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April 29th, 2012
On the much debated decission made by the Norwegian government last week about having all the new buildings at the Passive House standard, BA has interviewed arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru, from DAC architecture regarding the chances to fulfill the standards by 2015.In the same article were interviewd Steinar Anda from Husbanken and Tor Helge Dokka [...]
April 13th, 2012
Here are the offices that make up the Architectural Quartal: DAC architecture EN til EN O-A-R OPA form siv.ark.Amund Nordland siv.ark.Tor Solhaug siv.ark.Teresa Fersum Smedsvig Landskap Du kan finne oss her på Øvre Korskirkesmauet 2b
March 29th, 2012
Probably you have heard quite often when you are trying to touch the topic of sustainability at the day-to-day level, the argument that “my change of habits as individual is not going to make any difference”. And that is a “reasonable” argument when the people are making a clear division between small scale events and planet size [...]
March 16th, 2012
In a very simple and clean TED talk, Paul Gilding is analysing what happens to our planet now, and the consequences we are facing for not acting. Even if at the rational level we know that we can´t trick the laws of physics and that we are using 1,5 Planet Earth at the moment, we [...]
March 13th, 2012
A new project developed by DAC architecture, this time a set of row houses developed in Bergen, Norway. The project deals not only with energy efficiency but also is tackling the areal efficiency. Taking about energy efficiency without taking also about areal efficiency is a non-sense. Therefore DAC architecture is addressing this issues like multigenerational [...]
January 26th, 2012
So, another Enova Conference went by with interesting and not so interesting presentations. But most of them interesting and full of energy and hope that finally the things are moving into the right direction here in “the oil nation”. Anyway the starting movie, linked above shows a lot of optimism, and that´s always good!:) And [...]
January 21st, 2012
A Passive House like no others:) The house is part of a new series of houses developed by DAC architecture at the Passive House standard. The house are going to be prefabricated, using sustainable materials. Details will come soon, and also the other 3 houses developed as part of the project. For more detaisl please [...]
December 31st, 2011
A very interesting documentary about planned obsolescence or better said planned disposal of our goods. A documentary about why do we have to buy so often things to keep the economy rooling and growing as a prerequisite of our “consumerist society”. (the Documentary was broadcasted on NRK2 a while ago).
November 9th, 2011
Arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru has been invited by REECO and ISPE as a speaker for the 2nd International Passive House Conference in South- Eastern Europe , held in Bucharest. The Conference is focusing on both products for Passive Houses and policies to implement energy efficiency at a larger scale. Arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru is going [...]
November 7th, 2011
DAC architecture, through arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru congratulates Røy-Edy Lie, from Liegruppen, for getting the regulation plan approved for his dream Bildøy-the coastal town. arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru has worked on the project while being employed at Link Signatur in Bergen. You can read more about it in this article from BT and see the [...]
August 21st, 2011
On May 27th 2011, arch Daniel C. Tabacaru, our certified Passive House Architect, had a lecture for the Bergen Kommune, Buildings Department. The Lecture was a result of an invitation from Bergen Kommune for a consulting services regarding the Passive House standard for new and refurbished buildings in Bergen area. The professional environment allowed an in depth analysis of the [...]
August 19th, 2011
After a very relaxing summer holiday, with a lot of sun, good food and late-night chats with friends and glasses of wine, here we are back on the track at full capacity. A lot of things are happening: Passive House projects, consultancy services, lectures on energy efficiency and Passive House-concept and urban-fill inn structures. But [...]
June 17th, 2011
It was an interesting day with different type of professionals attending the maine national conference on Passive House. It was interesting because there were invited both parties the supporters and the deniers/ skeptical. But in the end the conclusions was unanimous: the Passive House is a good concept, that works without any problems in Norway, [...]
May 20th, 2011
Bellow there is an interview published in BA about the extra costs for a Passive House in Norway and the subsequent support from ENOVA. Read the whole article here
April 24th, 2011
There are a lot of people that have something to say about Passive Houses. But not all of them knowing what a Passive House is. The result of this is the spread of a new type of folklore: The Passive House Myths:) The Norwegian Housing Bank (Husbanken) made a short movie (in Norwegian though) about [...]
April 23rd, 2011
As part of the Open lectures and Debates on Sustainability, arch. Harald N. Røstvik invited arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru to give a lecture about the hot topic of Passive Houses. The lecture will continue with an open debate about the subject and pros and cons in the Norwegian and European context. The lecture will take [...]
March 25th, 2011
Please remember to turn off the light this coming Saturday, 26 th of MArch between 2030 and 2130. It is just for 60 minutes from your life, but think about the impact it might have as there will be 1,3 billions doing the same thing as you, as there were last year, in 2010. Just [...]
March 11th, 2011
This week I´ve been part of a fascinating course in LED light design and implementation of it, organized by NUDA and Philips Lighting Scandinavia. During the 2 days, we had the chance to learn about the LED technology, the energy efficiency of it, and the almost unlimited posibilities of using it in lighting architecture. Also [...]
February 2nd, 2011
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