Seminar on The Modern Tendencies in The Real Estates Management

A seminar on the Modern Tendencies in the Real Estates Management was organized from the Economics of Real Estate Management Department and Bulgarian Facility Management Association. At the Small Conference Hall of the university gathered researchers, specialists and students who marked also the World Day of the Facility Management celebrated on June, 27^th.

Prof. Dr. Jordanka Jovkova, Dean of the Business Faculty and Head of the Economics of Real Estate Department greeted the participants on behalf of the Rector of UNWE Prof. D.Sc. (Econ.) Statty Stattev. She emphasized on the fact that the real estate sector in our country had required more and more knowledge and skills on the property management including also the management of the real estate exploitation. For the first time we celebrate together the World Day of the Facility Management but I hope it will become a tradition, pointed out the Dean in her greeting speech to the Association. The business should be opened to the science and education, we mutually learn each other and the cooperation is exclusively important, outlined Prof. Jovkova.

Prof. Jordanka Jovkova, Goran Milanov (on the left) and Tsvetomir Tsonev

On the occasion of the holiday Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Zabunov, Scientific Secretary of the Economics of Real Estate Department bestowed on Goran Milanov, Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Facility Management Association a greeting address on the behalf of the Department.

Assoc. Prof. Zabunov (in the middle) is reading the greeting address to the Bulgarian Facility Management Association

The participants in the meeting commented how to be improved the work in the sector, what was the facility management and why it was so important for the economy of the country. Goran Milanov pointed out that members of the the Bulgarian Association established 5 years ago were 39 companies and juridical persons who had been directly or indirectly related to the facility management. He also pointed out that the facility management had covered all the activities for maintenance and management of non-productive assets of each company – cleaning, security, building services, BMS systems, CAFM systems, telecommunications, energy efficiency, parking systems, fire safety, etc. In 2011 the facility management forms 5% of the European Union budget as over the last year it has been increased up to 8%, outlined Goran Milanov.

At the Small Conference Hall

Tsvetomir Tsonev, Manager of the National Palace of Culture spoke about the specific of the activity and challenges to its implementation. The comfort and energy savings go together but not to live worse but to use fewer resources, pointed out the experts. Now the new buildings require very high technology equipment and they are also a major consumer of energy worldwide (40%).

Participants in the Seminar