37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 237IMPLEMENTING THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT IN THERMAL REHABILITATION OFRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN ROMANIALecturer PhD Eng. Nicoleta COBIRZAN, Reader PhD Eng. Anca POPA, Lecturer PhD Eng.Claudiu ACIU, Professor PhD Eng. Mariana BRUMARUDepartment of Buildings, Foundations and Building MaterialsTechnical University of Cluj-Napoca; Faculty of Civil Engineering25, G. Baritiu Street; 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romaniae-mail: Nicoleta.Cobarzan@cif.utcluj.roKey words: sustainable development, environmental pollution, energy efficiencyAbstractThe rapid growth of the global population as well as the improvement of the quality of life inthe last decades, implicitely lead to an increased energy consumption in both, economicallydeveloped and developing countries. The excessive energy consumption as a result ofconstruction, maintenance and operation of buildings, generation of wastes as a result of theconstruction or maintenance processes and the improper land use, may have catastrophiceffects globally as well as locally if not carefully analysed in the design stage. The paperpresents a theoretical analysis of the factors influencing the design of residential buildings inthe context of sustainable development in order to diminish the environmental impact, alsoallowing the performance, during the exploitation/operation period, of certain modernisationworks that are necessary for adapting them to the requirements of the new generations.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 132