The Chancellery of the Prime Minister and PIVOT-C, in collaboration with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, are organizing the CIRCULARIO conference, scheduled for Thursday, October 3, 2024, starting at 10:30 a.m., in the HUB building of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), str. George Barițiu no. 4-6.
https://sustainability.utcluj.ro/storage/2024/10/circulario.jpg3421376Razvan Nicuhttp://sustainability.utcluj.ro/storage/2024/07/logo_utcn.pngRazvan Nicu2024-10-02 07:34:542024-10-21 07:37:54The CIRCULARIO conference, an event organized by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
At the end of June, at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, there was support for the projects developed by the students of the postgraduate programs “Solutions and actions for the decarbonization of companies” and “Audit for energy transition”, financed by the LIFE project “Energy transition audits towards decarbonization” (EnTRAINER).
Environmental Engineering students from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) announce a large-scale greening of the Hoia Forest on the occasion of World Environment Day. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, starting at 10:00 a.m.
This initiative comes in the context of a growing need to protect and preserve the environment, the Hoia Forest being an emblematic and precious place for the Cluj community. The students, together with the teaching staff from Environmental Engineering – UTCN, want to draw attention to the importance of maintaining a clean and healthy environment, demonstrating, through concrete actions, that each of us can contribute to protecting nature.
A bus with hydrogen-based fuel will circulate these days on the streets of the city of Cluj, foreshadowing a new era in urban mobility.
The initiative, as part of the JIVE projects supported and financed by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, belongs to the Pimaria of the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, in partnership with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN). The launch took place on Thursday, May 9, in the presence of local authorities, and the test bus will leave from Cluj to Galati and then to Greece, Bosnia Herzegovina and Bulgaria
Starting from 01.03.2024, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), through the members of the Research Center for Energy Transition (EnTReC), started the implementation of the project Positive Energy Districts driven by citizens (PERSIST), financed by the Executive Unit for Funding for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFSCDI) and co-financed by the European Commission.
On the occasion of World Energy Efficiency Day, the Department of Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development Entrepreneurship within the Faculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering will organize on March 5, 2024, starting at 09:00, the event entitled “Sustainability and energy efficiency “.
The purpose of this event is to educate and inspire participants about the importance and benefits of sustainability and energy efficiency in various areas of life, including business, communities and individual homes.
https://sustainability.utcluj.ro/storage/2024/10/foto-biogaz.jpg12262449Razvan Nicuhttp://sustainability.utcluj.ro/storage/2024/07/logo_utcn.pngRazvan Nicu2024-03-05 06:37:192024-10-14 06:39:57Sustainability and energy efficiency event with industrial partners on the occasion of World Energy Efficiency Day
Between January 22 and 26, the Bio-crafting Architecture exhibition organized at the Youth Center, Iuliu Maniu street, 1, by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of our university will take place. The opening will take place on Monday, January 22 from 6:00 p.m., and the exhibition will include the works of 3rd and 4th year students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU), developed in a digital manufacturing workshop, 3D modeling and printing and bio- materials. Bio-crafting is the result of a mobility project for young researchers from the diaspora, funded by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, in which the collaboration between teaching staff from Aalborg University, Denmark and the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism was fruitful.
“Technologies and Techniques to Support Sustainable Education in the Academic Sphere” PEDAGOGY 5.0 – creativity, entrepreneurship, flexibility and thinking outside the box
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca carried out, in partnership with Cluj-Napoca City Hall, a project to build photovoltaic power plants, financed by the “Program for energy in Romania”, through the EEA and Norway financial mechanisms, 2014 – 2021. The 144 of photovoltaic panels have an installed power of 44 kWp and were installed on the gym of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca located on Bulevardul Muncii. An energy production of 42 MWh is estimated
The students and professors of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) participated, for the first time for Romania, in the World Solar Challenge competition, with a solar vehicle built by the UTCN team and powered exclusively by solar energy. The competition started on October 22 and took place over a period of 7 days, during which the participants crossed the Australian continent from north to south, over a distance of 3000 km, between Darwin and Adelaide. The World Solar Challenge is the most important competition in the world of solar vehicles and involves a difficult route, on highways, but also in desert areas.
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The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) is honored to announce the launch of the BIGALPS Project, an EIC Transition type project, which aims to revolutionize the field of soil stabilization. This project, financed by the (EIC) European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency through the program HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITION01 and SERI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland), represents the first project of this type won in Romania.
