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RoGBC together with the US Embassy invites you to have an interactive discussion regarding the green features of the new Embassy facility in Bucharest. The case study will be presented by Jorge Vazquez (US Embassy) and Constantinos Kolonias (AICIsp – Contractor) who will answer all your related questions and will give you more details on the facilities.
Romania Green Building Council together with Romanian Facility Management Association invites you to participate in a very exciting event about how a green building should be maintained and operated and how can you improve the performance of existing buildings by applying simple green building principles.
Founder member of the RoGBC, WSP Group SRL, is hosting a complementary briefing to RoGBC members where the various aspects of certifying a“Green Building” will be discussed.
The Romanian Environment Association is organizing an open debate in order to identify and implement feasible solutions to reduce the human impact on climat change.
RoGBC has joined “Energy Day – Schools, future models of green public buildings” as event partner. The conference is organized within the project “Terra, our only home” that promotes eco-education and Climate Change and sustainable energy in Bucharest schools. At the event will participate directors of schools and high schools, education inspectors, local public authorities, students and professors involved in the project, and representatives of private sector.
The RoGBC invites you to another meet-up dedicated to creating an informal, yet constructive dialogue between various green building stakeholders in the construction sector. Our purpose will be to discuss initiatives and action plans with direct impact on the mid- to long-term future. The theme for the 31st of March Green Café will be the “Climate Change – Time to act”.
A two day regional conference to explore the improving business case for eco-efficient design and sustainable construction in an environment of rising energy prices, more stringent building codes, newly available technology and growing environmental concern.
A full day course explaining the principles of lighting design and the integration with Building Management Systems to create high-performance green buildings. This course was required course for those seeking the "Romania Green Building Professional" certification.
The annual event where we evaluated the activity of the RoGBC in the past year and appoint the new Board of Directors as elected by memebers. The event began at 17:30 and was hosted at the Bucharest offices of Badea Clifford Chance, 28-30 Academiei Street, district 1.
The Romania Green Building Council conducted a special informal but informative "Green Cafe" focused on local and international media coverage of green issues. In addition key trends in the transformation of the construction industry toward more environmentally-responsible building practices were discussed.
A full day course focused on the principles of green building design. Topics included solar orientation modeling, natural daylighting and ventilation, and success tips for sustainable construction projects. This course is a required course for those seeking the "Romania Green Building Professional" certification.
A full day course focused on Sustainable Landscape Design and related topics. Sustainable Landscaping is an important component for building projects seeking internationally recognized green buildings certifications such as LEED, BREEAM or DGNB certificates. Topics included: site analysis, design considerations, plant selection, and installation for successful results and maintenance. This course is valid for credit for those seeking the "Romania Green Building Professional" certification.
The RoGBC supported a seminar by Ms. Aurore Julien; an expert in designing green buildings. The very low cost event included a networking lunch and three and a half hours of instruction on topics including passive solar orientation, natural ventilation and daylighting, and tips for successful sustainable construction projects. This seminar was an abbreviated version of the "Green Design Principles" course that is part of the Romania Green Building Professional program. The seminar began at 11am and ends at 4:30pm on May 21 at Cinema Victorei in Cluj-Napoca.
We were pleased to announce the organization of a Transylvania chapter of our Green Building Council to better serve this region. The chapter benefited from the infrastructure of the national organization but will provide more local training, events, and regional focus for the benefit of local stakeholders. An information session for companies and person interest in being founding members of the Transilvania Chapter was held on May 21 at the Cinema Victorei in Cluj-Napoca at 5pm. Information about the Romania Green Building Council was presented along with ways on how you can get involved in the formation of the Transylvanian chapter.
The fifth edition of the International Conference of Social Responsibility, CSR’10 ‘Pulling in the Right Direction’, took place on the 25th and 26th of May at Hotel Intercontinental, Bucharest.Renowned specialists among whom: Richard Ellis (Alliance Boots), Rob Challis (Man Group), Guenther Juenger (Intel), Yannis Freris (Gefyra) attended CSR’10, to discuss on refreshing topics, offering efficient solutions applied to global needs and challenges.
Romania Green Building Council presented for the first time the “Romania Green Awards” during the fifth annual EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards Gala for 2009 held at the SAS Radisson Hotel in Bucharest.
A full day course focused on understanding the availability, benefits, legislative requirements and specification considerations for using Sustainable Construction Materials in construction project. Important green design concepts such as "cradle to cradle" and embodied energy were presented.
RoGBC participated at the European Network Meeting that took place at the Consense Conference in Stuttgart. This meeting followed the International Congress and Trade Fair for Sustainable Building – The Consense.
The last meeting of the Legislative Outreach Task Group took place on June 24th. The session was held at the RoGBC office and began at 4PM. This Task Group was open only to RoGBC members. For members who are not in the Legislative Outreach Task Group but would like to be included and to attend the meetings please contact
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The RoGBC organized another meet-up dedicated to creating an informal, yet informative dialogue between various green building stakeholders in the construction sector. The theme for the 1st of July Green Café was the “Ideas for transformational change in your project and in the industry”.
