Description
Lozenitza OOD's major activities are grape growing, wine producing and wine trading. The aim of this project is to design and build a small ecological enterprise for wine production (a winery) based on Norwegian know-how for passive buildings. The winery will be construction in compliance with the requirements for passive buildings. Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and geo-thermal equipment will be installed. Energy consumption expected to be reduced by up to 50% in comparison to the electricity consumption normally used in the production process. The winery will be built by using Norwegian rchitectural and engineering know-how, as well as Norwegian know-how for ecological and waste-free production.
Summary of project results
The main project objective was to design and build a small wine production facility in South West Bulgaria. The building of the winery was expected to be a passive one and its construction to be in compliance with the green industry requirements. During the project implementation period the following results have been achieved : - The architectural and technical design (Architecture, Construction, Electrical, Technology, Plumbing, Road structure, external water-conduit, and Fire Safety) of the winery was finalised. - The required legal procedures for getting license for the usage of the underground water found in the land plot has been finalised.. - Projecting and coordinating with the local electricity company the requirements for the outside electric supply equipment. Due to a long procedure fro obtaining all necessary construction permits and the difficulty of ensuring the necessary co-finance (lack of willingness of the financial instituons to undertake the risk with such an innovative project), the project promoter didn't manage to construct the production facility.
Summary of bilateral results
The Norwegian partner was involved in the designing of the winery. The architectural design is based on the know-how and experience of the three architects from Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter. In addition an associate professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Certified Passive House Designer from Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) have ben also involved in the project implementation.