Insulation materials for buildings – a successful research & development collaboration for the Romanian wool fibres manufacturing

Abstract

Having in view the sustainable development context, the textile sector represents a strong pillar of the Romanian manufacturing industry, which is able to contribute to the valorization of natural indigenous raw materials. The paper presents economic aspects in the base of the results obtained through developing/ implementing a research project financed by the National Sectorial Program, coordinated by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, aiming to establish strategic solutions for capitalization of Romanian coarse wool fibers. There are emphasized the project’s results obtained by the collaboration of three important actors from research activity and economic environment: the National Research and Development Institute for Textiles and Leather – INCDTP Bucharest, the only R&D Institute in Romania, SC MINET SA Company, Râmnicu Vâlcea county – a representative manufacturing company for nonwoven materials and the Research Institute for Sheep and Goats Breeding, Palas, Constanța county, partners in the consortium coordinated by the National Research and Development Institute in Constructions, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development URBAN-INCERC Bucharest.

Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Analysis of Government Expenditure and the Causal Effect

“…The residents’ quality of life and the country’s economic progress are inextricably linked. Pyerina-Carmen [ 20 ] recommended that decreasing carbon emissions and encouraging environmentally-friendly industrial and farming techniques are crucial to a long-term growth rate. CO 2 is used as a proxy for EQ by Halkos and Paizanos [ 18 ], Musah, et al [ 26 ], Vo and Zaman [ 34 ], Chenran et al [ 36 ], and Yaduma et al [ 67 ] and is a pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels, manufacturing cement, and utilizing solid, liquid, and gas fuels, as well as gas flaring.…”

“…In the broadest sense, it is claimed that increasing economic activity such as production and consumption hastened the destruction of the environment. Pyerina-Carmen [ 20 ] posited that lowering greenhouse gases such as CO 2 and supporting eco-friendly industrial and farming practices are a pivot to long-term growth. Investment in education, infrastructure development, health and medical services, agriculture, and the housing sector, encouraging local and foreign investments, eco-friendly measures, and the proliferation of business-friendly policies, drive countries’ EG.…”