1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Craiova
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Cladirea Malmo
Short description of the intervention
The Malmo Office Tower is a building of offices built having in mind the example of the Swedish city of Malmo. The building is the only green building in Craiova and it has as a starting point the development of sustainable infrastructure and the use of alternative energy sources. It contains green balconies and it aims to become an example for other cities throughout Romania, bearing as a goal to transform in reality "the dream of a green city, where our children can breathe without worry" (1) It is located near the major 2 parks of the city.
Address

Str. Stirbei Voda 30
200423 Craiova
Romania

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Central Business District / City Centre
Building
Website of the intervention
http://www.malmo.ro/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
unknown
End date of the intervention
2013
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
1. To protect the occupants' health.
2. To increase the value of the property market in the area.
3. Green buildings are the least invasive method that combines habitation with the environment, which in the medium and long term leads to growth, labour productivity, health improvement of the occupants, reducing resource losses and lowering maintenance costs (2).
4. To increase the life of the building (1).
Quantitative targets
Growth of labor productivity of employees with a percentage of 55% (2)
Reduce costs with 30-50% from a normal building (1)
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Improving mental health
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Real estate development
Implementation activities
Implementing a high energy efficiency, low water consumption, comfort inside and out, benefiting from a discount of energy generated by the non-use of artificial lighting.
Installing the "triple-glazed facade (three glass and glass sheets) and two layers of gas isolation between them)
The office building is located near two parks and it presents itself as a complex combining its location with its energy efficiency measures and the green balconies that are distributed on each floor (2)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature on buildings (external)
Balcony greens
Vegetation Type
Flower beds
Other
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Air quality regulation
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Private sector/Corporate/Company
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Led by non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
This is an intervention that belongs to a local private firm, Polynvest SRL. The firm initiated the project and applied for EU funds (3)
Key actors - initiating organization
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Private sector or company
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Private sector or company
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Unknown
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Yes
Please specify the "Regional Directive/Strategy"
The initiative mentions the 2009/28/EU Directive, which implies that each EU state member must promote the use of energy from renewable sources (2)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
The intervention mentions the Law 372/2005 published by the Romanian Government and which discusses the energy performance of the buildings (2)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Please specify other vegetation type
Plants
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The intervention benefited from EU funds under the REGIO program, Regional Operational Program, which meant a total of 2.6 mil euro in allocated funds (3)
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
6 mil euros, of which 2.6 EU
Source(s) of funding
EU funds
Corporate investment
Type of fund(s) used
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Equity funding (investment in shares)
Non-financial contribution
No
Business models
Green densification model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Private for-profit actor (e.g. firm, insurer)
Type of innovation
Technological
Product innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Malmo is a unique building through premium design, sustainable approach, pollution reduction and the use of ecological materials. (1)
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is completely new without connections to previous initiative(s)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
This NBS is the only green building in the region and the second one in the country, the other one being located in Bucharest, Green Gate. Even so, there is no transferability since the buildings were built by 2 different companies and there is no mentioning of any previous connections (2)
Replicability/Transferability
The innovation is not referred to as being transferred to new initiative(s)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
This NBS is the only green building in the region and the second one in the country, the other one being located in Bucharest, Green Gate. Even so, there is no transferability since the buildings were built by 2 different companies and there is no mentioning of any previous connections (2)
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Water management and blue areas
Improved stormwater management
Description of environmental benefits
The NBS did not issue reports for this action, however, it was expected from the implementation to improve the stormwater management by using and reusing the water in an efficient way, but no further data was provided (2) One motto of the NBS was Reuse, recycle, rectify, this being a priority in approaching the action (2)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
Unknown
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Environmental quality
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of August 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
The building received the Breeam certificate, being rated as "Very Good", in 2013 (3)
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Yes
Mode(s) of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
Questionnaire
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
The occupants of the building were asked to asses the building using a satisfaction scale (1)
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Malmo Office Tower
CLĂDIRILE VERZI ÎN PEISAJUL UNUI ORAȘ INTELIGENT
Craiova n-are afaceri, dar e plină de clădiri de birouri
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
AGIR- Green buildings for a smart city (1.03 MB) 1.03 MB
Malmo brochure (6.48 MB) 6.48 MB
List of references
1. Malmo Office Tower, Official website, Available at http://www.malmo.ro/ (Accessed 25-8-2020)

2. Agir (2017), Cladirile verzi in perisajul unui oras inteligent, Available at http://www.agir.ro/buletine/2854.pdf (Accessed 25-8-2020)

3. Gazeta de Sud (2013),Craiova n-are afaceri, dar e plină de clădiri de birouri, Available at http://www.gds.ro/Local/2013-07-03/Craiova+n-are+afaceri%2C++dar+e+plina+de+cladiri+de+birouri/ (Accessed 25-8-2020)
Interview comments
I have already sent an e-mail to ask more about how the green solution looks like per se, monitoring reports and indicators.
Comments and notes
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
View from inside the building during intervention
View of the building
https://malmo.ro/galerie-foto/