing it in the interior environment. During summer, these materials help absorb the excess heat by being shaded during the day.

The heating/cooling system of the house is composed of an air-water heat pump and a solar panel system. The solar panels are connected through a bivalent boiler. The same system will help prepare the needed domestic hot water . Terminal units of the heating/cooling system are represented by the capillary tubes positioned on the lateral walls. Foul air will be extracted from the kitchen and the bathroom, combined with the fresh air and introduced in the living room and bedroom. At the same time, the heat recovery will also be carried out. The two streams will intersect within a heat recovery unit so that little energy is wasted.


Project Drawings



Project Dissemination

Workshop

ECO Student Camp

This summer, after Deliverable#2, our headquarters was daily the place for meetings between the team’s departments and for interesting debates. Between 26th of August and 1st of Spetember, the EFdeN team held a workshop at Slănic Moldova having two goals in mind: to make the team stronger (teambuilding) and to finalize the architectural solution. Both of these goals were achieved after many hours of enthusiastic and productive work. Audience: 40 studentsChannels and dissemination materials: online (social media, website, www.responsabilitatesociala.ro, www.decoresque.blogspot.ro)

Held at Păltiniş, near Sibiu, beginning with September 4th and ending on September 8th, Eco Student Camp, is an ECOTUR initiative that seeks to bring together people who want to make a change in Romania through their “green projects”. EFdeN was there not only to meet specialists and other enthusiast students, but to explain how a group of hard working young people can make a difference and be part of an initiative that helps Romania to change. Recycling and ecology were the main focus points of our discussion.Audience: students, general public with an interest in ecology and sustainabilityChannels and dissemination materials: online (social media); cards, powerpoint presentation, brochures.


IEAS (International Electric and Automation Show)

Mobility week

IEAS brought together entities such as Eaton, Emka, Lapp Group, National Instruments, Pepper+Fuks, Pheonix Contact, Obo Bettermann, Schneider Electric, Sick, Weildmullrer and many others. The event was held at ROMEXPO Exhibition Centre in Bucharest, between 10th and 13 of September.In order to make ourselves more visible to the specialised public, the EFdeN team was present in all three days. Not only that we had the opportunity to present our project, but it was the perfect occasion for us to consult specialists regarding the automation and the electric installation for our prototype. All in all, our goals were to continue to build our network and to introduce ourselves to as many people as possible. Audience: children, professionals, producers, investors and collaborators.Channeles and dissemination materials: online (social media), print (IEAS official brochure); powerpoint presentation of the project, flyers, roll-ups, cards.

Between 16th and 21st September EFdeN celebrated the European Mobility Week through a special event addressed to children. Our partner in organizing this event was the Bucharest City Council. The children that were playing in Kiseleff Park with their parents made toy trains out of pieces of colored cork with help from EFdeN’s members and placed them on a specially created map of Bucharest. While children were playing, we talked to their parents about


reconditioning the old railway tracks in Bucharest that are no longer used and about the benefits of using public transportation. Representatives of the City Council congratulated our initiative and expressed their intention of getting involved in our future projects.Audience: children, parentsChannels and dissemination materials: online (social media, website).

Held at ROMEXPO, in Bucharest, between the 17 and 21st of September, the fair gathered exhibitors from eleven countries (Romania, Turkey, Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, Thailand). Among the 22.000 people that visited the fair in five days, there were also members of the Architecture Department of our team that observed the “reinterpreted” traditional collections made entirely out of sculptured wood and talked about our initiative and our prototype.Audience: adults – professionals, investors, collaborators (national and international).Channels and dissemination materials: online (social media); cards, flyers.

Held in Bucharest on 19th and 20th of September, the EENVIRO conference was addressed to researchers, engineers and students in the fields of Energy and Environment. The members of our team’s Electrical department were there wanting to find out all about the high quality research papers that the conference promoted. Also, three of our members held a presentation during the second day of the conference with the intent of presenting the project to a specilized public.Audience: Professionals, producers, investors and collaborators. Channels and dissemination materials: online (social media, website, www.enviro.ro, www.ieq-energy.com, www.instal.utcb.ro); cards, flyers, roll-ups, brochures, powerpoint presentation.

