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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 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 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
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 [...]
January 21st, 2011
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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