Seminars

On February 23, 2017, at 14:00, at the CONEST headquarters on Metalurgiei Boulevard, No. 2, Iași, the seminar "Principles of Environmental Protection Applied in Construction" took place.

During the first part of the presentation, Associate Professor Dr. Eng. Brîndușa Mihaela Slușer highlighted the main aspects of environmental permitting in the construction sector.

During the seminar, information about sources of pollutant emissions and types of environmental impact was presented.

Furthermore, aspects related to pollution prevention and control were addressed, emphasizing environmental protection measures and principles of ecological building design during the seminar.

More details about the seminar can be obtained by accessing this document.

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On March 15, 2017, at 16:00, at the headquarters of S.C. Brikston S.A., 176 Chișinăului Avenue, Iași, the seminar "Sustainability of Eco-Innovative Products for Energy Efficiency in Construction and Their Environmental Impact" took place.

During the presentation, Professor Dr. Ing. Carmen Teodosiu highlighted the main eco-innovative materials used in construction.

Within the seminar, information regarding the energy efficiency of eco-innovative materials and the criteria for selecting materials for eco-sustainable construction were presented.

Additionally, aspects related to the sustainability of eco-innovative materials and the tools used for their evaluation were addressed during the seminar.

More details about the seminar can be obtained by accessing this document.

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On April 21, 2017, at 12:00, at the Faculty of Construction and Installations, ground floor, room 0.1, Iași, 1 Prof. Dr. Doc. Dimitrie Mangeron Street, the seminar "Principles of Eco-Sustainability Applied in Construction. Green Buildings - Principles and Benefits" took place.

During the seminar, information about the status of green building implementation in Romania and the United Kingdom was presented.

Furthermore, the main benefits of green buildings were listed, and the motivations behind their creation were highlighted.

Additionally, the principles of designing and constructing green buildings were addressed.

During the seminar, the methods of certifying green buildings (such as BREEAM, LEED, etc.) were also presented.

More details about the seminar can be obtained by accessing this document.

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On May 30, 2017, at 14:00, at the Faculty of Construction and Installations, ground floor, room 0.1, Iași, 1 Prof. Dr. Doc. Dimitrie Mangeron Street, the seminar "Report on the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources or High-Efficiency Systems in Construction" took place.

The seminar was initiated with a well-documented argumentation of the topic through the implementation of European/worldwide energy directives and policies, with a particular impact on the field of the built environment, considering that traditional energy resources are expected to deplete after the year 2050.

The general trends in energy policies of reducing consumption and shifting energy generation policies from centralized to local and integrating sources, with a focus on reducing environmental impact, were highlighted, with numerous economic and social implications.

The most realistic prediction for the evolution of energy generation technologies is heading towards solar energy, which is the cleanest form and the source from which other forms of energy, such as wind energy, geothermal energy, biomass utilization, energy from water movement, tidal power, and last but not least, "zero-point" energy (so-called "free energy"), which is the most recent area of research interest, all derive from.

The theme of solar energy, its methods of generation, and the sources of harnessing "clean energy" were particularly developed, as well as solar energy conversion systems into usable forms of energy. Various types of collectors and storage systems (existing on the market or only in project form), PV solar cells, solar concentrators, co-generation systems, etc., were presented.

The report concluded with an extensive discussion on the topics presented, with questions/answers from the participants.

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On July 6, 2017, at 13:00, in the Aula of "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University in Iași, Building A, Copou Boulevard, Iași, the seminar "Eco-innovation - a path to sustainable production and consumption" took place.

The seminar started with a presentation of the state of eco-innovation at the European level, highlighting Romania's current situation in relation to the European Union's average.

During the seminar, the main concerns regarding eco-innovation in the field of construction materials were illustrated.

The results of using recycled metal fibers from worn-out tires were extensively illustrated in the presentation.

At the same time, the methods for using recycled rubber from used tires to obtain structural elements of high deformability reinforced concrete were presented.

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On July 14, 2017, at 12:00, the seminar "Improving the Energy Performance of Current Products Used in Civil, Industrial, and Agricultural Construction" took place at the headquarters of the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Ground Floor, Room 0.1, located at 1 Prof. Dr. Doc. Dimitrie Mangeron Street, Iași.

The seminar began with a presentation of the main characteristics that describe the energy performance of buildings.

During the seminar, thermal insulation products that can be used in civil, industrial, and agricultural construction were presented.

Additionally, the main software products that can be used in mass transfer analysis were highlighted.

During the seminar, the main laboratory testing methods for assessing the energy performance of products used in the construction industry were also presented.

More details about the seminar can be obtained by accessing this document.

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On July 14, 2017, at 13:00, the seminar "Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of Buildings through Passive Methods. Details and Principles of Ecological Architecture" took place at the headquarters of the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Ground Floor, Room 0.1, located at 1 Prof. Dr. Doc. Dimitrie Mangeron Street, Iași.

The seminar began with a classification of houses based on their energy efficiency.

The ways in which the thermal inertia of materials can be utilized to achieve energy-efficient constructions were presented.

During the seminar, a range of architectural solutions for passive housing was illustrated, with a case study from the locality of Iași being presented.

More details about the seminar can be obtained by accessing this document.

The event poster can be consulted here.