• February 3 - "Romania Green Building Professional" Series

A full day course focused on best practices for managing successful green building projects. The course covers, 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.

The prices for attending this course are:

• RoGBC member - individual -> 125 Euro
• Non-member - individual -> 195 Euro

The course will be held in English without providing translation services.

For registration to this course only, please click here.

For discounts and the complete ten course program please click here.

Trainers:

Steven Beckers, C2C accredited Architect, Founding Partner, Lateral Thinking Factory

Since completion of his architectural studies diploma work in 1984, Mr. Beckers developed a global approach on sustainability in architecture and urban planning.  This approach began with the Meknes Hotel project featuring natural climate control, local materials and labour, water treatment and contextual/cultural approaches. The project was honoured with the Aga Khan and “African Technical Association” prize. A year later, his project for the Wilson Palace in association with the Geneva Gaillard Architect firm was awarded the jury prize on environmental urban planning.

Steven was European director of the London firm EPR architects from 1986 till 1996 and was a founding member of Architecturo EEIG in 1990. The European group responsible for sustainable projects in France, UK and Portugal won the 1996 Green Office European award with the EXPO 98 Headquarters in Lisbon.   As Head of Architecture for Berlaymont 2000, He was responsible for the 250 million Euro restructuring of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels which is recognized as a European Commission benchmark in sustainability and was awarded the PLEA Passive and Low Energy Architecture award in Cambridge 2000. From 2000 till 2010, Steven was a partner with Art&Build Architects; a firm selected by Greenpeace for their headquarters in Brussels, by the
Council of Europe for Agora , Pharmacopea and nursery buildings in Stsburg (receiving BEX, MIPIM, LEAF and RICS prizes). Steven initiated, with AG Real Estate for Carré 92 HQE&BBC a 15 hectare
development in Gennevilliers, France and with Equilis the 30 hectare Waterwalk Cradle2Cradle urban regeneration in Brussels.

Steven Beckers is now an independent registered Cradle to Cradle architect/consultant, Master of Conference at BATir ULB university, vice president of Seco building control, founding member of Local
Solutions Development Group ASBL already active in Africa and founding partner of “Lateral Thinking Factory”; supporting projects according to Cradle to Cradle principles with a multidisciplinary network of world experts that include c2c authors Dr. Michael Braungart and Architect William Mc Donough.

Steven Borncamp, President Romania Green Building Council

Mr. Borncamp is a founder of the RoGBC with extensive experience helping to develop a comprehensive and proficient marketplace of green building solution providers and building projects. Steve is currently leading three exemplary green building projects and has over ten years of successful project management experience. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.

The course will be held at the RoGBC office - str Ialomicioarei, nr 21, district 1. Map is available here.