The Construction of UNWE New Academic Complex Was Completed

Wednesday, 07 April 2021 16:55

Concluding Press Conference on the project UNWE New Academic Complex in Sofia was held at the University.

At the opening of the Conference the Rector Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov outlined that the UNWE New Academic Complex is exclusively important because it would help to improve the learning environment as well as to optimize the academic process. He declared that the UNWE had always had a large number of students. Every day 12 000 undergraduates attend the UNWE academic halls from 7.00 a.m. to 9 p.m. including Saturdays and Sundays. The New Academic Complex will reduce the burden on the existing academic halls, said the Rector and reminded that a new building hadn`t been opened since 1994.  

The building is a new generation of construction. It closely approximates to the low-energy or nearly zero-energy buildings such as e.g. passive house regarding its energy efficiency, said in conclusion Prof. Dimitrov.  

The Rector Prof. Dimitrov expressed his thankfulness to all participants in the project implementation. In the picture on the left: Alexander Grigorov, Project Head, presented the building energy efficiency parameters. 

Alexander Grigorov expressed also his contentment with the joint work declaring that during the construction of the building the parameters set in the project had been completely achieved. He shared his hopes that the building would serve the interest of UNWE and the society.

At the Conference attended the Rectors Managing Body - Prof. Dr. Miroslava Rakovska, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mihail Musov, Prof. Dr. Tsvetana Stoyanova, Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Kiril Stoychev as well as the participants in the project, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lilyana Valcheva, UNWE Trustees Council Chairperson, Prof. Dr. Lalko Dulevsky, UNWE General Assembly Chairperson, Prof. Dr. Daniela Feschiyan, UNWE Control Council Chairperson and lecturers.

UNWE New Academic Complex has 4 floors with 2 300 sq.km. useful floor space and more than 8 500 sq.km. developed area. It has at disposal 4 academic aulas with 250 seats each. Every floor has 3 academic halls relevantly with 120, 80 and 40 seats as well as 19 academic offices for lecturers and two test centers each of them equipped with computers for 250 people. All academic halls are modern with completely developed technological infrastructure.

The New Complex provides accessible environment for people with disabilities including parking spaces. There is also a special space provisioned to be a student canteen. The construction is implemented with high quality materials covering all energy efficiency requirements.  

The air conditioning system of UNWE New Academic Building

A solar system will provide hot water supply and a modern air conditioning system will allow to maintain a different temperature in each hall.

UNWE New Academic Complex is one of the largest investments in the educational facilities over the last years. The project is implemented on the Operational Programme Regions in Growth 2014 – 2020 through the budget line BG16RFOP001-3.003 - Support for the Universities in the Republic of Bulgaria. The contract with the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works was concluded at the end of 2016. Then it was held a public procurement for selecting a contractor and a contract with it was concluded in the same year.  

The total project value is 11 706 200.00 BGN of which the EU co-funding is 3 824 077.72 BGN, national co-financing is 674 837.24 BGN and the self-financing is 7 207 285.04 BNG.

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