BIFE – SIM

EENVIRO


Bursa Binelui, a programme developed by BCR, is an online platform which links organizations and the people that want to do something good and innovative for their community, offering their support (financial and otherwise) to different initiatives. EFdeN was one of the contest’s finalists and is now competing for one of the special prizes. Channels and dissemination materials: online (social media, www.bursabinelui.ro) – digital posters.

BURSA BINELUI


EFdeN’s official launch

The project EFdeN was officially launched on October 3rd at the National Library of Romania. The event was held in the presence of many personalities from Romania, their participation proving a steadfast support for this initiative. The launching event was moderated by Claudiu Butacu, the president of the Solar Decathlon Bucharest Association. Amongst the honorary guests who opened the project’s session of presentation were: EngD Tudor Prisecariu, the director of the Research Activity from the Minister of National Education, but there were also representatives of our partner universities.After a detailed presentation of the solar prototype and of the solutions which the team’s members had arrived, the event continued under the form of individual discussions between partners and representatives of the team’s component departments. The event was a sucess , EfdeN raised the curtain in front of a specialised audience, of future partners and in front of many other persons who wanted to support us. Audience: professionals, producers, investors and collaboratorsChannels and dissemination materials: flyers, brochure, roll ups, posters, cards - social media, EFdeN official website, www.arhitectura-1906.ro, www.comunicatedepresa.ro, www.igloomedia.ro, www.iqool.ro.


INNOBUILDInnoBuild was held at Știrbei Palace between 10th and 27th October and EFdeN was there. The conference is a part of the Triennial of Architecture East Centric that it’s all about construction and technology. Networking and presenting our project were our most important goals.Audience: professionals, producers, investors and collaboratorsChannels and dissemination materials: online (social media, website), official brochure; flyers, cards, roll-ups.

The International Technical Fair Bucharest was held at ROMEXPO between 16th and 19th of October. The fair exposed the most recent appearances in the domain of high tech and industrial equipments. This was another perfect opportunity for EFdeN to make new connections, meet with collaborators and present the project.Audience: professionals, producers, investors and collaboratorsChannels and dissemination materials: online (social media), official brochure; flyers, roll-ups, cards, brochure.

TIB(The International

Technical Fair Bucharest)


Future Communities

On the 30th, 31st of October and 1st of November EFdeN was at the Future Communities | Open Innovation Fair, held at the National Library of Romania, in Bucharest. We were excited to meet many people interested in our project and we had the chance to talk about our prototype, our industrialization strategy and the way our house can shape the future for Romania’s cities. Audience: professionals, investors, technology developersChannels and dissemination materials: online (social media, www.stirileprotv.ro, www.pandutzu.com, www.futurecommunities.ro); brochures, flyers, cards, stickers.


Team MembersMANAGEMENT UNITMihai TOADER-PASTI [email protected] 0040 767 007 000Project Manager In EFdeN for improving Romania’s educational systemFaculty of Civil Engineering, TUCEBPart of PRISPA Team for SDE 2012.Ioana PRODAN [email protected] 0040 752 242 324Project Manager AssistantIn EFdeN for equilibrium of the team & development of the countryFaculty of Architecture, IMUAUPart of PRISPA Team for SDE 2012.Claudiu Marius BUTACU [email protected] 0040 740 286 961Instrumentation Officer and Fundraising ResponsibleIn EFdeN for making the impossible possible Faculty of Building Services, MA Urban Environmental Technologies (gratuated 2013), TUCEBPart of PRISPA Team for SDE 2012.

Eduard Daniel RĂDUCANU [email protected] 0040 747 017 689Documentation Coordinator and Electrical Engineer OfficerIn EFdeN for being addicted to such projects and everything that comes with themFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Master’s Degree in Advanced Electrical Systems (graduated in 2012), UPBPart of PRISPA Team for SDE 2012.