On the occasion of the launch of the project, UTCN Rector, Prof. Dr. Eng. Vasile Țopa emphasized its importance and uniqueness: “It is a special achievement for the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and offers a unique opportunity to contribute actively, through innovation and technological transfer, to the achievement of the objectives set at both the national and European level, in terms of reducing our CO2 footprint and creating a safer and healthier environment for our society.”
https://sustainability.utcluj.ro/storage/2024/10/BIGALPS_logo-06-1.png7051355Razvan Nicuhttp://sustainability.utcluj.ro/storage/2024/07/logo_utcn.pngRazvan Nicu2023-10-14 06:57:502024-10-14 06:58:20The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca launches the EIC BIGALPS project – a green revolution in the stabilization of landslides and erosion
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, through the Energy Transition Research Center – EnTReC, together with 22 partners from 8 countries European countries (Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and Romania) are launching the Horizon 2020 – Renewable ENergy-based Positive Homes (RENplusHOMES) project.
With a duration of 42 months and a value of 6 million Euros, the project aims to develop a generally valid methodology regarding Energy Positive Houses (residential buildings that present a surplus of energy from renewable sources), to facilitate the transition to a neutral future from climatic point of view.
Implemented in four pilot sites in Austria, Spain, Estonia and Romania (Mărăști Student Complex), the project will propose technical solutions for both new constructions and renovations. The goal is to “create buildings”, which have a net positive impact on the environment and which drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition, project partners are actively working to develop business models for energy communities that are both cost and energy efficient. RENpusHOMES will test and validate solutions for Case Pozitiv Energetic with the potential for replicability throughout Europe.
Between May 24 and 26, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) participates in Cluj Innovation Days, an event that takes place at the Grand Hotel Italia and is dedicated to innovation, entrepreneurship and the creation of interprofessional and intersectoral collaborations for the emergence of new business models with societal impact. This year’s edition number XI is marked by the launch of the Digital Innovation Center for Society – DIH4 Society – proposed by the consortium led by Cluj IT Cluster and formed by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, the Bistrița-Năsăud Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the University from Oradea. The launch took place at the opening of Thursday, May 25, in the presence of the representatives of the project partners.
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca is a partner in the local project to equip a tram from the Cluj-Napoca Public Transport Company (CTP) fleet with a frontal collision warning system developed by Bosch, called Tram Forward Collision Warning (TFCW), under the patronage of Cluj City Hall. The tram was inaugurated on Thursday, May 18, in the presence of representatives of the partners in the project.
The CIRCULARIO conference, an event organized by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
The Chancellery of the Prime Minister and PIVOT-C, in collaboration with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, are organizing the CIRCULARIO conference, scheduled for Thursday, October 3, 2024, starting at 10:30 a.m., in the HUB building of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), str. George Barițiu no. 4-6.
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Entrainer courses
At the end of June, at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, there was support for the projects developed by the students of the postgraduate programs “Solutions and actions for the decarbonization of companies” and “Audit for energy transition”, financed by the LIFE project “Energy transition audits towards decarbonization” (EnTRAINER).
FULL NEWS
Green Day
Environmental Engineering students from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) announce a large-scale greening of the Hoia Forest on the occasion of World Environment Day. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, starting at 10:00 a.m.
This initiative comes in the context of a growing need to protect and preserve the environment, the Hoia Forest being an emblematic and precious place for the Cluj community. The students, together with the teaching staff from Environmental Engineering – UTCN, want to draw attention to the importance of maintaining a clean and healthy environment, demonstrating, through concrete actions, that each of us can contribute to protecting nature.
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JIVE- Clean Hydrogen Partnership Project
A bus with hydrogen-based fuel will circulate these days on the streets of the city of Cluj, foreshadowing a new era in urban mobility.
The initiative, as part of the JIVE projects supported and financed by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, belongs to the Pimaria of the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, in partnership with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN). The launch took place on Thursday, May 9, in the presence of local authorities, and the test bus will leave from Cluj to Galati and then to Greece, Bosnia Herzegovina and Bulgaria
Persist project Positive energy districts driven by citizens
Starting from 01.03.2024, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), through the members of the Research Center for Energy Transition (EnTReC), started the implementation of the project Positive Energy Districts driven by citizens (PERSIST), financed by the Executive Unit for Funding for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFSCDI) and co-financed by the European Commission.
FULL NEWS
Sustainability and energy efficiency event with industrial partners on the occasion of World Energy Efficiency Day
On the occasion of World Energy Efficiency Day, the Department of Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development Entrepreneurship within the Faculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering will organize on March 5, 2024, starting at 09:00, the event entitled “Sustainability and energy efficiency “.