This course taught design techniques and the use of materials of technology and materials to minimize water usage in the construction and operation of buildings. The course included information on appliances, fixtures, and solutions that contribute toward points scored on voluntary building certification schemes such as LEED, BREEAM and DGNB.
This event highlighted export and investment prospects for green construction and related industries in high growth regions and discussed both the business opportunities and the chance to make a timely intervention to mitigate unsustainable practices in fast-growing markets. Steven Borncamp and Kevin Hydes provided a summary of multiple high growth markets. These markets share common characteristics, including significant new construction projected, a critical need for renovation and retrofit, and rapidly industrializing economies. In addition, Mr. Borncamp made a recap the presentations from the April 2010 Build Green CEE conference held in Budapest, Hungary.
The Romania Green Building Council hosted CUNDALL Engineering to provide two seminars on Sustainable Refurbishment and Green Facades: Design from the inside out. Participants from all construction disciplines were invited. Trainer: David Clark - CUNDALL Engineering.
RoGBC sent an invitation to come visit the Green Building Innovation Center to get information and meet companies active in sustainable construction, real estate and green tech activities. The Open House began at 10:00am and concluded at 5pm.
The RoGBC was pleased to welcome Sandy Mendler, AIA, LEED AP; Principal with Mithun (www.mithun.com) based in their San Francisco office and an expert in architecture and planning of Sustainable Urban Districts. Sandy presented the social, economic and environmental benefits that result from integrated design and planning of sustainable mixed use districts. Case studies were shared of current and ongoing projects to illustrate benefits and describe the processes employed to achieve them
The RoGBC hosted in its office a full day integrated design session with the key partners of the EcoBiblioteca project; a joint effort with biblionet (http://www.biblionet.ro/) combining introduction of computers and internet access with an exemplary green renovation of a library in Cacica, Romania in the Suceava district. We were pleased to have joining us the Mayor and Chief Librarian of Cacica.
September 9 - Energy Management & Integration with Renewable Energy Sources - "Romania Green Building Professional" Series, Bucharest
Steve Borncamp participated and made a presentation on the the development of the green building marketplace in the Central Eastern European region. This is part of the 20th Economic Forum held in Krynica, Poland; a regional event bringing together investors, private companies, government representatives and NGOs. The event partner was the UNEP Finance Initiative Property Working Group and is moderated by Andy Szyman - Head of Sustainability, F&C REIT Asset Management, United Kingdom.
RoGBC celebrated World Green Building Day and it's 2nd anniversay and held events to promote green buildings in Romania.
The RoGBC supported Let's Do It Romania"; ( http://www.letsdoitromania.ro/en/ ) a nationwide event that mobilizes volunteers to map and then clean up the country. Our Council was specifically involved in addressing the issue of Construction Waste - a significant contributor to illegal dumping and blight of our mountain, rivers, country-side, and cities.
The conference’s second edition, held on September 28th, was a full day workshop to engage the hotel industry and its service and product suppliers in a discussion about the opportunity and importance of a more environmentally responsible approach to designing, renovating, and operating their properties.
Given the high interest and rapid growth of green buildings in Romania, RoGBC launched a new branch in Transilvania. The new office is located in Cluj and covers the neighbouring counties. The organization has the same infrastructure as the current one and is now organizing events and trainings with focus within the region.
RoGBC invited you to the National Conference on Eco-Materials organized in partnership with the Romania Association of Construction Material Producers. The event gathered representatives from public authorities, business sector , academia, NGO’s. RoGBC members had free access to the event based on invitation.
A full day course to advise and prepare the participants on in force and impending European and National legislation and emerging international building rating / certification tools that is dramatically changing how buildings are designed, constructed, operated and deconstructed. Among other legal topics, the course covered European legislation including the upgraded Energy Performance for Buildings Directive and Construction Waste Directive as well as national legislation changes. In addition, participants learned about the internationally recognized building rating tools that are increasingly demanded by investors, developers and building owners in the domestic, regional, and international markets.
A full day course focused on best practices for managing successful green building projects. The course covered, among other topics, key sustainable construction principles including "Integrated Design", obtaining optimal performance results from project partners, and the proper commissioning of completed building projects. Course participants were exposed to very ambitious but achievable performance goals including the "plus-energy" concept where buildings contribute more energy than they consume; a critical concept for the near future due to the approaching EU legislation and concerns about rising energy prices and scarcity.
The course had the same structure, topic and trainers with the one held in Bucharest on October 13. This was the first course from the certification and training platform organized within RoGBC Transylvania.
The course had the same structure, topic and trainers with the one held in Bucharest on October 14. This was the second course from the certification and training platform organized within RoGBC Transylvania.
We were pleased to invite you to discuss about the advantages of building green and the opportunities that exist on the market in Romania and in the CEE region. We talked about what is the Romania Green building Council, what are the council's activities and about the plan for the local branch "RoGBC Transylvania" that was launched on September 30th. Access to the event was invitation based.
