Sochi Working Group

Communication on Sochi Working Group’s Event

A discussion meeting took place in "Lenexpo" exhibition complex on September. The event’s participants included members of Sochi working group as well as invited specialists working in Olympic Sochi’s eco-development industry.

The event’s participants included:

Valery Vakulenko, President of the Innovation Center of Eco-Development “eCOESTATE”, Head of Sochi Working Group, Founder of the Committee on Ecology and Energy Efficiency of Real Estate at the Russian Guild of Property Managers and Developers (GMD);

N. Balsky, President of the Architectural Studio “ArchComplex”, laureate of the Russian State Prize, Chairman of the Central Revision Commission of the Union of Russian Architects, Academician of the International Academy of Architecture;

Nikita Yavein, Director of the Architectural Studio “STUDIO 44”, laureate of the Russian State Prize, associate of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences;

Valery Vinogradov, President of Aventin Co, President of  SPb Assiciation of Realtors, vice-president of the Russian Assiciation of Realtors;

Olga Rimskaya-Korsakova, Director of Conject AG representative office in Russia;

Pavel Shumilov, representative of Ramboll JSC;

Sergey Simushin, representative of Somfy LLC;

Alexey Zotov, representative of Delta Controls JSC;

Alexandr Konstantinov, CEO of the Innovation Center of Eco-Development “ECOESTATE”;

The event’s participants considered the following questions to be discussed as a priority:

  • How much are technologies and approaches of eco-development and energy saving sought after at Non-Olympic properties and development projects in Sochi;
  • What services and products specifically from eco-developers’ arsenal are most sought-after and paying for business;
  • How can Olympic and Non-Olympic segments interact in knowledge sharing and usage of eco-development technologies and approaches;
  • What difficulties and peculiarities occur in the implementation of eco-development projects in Sochi;
  • In what most efficient ways can the demand be developed and products and services be promoted in the field of eco-development in Sochi.

Head of the working group Valery Vakulenko indicated a high dynamics of the Olympic construction, new green building standards created for the Olympics, interest in eco-technologies increasingly actively encouraged and promoted in Sochi. In addition, he noted that the volume of Non-Olympic construction in Sochi is also growing. But this sector is much less involved in any integrated efforts in greenification than the Olympic one. All of this makes the working group’s work on popularization and promotion of eco-technologies in the city even more called-for. As the most powerful and advanced generator of green technologies and approaches is major developers Olympic properties and infrastructure, it is their experience and practice that is to be promoted in the  non-Olympic sector  of the city.  Valery proposed to paraphrase well-known slogan “The Olympics is not only for the Olympians”   for slogan “The Olympic Eco-Development is not only for the Olympians”

The discussion saw an active part taken by N. Balsky, who had been taking an active part in the development of both master plan of Sochi and master plans of Olympic clusters as the first deputy of the director the Research Institute of Urban Studies. At first he expressed his skeptic view on the possibility of eco-development technologies introduction in Sochi due to the city’s lack of a proper understanding of their importance and hence solvent demand. However he agreed with the fact that it is the working group and similar bodies’ aim to make effort in this direction in order to build understanding and demand for green technologies.

With a particularly keen interest the audience listened to the delivery of N. Yavein as he is who practically participates in the design work on two important properties in particular – railroad stations in Sochi and Imeretinskaya Valley, including the new fast train terminal in the waterfront cluster. He told about the work on the station’s design and difficulties emerged while using green certification systems. Mr. Yavein also shared his viewpoint on how possible interested building professionals’ involvement in the Olympic and Non-Olympic development is.

 

O. Rimskaya-Korsakova indicated the significance and high efficiency of SAAS computer platforms that allow save various resources, raise coordination and quality of real estate construction.

 

S. Zimushin and A. Zotov point out the potential of use of cutting-edge technologies in the field of building automation aimed at improvement of building’s resource efficiency and occupant’s level of comfort.

 

 

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