Casa Buhnici

Corbeanca / Romania

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George Buhnici is a building pioneer. After viewing hundreds of properties in

search of a green, modern home to buy in Romania, he decided that the only

way to get just what he needed was to construct one himself from scratch.

Working with architects Raluca Munteanu and Adriana Caraza, the hunt was o

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to find companies specializing in sustainable solutions. The home had to mee

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six criteria: it had to be smart, energy ef

ficient, built with sustainable materi-

als, comfortable, automated and secure.

The architects’ solution updated the traditional Romanian house, where muc

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of life revolves around a courtyard. The project used reclaimed wood and put

sustainable technologies to the fore, resulting in it being the first certifie

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Premium

Passive House in Romania. The house uses GROHE throughout, wit

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Essence and Eurodisc faucets chosen for their water-saving EcoJoy function

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and the Rainshower SmartControl shower system meets the ‘smart’ part of th

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brief. All these were put in place by engineer Ovidiu Tifui. Even the kitche

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uses GROHE, with a Blue Home water system providing sustainable

filtere

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water

, eliminating the waste of plastic bottles.

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