Energy Efficient Building Design

Born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1960, Prof. Dr. Ana-Maria Dabija has been an architect since 1986. She worked in a design institute and a private company before pursuing a university career in the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, in 1991. She has a Doctoral Degree, since 2000 and is a doctoral tutor since 2008. Among the courses she developed are the following “Architectural Detailing Principles”, “Contemporary Technological Products and Subassemblies” and “Mistakes in Design – Execution – Use”. She wrote the books -“Performant Façade Systems. The opaque component”, “Elements for Stair Design” (also translated in English), “Elements for Designing Windows and Doors”, “Degradation of the Building Envelope”, “Photovoltaic Systems in Architecture”, took part in more than 60 conferences (with papers published in the proceedings), coordinated technical regulations and scientific research. Since 2015 she is a member in the Commission for Renewable Energy ofthe Romanian Academy. Ana-Maria Dabija is a member of numerous national and international professional and scientific bodies as well as in technical committees. Since 2016 she is the Director of the Center of Architectural and Urban Studies (CSAU) of the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism Bucharest, Romania and since 2017 the Director of the Architecture Doctoral School of the Ion Mincu University