RoGBC Transilvania has organized a site visit for all RoGBC members to view a building that incorporates geothermal / heat pump technology and an air heat exchanger among other green features. The building work has been conducted with the support of the Regional Development Agency Northwest and included a tour by the designer and contractor.
The reformatted European Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings 31/2010/EC requires that the Member States intensify their efforts for reducing energy consumptions in the building sector by adopting higher standards and action plans with ambitious targets. We invited you for a public and scientific debate on how Romania is ready to comply with the new European requirements.
The Romania Green Building Council has been invited to present "The emergence of a Romanian market for Green Buildings". Cristina Siu provided information on the growing investor demand, availability of green building products, technology, and services, and important trends changing the local market. Her presentation included brief case studies of Romania's green buildings and insight into planned projects.
The RoGBC has been invited to the 1st Regional Advisory Group meeting organized by the Regional Develoment Agency West (www.adrvest.ro) (ADR Vest) to incorporate the activities and viewpoints of government, academia and private businesses to promote Sustainable Construction in the region. Sorin Maxim, Director General and Raluca Cibu-Buzac, Director of Regional and International Policy Direction of ADR Vest described the initiative and the role of the FRESH program regarding the Sustainable Construction domain. The RoGBC's Steven Borncamp and Cristina Siu presented best practices for legislation and government incentives for the promotion of green building activities and case studies from Romania.
biblionet, our partner from the ecoBiblioteca project and RoGBC organized a press conference on the 28th in Cacica, Suceava. The architectural concept/ sketch for the library was presented and further discussions about the project and the next steps took place.
BSTIP is a joint initiative of the Government of the Hellenic Republic, of the Government of the Republic of Turkey, the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aiming at supporting the regional economic integration process in the Black Sea region through private sector driven initiatives.
A full day course explaining the principles of lighting design and the integration with Building Management Systems to create high-performance green buildings. This course is a required course for those seeking the "Romania Green Building Professional" certification.
A full day course focused on understanding the availability, benefits, legislative requirements and specification considerations for using Sustainable Construction Materials in construction projects. Important green design concepts such as "cradle to cradle" and embodied energy will be presented presented. Trainer:Ph.D Bogdan Draganescu - Smart & Pepper Consulting
A full day course dedicated to understanding how to design, construct and operate green Workspaces. The course presented key information on various sustainable office solutions. It included developing a green office program as well as achieving internationally recognized green building certification.
Project partners RoGBC, biblionet, Corporate Office Solutions, Dico&Tiganas, Dexion, InterfaceFLOR and WSP met on the 11th of November to finalize the design concepts for the sustainable renovation of the library in Cacica. This event concluded with the issuance of a comprehensive project plan.
Procter & Gamble recently opened its greenest manufacturing facility in the world in Urlati, Romania; a factory with an exemplary level of sustainabilitydesigned from the project inception by renown green architects McDonough Partners. The RoGBC hosted a technical discussion with the project leader, Mr. Jacques Euler from P&G who provided interesting details of the green features of the building, the project experience, lessons learned, and the company's vision with regard to its buildings and sustainability in its products.
In the current economic downturn, Romania should bet on infrastructure development projects for roads and utilities as a source for economic growth. Forum Invest invited you at the first edition of Infrasturcture, Urban Development & Interior Architecture Forum. Mr. Steven Borncamp, President of the RoGBC participated with a presentation on "The rapid growth of green buildings in the CEE region".
A full day course focused on Sustainable Landscape Design and related topics. Sustainable Landscaping is an important component for building projects seeking internationally recognized green buildings certifications such as LEED, BREEAM or DGNB certificates. Topics included: site analysis, design considerations, plant selection, and installation for successful results and maintenance. Trainer - Ms. Katja Perrey - Katja Perrey Landscapes
We were pleased to invite you to discuss about the advantages of building green and the opportunities that exist on the market in Romania and in the CEE region. We talked about what is the Romania Green Building Council, what are the council's activities and about the plan for the local branch "RoGBC Transylvania" that was launched on September 30th. Access to the event was invitation based.
At 5:30pm, Representatives of the Romania Green Building Council's delegation to this year's "Greenbuild" conference, international forum, and exposition in Chicago provided a recap of the week-long event discussing trends and developments related to the growth of the sector.
At 6pm, the U.S. Embassy hosted a live webchat organized by the U.S. State Department to prepare for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun (COP 16). The topic was "Local Partnerships for City Adaptation and Air Pollution in Megacities". Following the webchat was an opportunity for discussion and networking for the participants.
A full day course to educate professionals on the importance of selecting a proper site for the purposes of constructing and operating green building.
A half day workshop to equip real estate developers and investors, valuers, financiers, facility managers, architects, engineers, project managers and other stakeholders with a better understanding of the ways in which sustainability affects the level or risk, and subsequently the value, associated with a green building.
RoGBC invited all green aficionados willing to share an evening together with us and our collaborators to our Christmas party. The doors were opened from 6 to 9pm, so participants were invited to stop by for some mulled wine, gingerbread, and other season treats.
RoGBC invited all RoGBC Transilvania Founding Members to a Christmas Holiday lunch to celebrate together our success so far with some good wine and other season treats.
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