Claudia DULGHERIU [email protected] 0040 761 498 444Project ArchitectArchitecture Department CoordinatorIn EFdeN for challenge Faculty of Architecture, IMUAUIsabela MANUIn EFdeN for experience and teamworkFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Silvia CAZACUIn EFdeN for being part of the meaningful actions which impact our future and for the challenges we face on a daily basis challengesFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Alexandru IVANCIUIn EFdeN for challenge, knowledge and friendsFaculty of Architecture, “Spiru Haret” University

Alexandru VASILIUIn EFdeN for performanceFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Raluca GRECEAIn EFdeN for the thrill of itFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Claudia MOȚEIIn EFdeN for experienceFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Daniel Constantin GRIGORIEIn EFdeN for the interesting and useful things that you learn, the atmosphere in the team and the friends you makeFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

ARCHITECTURE


Oana Daria TOGHE CollaboratorIn EFdeN for new experiencesFaculty of Urban Planning, IMUAU

Ana-Maria DIN [email protected] 0040 756 201 912Interior Architecture coordinatorIn EFdeN for knowledge exchangeFaculty of Interior Architecture, IMUAU

Sorin Mihai AUSTREANU [email protected] 0040 727 602 311Structural Engineer & Structure CoordinatorIn EFdeN for challenge and experienceFaculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering: Master’s Degree in Civil and Industrial Building Design in Seismic Areas, TUCEB

Vladimir Octavian FILCIU [email protected] 0040 726 729 493Health & Safety Team CoordinatorIn EFdeN for making new friends and have fun with them, learn new things and have fun with them, being part of a team and have fun with itFaculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering, TUCEB

Alexandra PĂUN In EFdeN for teamwork and multidisciplinary fields Faculty of Interior Architecture, IMUAU

Daniela BAZĂ-VERDE In EFdeN for knowledge exchangeFaculty of Interior Architecture, IMUAU

Valentin METEȘ CollaboratorFaculty of Architecture and Urbanism (graduated 2011), Technical University of Cluj Napoca

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

STRUCTURE ENGINEERING


Alexandru VULCAN [email protected] 0040 724 018 116 Construction ManagerIn EFdeN for accepting new challenges and accomplishing great thingsFaculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering: Master’s Degree in Civil and Industrial Building Design in Seismic Areas, TUCEB

Anca BOLOHAN [email protected] 0040 740 252 566Site Operations CoordinatorIn EFdeN for finding my real path in lifeFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Liviu-Costin GRUIA CollaboratorFaculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering: Master’s Degree in Civil and Industrial Building Design in Seismic Areas, TUCEB

Alexandru CEAKI In EFdeN for experience and protecting natureFaculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering: Master’s Degree in Civil and Industrial Building Design in Seismic Areas, TUCEB

Andrei Cornel DĂNEȚ In EFddeN for developing my skills, for knowledge, for accomplishments and for making friendsFaculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages: Civil Engineering (English), TUCEB


Nicolae BĂJENARU In EFdeN for bored of being bored because being bored is boring. With EFdeN I’m never bored.Faculty of Building Services Engineering; MA - Energy efficiency of building installations, TUCEB

Andrei Stelian BEJAN [email protected] 0040 741 183 105Project Engineer and HVAC Coordinator In EFdeN for experience and making dreams come true Faculty of Building Services Engineering; MA - Energy efficiency of building installations, TUCEB

Ionuț Alexandru TĂRUȘ In EFdeN for experience and friends Faculty of Building Services Engineering; MA- Energy efficiency of building installations, TUCEB

Claudiu VELISAR [email protected] 0040 749 032 678Safety Officer In EFdeN for experienceFaculty of Power Engineering; UPB

George CRĂCIUNESCUIn EFdeN for having fun, making new friends and work experienceFaculty of Building Services Engineering; MA - Energy efficiency of building installations, TUCEB

Adrian Mircea BUCICĂCollaborator - Energy Efficiency SpecialistIn EFdeN for making things work; meeting future top specialistsFaculty of Power Engineering Master’s Degree in Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Certification and Audit, UPB

