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At the present time, the conventional academic education for vocational professions in Romania strives to cover extensively the development of occupational skills. Alongside the theoretical part, the practical experiences play an important role in the process of continuing education and professional evolution of graduates. In real life situations, the theoretical aspects are better assimilated when combined with training oriented towards development of abilities for a positive interaction with clients, especially the managerial and soft skills. This study proposes a non-formal educational training program focused on improving certain skills required in vocational professions, especially relevant for architects, as identified through a questionnaire methodology. The concept is based on the LEGO game and the program beneficiaries are instructed on how to build a metaphorical construction of their existing and acquired skills out of color-coded blocks, each representing a set of abilities. This article underlines the main issues regarding institutionalized vocational education and presents the results of the survey as well as the development of a two-week learning program.

The architecture should be specific to a certain place and a certain culture, not only from the standpoint of formal integration in the existing building stock, but also from the perspective of adapting to the regional climatic conditions. Thus, the importance of a “regional” applied concept in the global context regarding NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) design must be emphasized. This paper presents a methodology for evaluation of a NZEB single-family house, taking into account specific climatic characteristics and use of passive design principles for cost optimization. Based on detailed climate data, the most efficient passive measures for the studied region were analyzed. The single-family housing project was evaluated through a BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology and the result was optimized and compared with National and European standards for NZEB.

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