Thursday, 29th September, 9 of PRISPa team’s members, attended the RoGBC – Environment, Technology and Design conference, organized at the University of Architecture and urbanism “Ion Mincu”. We were given the opportunity to find out new things about sustainability, about Romanian and European legislation regarding the construction market and its implementation process, as well as what is Romania’s direction as far as green buildings are concerned.
PRISPA hits the books
Starting this September, PRISPA boasts four students who attend “Romania Green Building Professional – Certification & Training program”. The way RoGBC advertises it, this certification program will increase the market viability of sustainable construction services. on this market, willing to get a hold of more and more new people and ideas.
So what do our students study at RoGBC?
„Sustainable Landscape & Exterior Design” – in easier words, the analysis of the construction site, general thoughts on landscape design, choice of plants, irrigation, putting together the landscape project, site analysis according to LEED and BREEAM requirements, together with Katia Perrey, expert in sustainable landscape projects, from the design phase to actual building and implementation.
” In short, we learn about how important integrated design is – the design of the exterior space is just as important as all the other design bits of a building process. It is only now that we discover how significant the implications and the complications generated by this type of design, can be.
Sustainable landscaping is amazing, because it uses both old tricks and latest technologies in order to achieve various purposes. Therefore, sustainable landscaping becomes a powerful instrument as far as both the creation and the revival of a healthy environment are concerned, thus encouraging the products and craftsmanship of local communities and markets, thus creating and restoring a healthy environment.”
~ Irina Moţ, trainee (stud. arh., Project Architect, PRISPA)
What else? „Legal Requirements and Voluntary Certification for Green Buildings”, under close guidance of Luiza Manolea,and Elena Rastei.
“A class dedicated to the legislation aspects regarding sustainable construction could only be welcome, because after this class, regulations regarding the energetic efficiency an managing construction waste actually start to look like tools which we could use in our favor, rather than obstacles which we can’t overcome.”
~ Cătălin Caraza, trainee (MA student, ing., Construction Manager, PRISPA)
More photos from this event could be found on RoGBC Flickr account, here.