HVAC


Alexandru TÎMPU [email protected] 0040 727 486 136Safety Officer and Sanitary Department Coordinator In EFdeN for building a better future Faculty of Building Services Engineering; MA- Building energy efficiency, TUCEB

Anita Evelyn DEMETER Electrical Department CoordinatorIn EFdeN for experience, challenge, funFaculty of Building Services Engineering; MA - Urban Environmental technologies, TUCEB Ionuț MIRESCU In EFdeN for experience, friends and fun Faculty of Building Services Engineering; POWER, MA - Comfort and Sustainable Development, TUCEB

Mihaela POPESCU In EFdeN for investing time and passion and thus to gain experience, knowledge and friendsFaculty of Building Services, TUCEB

Andrei ENE [email protected] 0040 736 299 811Student Team Leader In EFdeN for more than just engineeringFaculty of Building Services, TUCEB

Ioana MACOVEI [email protected] 0040 765 066 382Contest Captain In EFdeN for finding that the key to the success is well invested timeFaculty of Building Services; TUCEB

PLUMBING

ELECTRICAL

Răzvan Nicolae PETRE In EFdeN for teamwork and knowledgeFaculty of Building Services, TUCEB


Alexandra FULGA [email protected] 0040 752 341 285Communication CoordinatorIn EFdeN for the beauty of challenge and the desire for changeFaculty of Communication and Public Relations, MA in Brand Management and Corporate Communication, NSPSA

Dan MUREȘAN Graphic DesignerIn EFdeN for personal experience and society’s developmentFaculty of Architecture, IMUAU

Ligia-Maria STAN In EFdeN for smiles, creativity and growthFaculty of Commnication and Public Relations, NSPSA

Nicoleta MARINESCU In EFdeN for experiencing the newFaculty of Communication and Public Relations, NSPSA

Denisa Georgiana JESCU In EFdeN for the challenge & the knowledgeFaculty of Communication and Public Relations, MA in Brand Management and Corporate Communication, NSPSA

Laura Georgiana ȘIU In EFdeN for experience and further motivationFaculty of Communication and Public Relations, MA in Communication and Advertising (taught in English), NSPSA

Horia Ioan IOVA In EFdeN for development, change and knowledge Center of Excellence in Image Study, UNESCO Department, UniBuc

Cornelia Andreea STANCU In EFdeN for challenge & doing something great with great peoplePhD in Scenography, National University of Arts Bucharest

COMMUNICATION


Andra Laura OANCEA In EFdeN for bringing money & providing materials for the construction of the house Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Business Engineering and Management, Management Department, UPB

FUNDRAISING

Irina DAMAŞCAN CollaboratorIn EFDEN for challenge and know-how in PR for architectureFaculty of Architecture, UAUIM; Master at The Center of Excelence in the Study of Image - Cultural management

Alexandra CROITORU Communication AdvisorIn EFdeN for going from zero to heroFaculty of Communication and Public Relations, UB (graduated)


Zina MACRI [email protected] 0040 744 985 150Faculty Advisor• Degree in Achitecture at the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest; • PhD in Architecture from 2008; • Lecturer within Technical Sciences Department at UAUIM; • Interested in different research projects and managing different courses regarding: “Finishing Details in Architecture”, “Technology of the Sustainable Habitat”, “Rehabilitation of Post-War Apartment Blocks”; • Organizer and coordinator of: BUCHAREST Eco-Rehab International Student WORKSHOP (2009) Sibiu Summer University “Intelligent Solutions for Urban Requalification” (2010); • III° EAAE workshop on Conservation (2011); • Active member of ATU – Association for the Urban Transition.

Ancuţa NEAGU • Director of research, development and innovation management Department of The Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest; • Manager of Innovation / Technology broker / Human Resources Manager / Project Manager; • She has over five years of experience in research management.

Stelian CONSTANTINESCU • Teaching Assistant at Steel Structure Department of the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest; • He has over nine years experience in structural design, being involved in many interesting projects as commercial, industrial, heavy industry, power plants, wind farms, photovoltaic farms, residential which allow him to offer a simple, safe, elegant, workable and cost effective structures.

