The program includes financing for renovation projects to increase the energy performance of public buildings, as well as education programs and public information campaigns about energy efficiency in buildings.
“To ensure a sustainable energy future, our energy consumption must be responsible and efficient. This is also the purpose of this program, to show how, through energy efficiency, all of us can eliminate waste and contribute to a cleaner environment. Romania Eficientă has proved it can make a difference and we’ll continue to support it,” said Christina Verchere, CEO of OMV Petrom.
Through this new phase of the Romania Eficienta program, two educational units in Ovidiu (Constanta County) and Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Mehedinti County) will be rehabilitated and modernized in order to be brought to an almost zero energy consumption standard (nZEB). The renovation includes the thermal insulation of the external walls, the terrace and the flooring with energy-efficient materials, the complete makeover of the existing woodwork by replacing it with an energy-efficient one, equipping with modern lighting systems and putting in place energy generation equipment from renewable sources.
The first phase of the project mainly consisted of educational activities, research-documentation, drafting articles and public dissemination of information about energy efficiency in buildings.
Between June 2019 and November 2022, the following actions were carried out within the Romania Eficienta project: studies, reports and policy papers regarding the policies and regulations specific to energy efficiency in buildings, the multiple benefits of investment projects in this sector, as well as the available financing programs; the completion and launch of the Energy Efficiency Calculator, an online application for calculating energy savings in residential buildings in Romania; the organization of three editions of the Efficient Romania Forum, an international conference dedicated to energy efficiency in buildings, which has become an annual landmark at the South-Eastern European level both for experts and regional industries, as well as for national and European authorities; organizing education and information campaigns in universities and schools.