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Ligia Mihaela Moga

Full Professor

Doctoral Program Coordinator in "Civil Engineering and Building Services" - UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

Habilitated Full Professor at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Faculty of Civil Engineering), with extensive expertise in building energy efficiency and zero-emission buildings (nZEB/ZEB). Certified Grade 1 building energy auditor, technical expert and verifier, and Passive House designer/verifier. My research covers building-physics modelling, thermal bridge analysis, hygrothermal assessment and retrofit solutions, and the integration/performance evaluation of renewable energy systems in buildings and districts. I develop numerical and parametric simulation tools and explore data-driven (ML/AI) methods for thermo-energy optimisation. I teach and supervise MSc/PhD students and evaluate both R&I proposals and EU-funded project applications and programmes (e.g., MIPE and other European funding schemes).

Web of Science ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/B-8988-2015

Curriculum Vitae (06/01/2026)

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Optimisation and validation of a specialised software used for calculating the thermal performance of the building envelope components, developed based on aerial and terrestrial thermography method Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect experimental - demonstrativ
PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-4137 2022 - 2024

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Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA (RO)

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Project website: https://www.thermogproject.com/

Abstract:

In the development phase of the energy audit documentation, a significant volume of calculations is generated when evaluating the thermal performance of the building envelope elements.The number of distinct elements of a standard building, e.g. types of exterior walls whose thermal performance is influenced by the position of the wall on the building height,by the geometric dimensions of the elements, by the existence of various types of door and windows openings, leads to an increased variety of thermal performances that should be assessed.For the energy auditing and expertise activity, several computer programs are available, programs that can determine the energy consumptions of buildings requiring as entry data the thermal performance of the building envelope elements.These thermal performances are given with varying degrees of accuracy, usually in the current field of the element without considering the linear thermal bridges.When the linear heat transfer coefficients ψ are used, the details existing in the thermal bridges atlases do not cover the real situations encountered in the current design, thus resorting to approximate details.There exist situations when the technical documentation of the building is not available, which leads to various assumptions regarding the detailing of the building envelope.In this regard, the project proposes the development of a methodology accompanied by software called THERMOG that evaluates the thermal performance of the building envelope under actual operating conditions using the aerial and terrestrial thermography method.The thermal performance assessment is carried out based on the geometrical and physical properties of the component materials upon making the expertise and not based on the normed values or the values declared by the manufacturer.The methodology developed in the project significantly reduces the duration of the auditing activity of a building and obtains results based on the actual behaviour of the build

Smart buildings adaptable to the climate change effects Call name: P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0391 2018 - 2021

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU INGINERIE ELECTRICA ICPE - CA BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU ELECTROCHIMIE SI MATERIE CONDENSATA - INCEMC TIMISOARA (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO)

Project website: https://www.icer.ro/cercetare/proiecte-de-cercetare/cia-clim

Abstract:

In the construction domain, the energy represents the key-point in achieving efficient buildings.

The project proposes the improvement or institutional performances between three universities and two research institutes for the revival of the research activities and transfer of knowledge between partners.

The 4 proposed projects, centred on the efficient energy buildings, are focused on two principal research directions: (i) use of smart facades with low-thermal transfer, actively integrated for the enhancement of internal comfort and possessing a passive control of energy (by using the solar energy) and (ii) smart energy efficiency through building automatization and solar energy collectors. The resulted system, the smart house, is conceived thus to minimize the input energy for maintenance.

The Project 1 has as main objective the determination of mechanical properties of cellular materials used as thermal insulations in smart façade systems, through mechanical compression, bending and toughness fracture testing of such cellular materials.

Project 2 is focused on obtaining, characterizing and testing of high-property materials used for smart facades as thermal insulation materials and as support for special property layers: photo-catalytic layers and with reduced absorption/reflexion of UV-VIS-IR radiation.

The Project 3 has as main objective the theoretical and experimental investigation of the implementation of the electric power distribution in direct current for individual households or in small communities (smart-grid), with renewable energy sources integration.