Advisory Board


Tiberiu CATALINA • Lecturer at Building Services Engineering Faculty – Bucharest; • He obtained his PhD diploma at CETHIL, Lyon-France in 2009 with the topics: Renewable energy systems and Building Energy Consumption Prediction;• He currently teaches several courses and seminars on HVAC systems, Indoor Environmental Quality & Energy; • Each year he is invited professor at Ecole Centrale de Lyon where he teach Solar Systems and Buildings Energy Certification; • Tiberiu Catalina has a good research background with multiple publications in top ISI journals like Renewable Energy, Energy and Building or Building and Environment; • He is very interested in the SD2014 project and he believes that this project is a good opportunity for research and educational purposes.

Ilinca NĂSTASE • Associate Professor in the Building Services Engineering Faculty of the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest and Director of the Advanced Research Center of Ambiental Quality and Building Physics (CAMBI); • She received her PhD from the French University of La Rochelle in experimental fluid mechanics applied to buildings; • She worked seven years in France, buing involved in research projects for the French TGV producer Alstom and for CIAT company; • She currently teaches License and Master Courses related to HVAC systems and Air Distribution in buildings; • Her research interests are related to Indoor Environmental Quality, Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency for buildings and vehicles; • She is principal investigator in many research projects with national and international funding and won a Best Paper Award 2011 in Building and Environment Journal.


Cristina Verona CROITORU •Lecturer of Ventilation and AC Instalations; Equipment and Instalations for Air Quality;•Degree in Engineering at the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest;•PhD in Engineering since 2011;•Computational Fluid Dynamics Doctoral Specialization at The Royal Military Academy of Brussels; •BREEAM International Assessor Course, Sustainable Buildings Evaluator License -2012;•Project Management Competence as result of attending a Project Management course, 2012.

Dorina Onescu-TĂRBUJARU • Is an architect teaching at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest; • She has a Ph.D. in architecture and is assoc. prof. at University of Architecture and Urbanism, the Faculty of Interior Architecture, Interior Design and Design Department; • Dorina has published books, articles in volumes or in specialized magazines; • She contribute in sessions of scientific communications, in symposiums and in national and international conferences, projects of architecture and interior design most of them already carried out, research studies and projects, cultural projects, object-oriented design, graphics in advertising, organizer of architecture and design exhibitions, membership in professional organizations; • And most important, Dorina-Tărbujaru was a team member in PRISPA Team and the advisor in terms of interior issues.

Ioana ȘERBĂNESCU • Assistant Professor at Technical Sciences Department, University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”, Bucharest.


Daniel Nicolae ARMENCIU • Once he obtained the Degree in Architecture in 2008, his enrolment in PhD. studies represented a forward step for finalizing the personal intentions of professional specialization; • Since then, he teaches at the University of Architectureand Urbanism “Ion Mincu”; • The doctoral research program was an academic support that sustained the interest in the area of sustainability in anthropic interventions; • The oportunity of attaining a ten month research internship in 2009 atPolitecnico di Torino, Facolta II di Architettura, supported the accumulation of high level knowledges within the contact with an elite academic environment; • In 2012 he defend in public session his PhD dissertation on “Bioclimatic Design inRomanian Architecture”; • The concern for researching the sustainability field is constantly developing by means of speciality articles, published or presented in public conferences.

Marina Eugenia MIHĂILĂ •Lecturer Ph.D.Architect at the Faculty of Architecture at the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism Bucharest, working with 4th and 5th year architecture students as an assistant for the Architecture Synthesis Department; •Her interests span a wide range of topics from integrated architecture, to urban planning or urban archaeology; •She has several papers published not only in Romania, but also abroad and has won first prize in 2 national and 2 international architectural competitions; •Her Ph.D. thesis “Working with/ in New Office – concepts & technology” focuses more on architecture and technology, her postdoctoral research, supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education, analyzes the types on innovation in cultural spaces (“Types of innovation in cultural spaces.Working with/in cultural spaces tradition and innovation.”).


