OUR CHALLENGES
Food
Food: In rural localities near the Carei Municipality there are local producers who have the capacity to produce, harvest and sell dairy products, fruits, vegetables, etc. However, local
producers complain that they have nowhere to sell their products and the road infrastructure is deficient to transport their products to the city. What solutions do you propose so that
local producers can sell their products, thus creating a sustainable closed loop ?
RESULT
Goods
Unfortunately, the business market in Alba Iulia Municipality does not have many companies whose object of activity is recycling and waste recovery. What innovative business models would you propose that would generate fully recyclable or reusable products and that would at the same time have a positive impact on the community in Alba Iulia?
RESULT
Design
Piatra Neamț City: The urban landscape of small localities, such as Piatra Neamț is declining due to the less favorable economic conditions and a descdending demographic trend. How do you picture the revitalization of the public space of small towns? Propose solutions to regenerate the landscape and public space in Piatra Neamț, focusing particulary on public parks.
RESULT
Digital
Beclean City: Access to public and cultural services should be facile for all members of the community. Propose smart and easily accessible solutions that increase public
interest in accessing social-cultural activities in Beclean while facilitating access to public/administrative services, taking into account the circular economy.
RESULT
Energy
Buzău Municipality: The punctual physical wear and tear on the elements of electricity distribution systems often leads to blockages and interruptions throughout the electrical
energy system, thus affecting the quality of life in residential areas, in particular. What solutions do you propose for improving the electricity system in residential areas, so that the losses are as small as possible?
RESULT
Building
Over the years, in the industrial area of Ocna Mureș City, pollutants have been released into the environment as a result of normal operation and accidental leaks. Once released, these chemicals have moved to nearby areas by various means (including air, dust and / or water) and currently contribute to the complex nature of pollution in Ocna Mureș.
The most common chemicals handled in most industrial sites are chlorinated solvents, organic chemicals that do not form naturally. Therefore, the battles at Combinat pollute a large
number of hectares in the city, requiring a greening of the area, followed by the identification of ways to capitalize. What solutions can you generate to decontaminate and reuse historically polluted areas in cities?
RESULT
Mobility
The lack of an roundabout way in Făgăraș Municipality leads to high values of traffic volume (including heavy traffic) but also to a noise level above the allowed limits. What
short-term solutions do you see possible for reducing urban traffic and reducing noise pollution?
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Waste
Cugir City: One of the challenges of this city when it comes to implementing the circular economy is the fact that there is no place for storage of construction and demolition waste, which often end up in riverbeds or at the edge of the forest thus polluting the environment. In addition to polluting, this waste could be recovered in new products thus contributing to closing the loop. What solutions do you propose so that the waste resulting from the construction and demolition do not end up being stored improperly and what ways of capitalization
could you find for them? (e.g. new products, energy, etc.)
RESULT
OUR MENTORS
Ramona Tănase
External Cooperation Head of Office at North-East Regional Development
Agency / ADR Nord-Est
Luca Meini
Global Head CIrcular Economy at Enel
Harald Friedl
Circular Activist
Cătălin Popa
Professor, Dr. Eng. Materials Science and Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering
Laura Cutaia
Researcher at ENEA, Italy (MBC)
Ioana Dragoș
Manager C-VOUCHER
Zoltán Attila Pásztai
General director at Eco-Bihor
Anca Gheorghică
Executive Director at Asociatia Mai Bine
Toșa Cristian
Dr. Sustainable Urban Mobility
Philippe Micheaux Naudet
Senior project manager in circular economy ACR+
Natalia Ciobanu
Evalueserve Romania
Daniel Butucel
Project Specialist at Romania Green Building Council
Cristina Badulescu
EIT Climate-KIC, Romania
Razvan Sima
Solution developer for circular economy, RF meters
OUR JURY
Dragos Silaghi
Deputy Marketing Director, Transilvania Bank
Simina Lakatos
IRCEM President
Gabriela Tarau
Representant Regional Development Agency Centru
Simona Leroux
Novamont