The purpose of this event is to educate and inspire participants about the importance and benefits of sustainability and energy efficiency in various areas of life, including business, communities and individual homes.
FULL NEWS
BioCrafting Architecture
Between January 22 and 26, the Bio-crafting Architecture exhibition organized at the Youth Center, Iuliu Maniu street, 1, by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of our university will take place. The opening will take place on Monday, January 22 from 6:00 p.m., and the exhibition will include the works of 3rd and 4th year students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU), developed in a digital manufacturing workshop, 3D modeling and printing and bio- materials. Bio-crafting is the result of a mobility project for young researchers from the diaspora, funded by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, in which the collaboration between teaching staff from Aalborg University, Denmark and the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism was fruitful.
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EL@RA CONFERENCE
“Technologies and Techniques to Support Sustainable Education in the Academic Sphere” PEDAGOGY 5.0 – creativity, entrepreneurship, flexibility and thinking outside the box
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Photovoltaic plant project
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca carried out, in partnership with Cluj-Napoca City Hall, a project to build photovoltaic power plants, financed by the “Program for energy in Romania”, through the EEA and Norway financial mechanisms, 2014 – 2021. The 144 of photovoltaic panels have an installed power of 44 kWp and were installed on the gym of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca located on Bulevardul Muncii. An energy production of 42 MWh is estimated
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TUCN solar engine in World Solar Challenge competition Australia
The students and professors of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) participated, for the first time for Romania, in the World Solar Challenge competition, with a solar vehicle built by the UTCN team and powered exclusively by solar energy. The competition started on October 22 and took place over a period of 7 days, during which the participants crossed the Australian continent from north to south, over a distance of 3000 km, between Darwin and Adelaide. The World Solar Challenge is the most important competition in the world of solar vehicles and involves a difficult route, on highways, but also in desert areas.
FULL NEWS
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca launches the EIC BIGALPS project – a green revolution in the stabilization of landslides and erosion
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) is honored to announce the launch of the BIGALPS Project, an EIC Transition type project, which aims to revolutionize the field of soil stabilization. This project, financed by the (EIC) European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency through the program HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITION01 and SERI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland), represents the first project of this type won in Romania.
On the occasion of the launch of the project, UTCN Rector, Prof. Dr. Eng. Vasile Țopa emphasized its importance and uniqueness: “It is a special achievement for the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and offers a unique opportunity to contribute actively, through innovation and technological transfer, to the achievement of the objectives set at both the national and European level, in terms of reducing our CO2 footprint and creating a safer and healthier environment for our society.”
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Green Energy technology
THEMATIC SCHOOL DEDICATED TO UTCN GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS 10-12 OCTOBER 2023
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Renewable ENergy-based Positive Homes (RENplusHOMES)
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, through the Energy Transition Research Center – EnTReC, together with 22 partners from 8 countries European countries (Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and Romania) are launching the Horizon 2020 – Renewable ENergy-based Positive Homes (RENplusHOMES) project.
With a duration of 42 months and a value of 6 million Euros, the project aims to develop a generally valid methodology regarding Energy Positive Houses (residential buildings that present a surplus of energy from renewable sources), to facilitate the transition to a neutral future from climatic point of view.
Implemented in four pilot sites in Austria, Spain, Estonia and Romania (Mărăști Student Complex), the project will propose technical solutions for both new constructions and renovations. The goal is to “create buildings”, which have a net positive impact on the environment and which drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition, project partners are actively working to develop business models for energy communities that are both cost and energy efficient. RENpusHOMES will test and validate solutions for Case Pozitiv Energetic with the potential for replicability throughout Europe.
FULL NEWS
Cluj Innovation days
Between May 24 and 26, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) participates in Cluj Innovation Days, an event that takes place at the Grand Hotel Italia and is dedicated to innovation, entrepreneurship and the creation of interprofessional and intersectoral collaborations for the emergence of new business models with societal impact. This year’s edition number XI is marked by the launch of the Digital Innovation Center for Society – DIH4 Society – proposed by the consortium led by Cluj IT Cluster and formed by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, the Bistrița-Năsăud Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the University from Oradea. The launch took place at the opening of Thursday, May 25, in the presence of the representatives of the project partners.
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Transforming urban mobility
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca is a partner in the local project to equip a tram from the Cluj-Napoca Public Transport Company (CTP) fleet with a frontal collision warning system developed by Bosch, called Tram Forward Collision Warning (TFCW), under the patronage of Cluj City Hall. The tram was inaugurated on Thursday, May 18, in the presence of representatives of the partners in the project.
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