The scope of the Project 4 is to implement the knowledge and data resulted from projects no. 1-3 through a modular laboratory demonstrative application. The project will perform an integrated study on the influence of the facades and the energetic contribution to the internal comfort of the building by considering different façade systems and respectively by integrating a smart-grid energy system.

TransToWork Call name:
Project No. 2017-1IT01-KA202-006112 – CUP G36J17000770006 -

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: CAMERA DE COMERT SI INDUSTRIE

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Project website: https://transtowork.com/project/

Abstract:

TRANStoWORK – Work based Learning in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry: the transition of young people to Work is a project funded by the 2017 Call of the Erasmus+ Programm of the European Union, inscribed within Key Action 2- Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices - KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

The main objective of TRANStoWork is enhance, reinforce and structure work-based learning (WBL) in vocational training courses for young people aged 18 to 35 (EQF level 4-5-6), particularly in those areas of production that show a gab in skills and a lack of propensity to change.

In order to do so, collaboration between those operating in the production process (the companies), the Vocational Training operators and the social partners – Entrepreneurship Associations and Labor Unions – is needed to make it possible for work-based learning to become pervasive within the training path, using shared methods.

The production sector taken into consideration is the Construction sector in its most innovative sense: the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry.

We build in Feleac in the TUCN style Call name:
POSDRU/189/2.1/G/155931 -

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

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Project website: http://practica.constructii.utcluj.ro

Abstract:

Proiectul isi propune sa sprijine dobandirea de experienta practica specifica necesară accesului si integrarii pe piata muncii prin consilierea si orientarea profesionala a celor 150 studenti din grupul tinta, sa asigure o mai stransa colaborare a mediului universitar cu nevoile mediului economic, intarind astfel directivele de ocupare promovate la nivelul Uniunii Europene. Din acest punct de vedere proiectul devine relevant si se constituie intr-o masura activa vis-a-vis de Strategia Europa 2020 a Comisiei Europene, aducandu-si aportul direct contextului general de 75% persoane ocupate din categoria de varsta 20-64 ani si la domeniul major de interes, unde se estimeaza ca pana in 2020, 16 milioane de locuri de munca vor necesita un nivel inalt de calificare. Conform Strategiei Europene de Ocupare acest obiectiv se doreste a fi realizat prin crearea de noi locuri de munca, mai bune si dobandirea de competente profesionale necesare pentru ocuparea acestora, lucru urmarit in mod direct de prezentul proiect.

Atat UTCN(solicitant)cat si ADRNV(partener) urmaresc valorificarea experientei acumulate printr-o diversificare a grupului tinta, extrapoland activitatile proiectului la nivelul altor grupuri tinta. Va exista „proprietate locala” asupra tuturor procedurilor si metodologiilor dezvoltate in cadrul proiectului, atat cele de management de proiect cat si cele aferente desfasurarii de stagii de practica (ghidul de practica, dosarul de practica, etc) cat si a activitatilor de consiliere si orientare in cariera. Site-ul proiectului va fi actualizat permenent, si dupa finalizarea proiectului, astfel incat generatii viitoare de studenti vor putea aplica pentru stagii prin intermediul acestuia. Mai mult decat atat, companiile interesate sa primeasca studenti in practica vor putea aplica pe acest site, continuandu-se apropierea mediului universitar de cel de afaceri . Ghidul de cariera va putea fi consultat oricand de catre orice student, putand reprezenta un best practice in domeniu . Ghidul de practica va putea fi actualizat sau adaptat la specificul oricarei specializari/facultati, atat din cadrul UTCN cat si a altor universitati din tara .

Design systems for residential buildings with low energy consumption in exploitation Call name:
POSDRU/159/1.5/S/137516 -

Role in this project: Project coordinator

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

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The main objective of the postdoc research consisted in defining a standard type building with low energy consumptions based on optimized energy solutions for the building envelope and using innovative technology for building service equipment. The secondary objectives of the project target

the following: ensure energy efficiency of the building, ensure comfortable indoor climate and reduce the environmental impact of the building. The postdoc project included six research stages.