Mihai OPREANU •Lecturer at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest;•PhD in ArchitectureRăzvan Ștefan POPESCU •Lecturer of renewable energy topics at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest; •Degree in Engineering; •Advanced Studies in Thermal Energy;•PhD since 2008;•Post-doctoral studies in Heat Recovery and Air Epuration Systems and Air Epuration in Air Treatment Stations at La Rochelle Faculty, France.

Mihnea SANDU •Lecturer at the Department of Thermic, Hydraulic and Atmopshere Protection Instalations within the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest;•Engineer Degree in Installations; •PhD in Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics; •Competence in Energetic Audit, with specialization in Constructions and Installations.


Universities“TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING BUCHAREST” Nowadays the flagship of Romanian construction education, it is a continuator of the National School of Bridge and Road Building, founded almost 150 years ago. It provides study programs in all the areas of civil engineering and environment protection, as well as in many other adjacent subjects. Lately, the programs have been diversified to include studies such as systems engineering and foreign languages

“ION MINCU” ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM UNIVERSITYIs the main Romanian state university dedicated to training specialists in the fields of architecture and urbanism. As a continuator of the first forms of education concerning architecture, founded in 1892 by Romanian Architects Society, it is also the oldest profile university in Romania. Next to the Faculty of Architecture, after 1990, Faculty of Urbanism and Faculty of Interior Architecture were been added.

UNIVERSITY “POLITEHNICA” OF BUCHAREST Is the largest and the oldest technical university in the country and among the most prestigious universities in Romania. Its mission consist of creating knowledge by scientific research giving it out by education and professional training, disseminating it by information technologies, as well as the use of technological innovation.


THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION– RESEARCH ACTIVITY The Ministry of Education, as the state authority for research, technological development and innovation, has scientific research technological development and innovation following responsibilities: to define strategic objectives, to define, apply, monitor and evaluate the policies necessary to achieve these objectives to ensure planning activities according to the objectives set, to define the normative and methodological, functional, operational and financial requirements for the implementation of policies, to ensure communication with other public authorities to consistency government policies, to ensure communication with civil society structures and citizens, to define, to finance, to implement, monitor and evaluate programs to achieve objectives, to foster international partnership development.

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, YOUTH AND SPORT Is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government for the planning, promotion, coordination and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programmes. MoEF oversees all environmental matters in the country and is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council. The main tools utilized for this include surveys, impact assessment, control of pollution, regeneration programmes, support to organizations, research to solve solutions and training to augment the requisite manpower, collection and dissemination of environmental information and creation of environmental awareness among all sectors of the country’s population.

THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS The Ministry of National Education is the government body that coordinates Romania’s education system, determines the objectives of the education system as a whole. In exercising its powers, the Ministry shall consult, as appropriate, national scientific societies of teachers, trade union federations at sectorial level, the associative structures of local authorities, the social partners, students and student organizations, nationally recognized.

Institutional Partners


AIIR -INSTALLATION ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF ROMANIA is a professional, independent, non-profit, non-governmental legal entity that represents the interests of engineers in the field of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, cold, electricity and gas, operating in education, research, design, construction and operation.

MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN ROMANIA APMCR’s mission is to add value to businesses through continuous information to increase product quality and dissemination of innovation in its field, in a climate of free competition. With 12 years of experience, APMCR combines tradition with innovation, experience with international quality requirement as constant values for the benefit of members of the association and its European partners while maintaining their permanent slogan “Permanent Product Performance.”

PSC As official partner of the Government and trade unions in social dialogue committees in relation to the European Union as a member of the European Union Promoters Construction – UEPC. In relation with the Romanian Parliament and relations with embassies, trade missions, chambers of commerce, public institutions, PSC aims primarily unitary representation of the interests of all members.

URBAN TRANSITION ASSOCIATION is a non-governmental organization that runs projects on issues of transparency in decision making and participatory democracy, improving living conditions, the quality of public spaces, identity and memory in urban areas, heritage protection, the fight against social exclusion, extreme poverty neighborhoods. Established in 2001 with 21 founding members, the organization currently has 50 members.

