Understanding complex systems

March 29th, 2012

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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 [...]

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Enova Konferanse , Trondheim 24-25 january 2012

January 26th, 2012

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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 [...]

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A new project developed by DAC architecture

January 21st, 2012

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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 [...]

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Planned Obsolescence or why do we have to change the iPod periodically

December 31st, 2011

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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).

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Speaker at the 2nd International Conference – Passive House

November 9th, 2011

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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 [...]

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Bildøy-Coastal Town

November 7th, 2011

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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 [...]

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the holiday is over

August 19th, 2011

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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 [...]

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After the Passive House Conference in Oslo

June 17th, 2011

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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, [...]

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Earth Hour 2011

March 25th, 2011

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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 [...]

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The magic of LED lighting on Bryggen

March 11th, 2011

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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 [...]

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internship_the_HUB_bergen

February 2nd, 2011

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Design & architecture intern How about putting your skills to work for an engaging idea? The HUB Bergen is a social innovation organisation where people, ideas and solutions meet. The Hub offers tools and working space for developing ideas, launching projects and establishing businesses for social and environmental change. The Hub is established in over [...]

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6 steps

January 21st, 2011

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A poster sent to COOP Cluj , an exhibition / manifest for urban problems, mainly caused by the autocracy of cars. Unfortunately the text was in ROmanian, but on the other hand the sketches should be clear enough:)

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Finanshus in Bergen

October 30th, 2010

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New Finance House inBergen, SparebankVest Headquarters

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