Use of unconventional energy resources in Romania in new buildings or in renovating new ones is still a pioneering activity, hence a correct design that can be replicated across other buildings is yet to be found, said architect Gabriela Tabacu, a professor at University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu, at Build Green CEE.
Archive for April, 2008
RES still to go in mass use in building projects Build Green CEE
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Poligraphic services buildings in Sofia to become class A offices
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Bulgarian Land Development BLD fund, registered at the London stock exchange, announced the purchase of five buildings from Dimitar Blagoev Printing House in Sofia. The buyer, a joint venture between BLD and private investor Norhtridge Capital, acquired a gross actual area of 29 000 sq m, Investor.bg said.
Build Green CEE conference opens
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Buildings account for 37 per cent of overall energy consumption. In fact, buildings and transport collectively emit 50 per cent of overall green emissions, participants in the Building Green CEE Energy Efficient and Ecological Design for the Region conference concluded at the opening panel on April 23. The twoday conference, ending on April 24, is taking place in Bucharest, Romania.
Building green is costly but is the future Building Green CEE
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008With some exceptions, design, construction and operation of energy efficient buildings is a costly undertaking. Yet it will drive market transformation and become the norm in the future. This was the message of the second panel of the Build Green CEE conference in Bucharest.
Winslow Gardens turned first sod on April 23
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008The first sod was turned on the Winslow Gardens residential project in Sofias Manastirski Livadi borough, investor.bg reported.With this, developer investment firm Winslow Developments, starts work on the first stage of the gated community, which will cost 105 million leva and is scheduled for completion in mid2010.
ING RED to develop mixedtype real estate project in Bucharest
Monday, April 21st, 2008ING Real Estate Development ING RED, the real estate branch of the ING group, was planning to start a largescale real estate project in the centre of Bucharest, Investor.bg said.
Construction behind Russian Church in Sofia called off
Monday, April 21st, 2008The proposal for construction of a building immediately behind the Russian Church in the centre of Sofia was withdrawn on April 22 by the same person who entered the proposal, Sofias chief architect Petar Dikov.Dikov said he annulled the proposal because he had not seen the drawing for the project, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik said.
Balchik wants to buy back land containing ancient temple of Kibela
Monday, April 21st, 2008The Balchik municipality has expressed interest in buying back the plot of land on which the remains of the ancient temple of Kibela the ancient goddess Cybele had been discovered. A buyback however, would take a significant chunk out of the municipal budget, Bulgarian news agency BTA quoted Balchik mayor Nikolai Angelov as saying.
Parkridge ready to build 30M euro Veliko Turnovo mall
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Commercial property developer Parkridge wants to build the second mall in the town of Veliko Turnovo and has already held talks with mayor Roumen Rashev on the issue, Dnevnik daily reported on April 21.Parkridge is ready to invest 30 million leva in a multipurpose commercial project, which would spread on a plot of around 1.5ha, Rashev said, as quoted by Dnevnik.
Office, industrial areas drive real estate market up BalPEx
Sunday, April 20th, 2008At last years edition of Balkan property exhibition BalPEx, vacation real estate in resorts were everyones darlings, but this year it looks like malls, office buildings and industrial parks will be the main drivers of growth on the real estate market, Dnevnik daily reported on April 21.The vacation segment of the market is oversaturated, causing investors to look elsewhere, according to the daily. As a consequence, a large number of projects presented at this years edition of BalPEx, which ended on April 20, were for commercial and industrial real estate.