OBLICA CULTURAL ASSOCIATION aims to contribute to the achievement of a new paradigm of the Romanian cultural environment, by promoting people of an exceptional value, real models, by supporting those who have fewer chances to leverage their personality. One of the stakes of association`s activity is to connect the Romanian people with the cultural and artistic values internationally renowned through a continuous experience exchange, ideas and projects in collaboration with similar European institutions.


SponsorsROMANIA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL is a non-profit, non-political association of businesses and other organizations active throughout the country. We are the leading organization promoting environmental responsibility and energy efficiency in the Design, Construction, Operation, and Deconstruction of Romania’s buildings. RoGBC is going to provide training in the green building field for 9 members of the EFdeN team.

EUROCOM offers total reprographic solutions, which include: printing/copying/scanning equipment, consumables, software, finishing equipment, service, financing methods, consultancy and training services for operators, archiving and document management software. Eurocom provides reprographic solutions for the team.

EUROLINES Eurolines goes into the direction of the improvement of services, the customization of offers according to each company typology they address. Even the most atypical and complex tourists can find here the right solutions for them: bus, plane, travel, major online reservation systems existing on tourist market, rent a car, travel insurances. All of this is order to provide full services for the customer!

DIZAINĂR Dizainar is *the* concept store, dedicated exclusively to the Romanian product design scene. Focused on Romanian culture and identity, Dizainar has been created in order to be the melting pot for promoting and generating educated culture in the field of product design. The purpose is bring about the premises for a better lifestyle, enhancing the values Dizainar believes in. Whether it is about branding services, product design, or both, the creativity of design, architecture and art specialists meets internationally renouned production quality.

FABLAB Fablab is more than a workshop of production: it is a space for creation with immediate practical solutions. The concept behind the FABric Laboratory relates to the access of the technologies of a factory. At FabLab you can find services such as engraving and laser printing, model building, fast 3D printing and prototyping, digitizing, product design and creation, digital template and printing services.


Supporters

CAMBI Advanced Research Center for Ambiance Quality is an entity integrated into the Faculty of Engineering Installations of the Technical University of Construction Bucharest. CAMBI research center brings together both the UTCB teachers and collaborators outside the University. Its members are professors, lecturers, researchers, academic assistants, PhDs0\ and graduate students with interests in Environmental Quality and Heat Transfer Phenomena in Building Physics. The research Center manages the collective work of three areas of research, each with its own multiple directions. Currently we are 19 people of which 10 are permanent members. The Centre’s activities include experimental studies, detailed energy audit analysis, acoustics studies, specialized software development and other studies related to thermal comfort, visual or indoor air.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY is a nonprofit ecumenical Christian housing ministry that builds and rehabilitates houses for people in need of decent shelter. Habitat for Humanity International seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action for the communities affected by this situation. Habitat for Humanity is an active presence in Romania though the programs at the national level and through the affiliated Habitat organizations in Beius, Cluj, Pitesti, Radauti, Craiova, Comanesti and Cumpana. To this day, more than 1650 needy families from Romania have benefited from the support of Habitat for Humanity Romania.

FRESH AIR is a company that provide sympathetic, cost effective solutions to the cooling/heating needs of individuals and companies. Specialised in air conditioning, air source heat pumps and commercial refrigeration, the company offers consulting, planning, installation, maintenance (service, inspection and repair) and modernisation – Fresh Air supports customers throughout the entire life cycle of a building.

SIR SAFETY for more than 15 years SIR group manufactures shoes in Bacau, Romania. The shoes are for protection in case of work accidents. Besides the production of footwear the company also imports and distribute the whole range of protection equipment: work safety clothing, protection gloves, helmets, visors and goggels, hearing protection, respiratory protection, height safety etc.


ARC ELECTRONIC is a Romanian company that provides quality services in the field of electrical distribution and automation equipment. Since July 2009 ARC ELECTRONIC SRL has changed partly shareholders, taking together the most important distributor worldwide of electrical materials, SONEPAR group.

