The implementation period of a project is 24 months, until March 2025.
The building of the chemical research institute falls into the category of public buildings, being owned by the Romanian state.
The building currently houses the Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering of Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.
TeraPlast SA has signed the financing contract for financial support of about RON 5.5 million (€1.1 million) through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
Romanians will have €1.1 billion available for photovoltaic panels and the energy efficiency of homes.
Compania Națională Aeroporturi Bucharest (CNAB) is running energy efficiency projects that add up to savings of around 4,307 MWh/year.
The town halls of Ploiești, Oradea, and Iași launched tenders for the purchase of 87 electric buses.
Pehart Group, the leading producer of household paper products in Romania and one of the largest tissue paper producers in South-East Europe, is investing this year more than €20 million in the energy efficiency of the production lines of its two factories in Petrești-Sebeș and Dej.
The City Hall of the Capital wants to buy 250 new non-polluting trams. The investment amounts to over €836 million.
51% of Romanian entrepreneurs see sustainability as a way to reduce operational costs, yet the same proportion say implementation is too expensive, according to a new study by BRD Groupe Société Générale. Conducted among micro and small-to-medium enterprises, the research outlines how Romanian entrepreneurs perceive the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to sustainable business models.
The Annual Water Report, based on over 13.5 billion liters of monitored water usage across 5,370 properties in 36 countries, reveals that 67% of properties experience water leakage yearly. With rising water scarcity, increasing tariffs, aging infrastructure, and stricter regulations, property owners are under growing pressure to better understand their water consumption.
Romanian developer Iulius has launched Europe's largest private bioremediation project, investing €29 million to clean 38 hectares of contaminated land in downtown Constanța. The project will transform the former Oil Terminal platform into an integrated urban regeneration complex worth over €800 million.
The European Union is at risk of missing a key United Nations deadline for submitting updated climate targets, as internal disagreements among member states delay a final decision on emissions goals for 2040.
Solar power has rapidly risen to become Hungary's second-largest source of electricity, overtaking gas for the first time in 2024.
