Horia is senior research scientist and coordinator of the Romanian Building Knowledge Hub, within the National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development „URBAN–INCERC”, working within the institute since 1995.
Horia is Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering since 2003 and he has a long teaching activity as invited assistant or associate professor at various technical universities in Bucharest (1997-2012) in the field of energy performances of buildings.
He is energy auditor for buildings and is actively involved in standardization activity in HVAC systems, solar energy and thermal performance of buildings.
Horia is founding member of Romanian Energy Auditors for Buildings Association, member of Romanian Association of Building Services Engineers and Passive House Association of Romania and president of the Association Cluster for Promotion of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Pro-nZEB.
Since 2011 he has continuously contributing to the development of qualifications and training schemes to support the effective implementation of nZEB concept in Romania.
He coordinated the strategic project BUILD UP Skills Romania (ROBUST) and the implementation of BUILD UP Skills QualiShell project and he supported the implementation of the IEE initiatives RePublic_ZEB and QUALICHeCK as partner responsible and country leader (Romania).
As key partner in the HORIZON2020 actions Train-to-nZEB, ENERFUND, Fit-to-nZEB and iBRoad, he is pushing forward the preparation and healthy development of nZEB market in Romania.