BACAU, ROMANIA

Project description

Category
New build
Climate
Humid Continental Mild Summer, Wet All Year(Dfb)
Building type
Single family house
Surface area
75m2 m2
Architect
R. Pana
Year of renovation
2012
Main contractor
Students team (architecture, civil engineering)
Original construction year
2012
Country
Romania

In 2012, Saint-Gobain completed work on the build of a positive energy house in Margineni near the city of Bacau in Romania.

We successfully applied Saint-Gobain's principles to build better, to create a wooden house that delivers optimum all-round comfort and a positive energy balance.

The project was named ‘Green Education Initiative of the Year 2011’ by the Romanian Green Building Council and subsequently won an Energy Efficiency award in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 competition.

Highlights and challenges


This residential project successfully connected the present to the past by applying, in new and different ways, a range of forms, textures and techniques found in traditional Romanian culture to create a comfortable and sustainable house.

Increased energy efficiency
Energy consumption :
100 kWh/m².yr
Energy balance :
26.7 kWh/m².yr
Energy production :
126.7 kWh/m².yr
Estimated CO2 savings :
Improved air quality
Airtightness :
0,6 based on info from:
http://www.construction21.org/case-studies/ro/prispa-house-romania.html