• February 9, 2012 , RoGBC office, 3:30 pm – 6:00pm

Romania Green Building Council (RoGBC) was pleased to announce a new series of Green Café’s that w discussed legislative outreach topics. The events will be held every two months.

The first meeting from this series we discussed about the Energy Labeling & Ecodesign  Directive that sets environmental requirements for energy using and energy related products.  The discussions was led by Dr. Dorin Beu, Director RoGBC Transilvania, member of the Working Group on energy efficiency issues and lighting equipments from November 2011 organized within the Ministry of Economy and Commerce - Department of Industrial Policy.

We will discuss about:

• European Commission’s rules on implementing the Directive 2009/125 EC regarding the ecodesign  of lighting equipments
• European Commission’s questionnaire on LED’s and lighting equipment
• Romania’s position regarding the above mentioned documents, that was presented in Brusels within the EU level working group on Ecodesign coordinated by the European Commission, DG Energy and Transport.

Who: Participants from all construction disciplines are invited.
When: February 9, 2012, 3:30pm.
When: The RoGBC office (str Ialomicioarei nr 21, sector 1. Bucuresti). Map and directions are available here.
Cost: This event is free of charge but on a "first come, first served" basis. RoGBC members have priority on the registration process until February 3. After this date the event will be opened to the general public.

For registration, please send us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Moderator: Dr.Dorin Beu
Ph.D. Dr. B.Eng.  | reader at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | managing director of B-Lighting SRL | manager of the lighting engineering laboratory at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.

Dr. Beu hold a doctorate degree in Building Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, earned his Ph.D. in ‘daylight offices’ and won research grants from the University of Liverpool, CSTB Grenoble, University of Barcelona and Helsinki University of Technology, where he worked European research projects concerning daylighting, lighting pipes and glazing systems.

Dr. Beu is the chairman of the Romanian Lighting Convention Bucharest 2011 and  lectures at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and manages the university's lighting engineering laboratory. He has participated in several European energy efficiency programs, most recently the ‘European Efficient Residential Lighting Initiative’ (ENRLIN).

Dr. Beu was the lighting and electrical design coordinator for 36 major building projects including the Worldbank/Bucharest, Radiohall/Bucharest, Polus Mall/Cluij, Philharmonic/Cluj and Sigma Towers/Cluj.
Dr. Beu is the editor of the Romanian lighting publication ‘Ingineria Iluminatului’. First author of ‘Tehnica iluminatului în spaţii industriale, birouri şi locuinţe’ published by Mediamira’/Cluj-Napoca, 2001. He co-autored serveral books including ‘Ghid de proiectare a instalaţiilor electrice de joasă tensiune’ (UTC-N, 1995), ‘Managementul instalaţiilor de iluminat “ (Mediamira, 1998) and with Dr. Liisa Halonen the second volume of an interior lighting guide ‘Ghidul Centrului de Ingineria Iluminatului’ (Mediamira, 2000).

His recent activities include acting Director of the ‘Division 3 Interior Lighting’ from Romania National Lighting Committee and directing the Romanian Green Building Council Transylvania Chapter.