HEAT - X a company that manufactures and sells radiant panels, heating through heat-x panels generates a reduction in power consumption of approximately 50% compared to other heating systems. Given the extremely high efficiency of the panels, whatever their location in a living space will save between 30% minimum and 65% maximum.

TEKNO CONSTRUCTis a company specialised in galvanized steel structures for houses - metal assembly for warehouses, shops, showrooms. The company sells and assembles closings halls (corrugated sheets and sandwich panels HOESCH) and also metal structures for houses.

METROPTICSMetroptics S.R.L is the exclusive representative of Dantec Dynamics in Romania. The company is developing and selling integrated systems for research and diagnostic measure generally in fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, the microfluidics and combustion.

S&Pwith over 60 years of history, S & P (Soler & Palau) is a producer of great tradition and one of the global leader in the fan and other components of ventilation systems (heat recovery, treatment plants, etc.) The company manufactures and distributes a very large range, from quiet fans to bathroom fans with diameters, flow rates and high pressure equipment used in critical systems for smoke and other industrial applications.

SCC ERBAŞUthe company CONSTRUCTII ERBAȘU SA, is a leading construction company with private capital working in Bucharest and beyond, establishing contractual relationships in both the public and private sectors.


ROTHOBLAAS is an Italian multinational company based in the Alpine region; a leading developer and provider of high technology solutions to the timber building sector. The company offers wood professionals a wide range of the latest generation, easy-to-use products, divided into three main product lines: Fastening systems amongst which structural screws, and for outdoors, concealed joints, angle pieces and shoes, wedges and all other fastenings which carpenters may require.Waterproofing, including specific accessories for sealing and ventilation and Fall Arrest Systems such as life lines and individual anchoring points in compliance with Standard EN 795 in addition to personal protection equipment.

SINIAT The company is a leading global provider of building solutions based drywall. Operates 43 factories in 13 countries in Europe and Latin America, with a turnover of about 1 billion euros, representing about 35% of the turnover of Etex Group. As part of Etex, Siniat benefit from access to the whole experience, logistics and other divisions technologies, as well as access to the all around new range of technologies, industries, partners and clients specific to these divisions.

NEMETSCHEK provides a full range of solutions for architectural design and construction consulting, sales, implementation, training, support. Currently, all programs Nemetschek Romania SRL Sales & Support sells them, along with documentation, are completely translated into Romanian and adapted the design and construction standards in force in Romania.

ENOVATE the company aims to innovate human resources management in companies from Romania, offering consulting services. Innovative HR practice means that organizations must develop sustainable by the attention it gives talents and lifelong learning.

ROMANIAN FURNITURE CLUB ASSOCIATIONThe Romanian Furniture Club Association reunites about 40 companies from the furniture industry and interior design. The association intends to better represent companies in their relation with customers, producers or other associations and companies. The informative programmes run by the RFCA have the purpose of elevating the acknowledgement level of furniture quality among current and potential clients.


Media partnersIGLOO MAGAZINEIgloo is one of the most prestigious architecture magazines in Romania. Popular both among students and proffesionals, this publication has exceptional graphics, interesting articles and up-to-date news from the architectural field.

ARHITECTURA MAGAZINEOne of the oldest Romanian architectural publications, this is The Union of Romania Architects’ magazine. EFdeN’s partnership with this entity is based on common values and interests: the editorial strategy encourages a transfer of interest from international to local, from global to specific and from common to unique.

www.greenestenergy.euAn online platform built as an unique information source for the general public regarding green energy and environmental movements in Romania.

www.maimultverde.ro Online community dedicated to those who want to leave behind them an environmnet where their children can live in a clean and healthy habitat. A movement for more green.

Mihai Toader PastiProject Manager0040 767 007 [email protected]

Claudiu ButacuSponsorship Manager0040 740 286 [email protected]

Alexandra FulgaCommunications Coordinator0040 752 341 [email protected]

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