Integrated solutions systems for the rehabilitation of residential buildings / neighbourhood. Call name:
PNII-PNCDI2 -22120/2008 -

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA DE ARHITECTURA SI URBANISM "ION MINCU"

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Project website: http://www.cnmp.ro/pncdi2/program4/2008/main/index.php?&we=a4e9428fad82837902e19b9a12e1443f&wf=detail&id=2204&wchk=56d29a4c80c917f11ffc8a2ce70c4ef8

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Proiectul isi propune sa analizeze un model complex de reabilitare a ansamblurilor de locuinte colective cu participare interdisciplinara si in baza unei abordari multicriteriale, incepand cu ansamblul urbanisic, continuind cu diferite tipuri de cladiri si ajungand la unitatea de locuit, respectand principiile dezvoltarii durabile. Se propune o metoda de evaluare a performantelor ansamblurilor, cladirilor si apartamentelor din punct de vedere urbanisic, energetic, structural, al confortului, al sigurantei in exploatare, peisager etc.

Se vor analiza diverse tipuri de ansambluri si cladiri. Se va alege un ansamblu real pe care se va aplica metoda de evaluare propusa, acest model constituindu-se intr-un studiu de caz.Pentru studiul de caz, se vor propune solutii integrate care vizeaza: ansamblul urban (trama stradala, pavaje, spatii publice, parcaje etc), sisteme de refacere a fatadei si/sau invelitorii, prevaderea de parasolare, completarea cu balcoane/terase, mansardare,plombari sau completari intre sau adiacent blocurilor existente, solutii inteligente pentru fatade, solutii inteligente pentru parcaje semiingropate cu invelitoare circulabila si gazonata, sisteme complexe de surse alternative de energie: geotermica, pe panza de apa freatica, solara (panouri solare si panouri fotovoltaice) etc.

. Studiul de caz va fi prezentat spre analiza asociatiilor de proprietari si administratiei publice locale. In urma dezbaterilor modelul propus va fi corectat si finalizat.Rezultul cercetarii va consta in:- intocmirea unei metodologii de reablitare complexa si integrata;- intocmirea unui catalog de detalii si solutii;- intocmirea unui studiu de caz;- intocmirea unei strategii (ghid de buna practica) adresata autoritatilor locale. Cercetarea se va realizeaza pe baza unui parteneriat intre invatamantul superior si institute de cercetare si va integra in mod critic opiniile societatii civile si autoritatilor locale

Thermal bridges atlas at buildings – Documentary study Call name:
434/22.12.2009 -

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA DE ARHITECTURA SI URBANISM "ION MINCU"

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The final outcome of the project was the development of a thermal bridge atlas for building envelope components typical for the design activity in Romania. The atlas is known under the name of Annex 1590.

Contributii privind optimizarea termoenergetica a cladirilor noi si existente Call name:
BD-2007 -

Role in this project: Project coordinator

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

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Project website: http://old.uefiscdi.ro/userfiles/file/BURSE%20BD/Rez_BD_2007_CONTINUARI.pdf

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The research undertaken to achieve the Ph.D. Thesis is part of the overall effort of specialists and of the European Community for energy consumption reduction in buildings operation, for reduction of the greenhousegas emissions with a direct benefit on obtaining a sustainable built environment. A set of modules software were developed during the PhD program, with the aim of simulating the thermal and energy performance of windows, doors and shading devices. These module programs allow numerical simulation and modeling of the heat transfer phenomenon on plane or spatial planes for complex constructive componentsbuilding envelope with complex with variable thermal conductivities, considered in real operating conditions.The computer programs for the analysis of thermal and energy performance of the opaque and glazing area of the building envelope elements and of the building as a whole presented in the thesis have been used to design new buildings, to establish the energy performance of building envelope components in the design stage and in the rehabilitation process of existing ones.

Methodology, Numeric Method and Automation Calculus Program- Vitraj- for Defining the Thermal Performance of Windows, Doors and Solar Protection Elements Call name:
TD -507 -

Role in this project: Project coordinator

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

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Project website: http://old.uefiscdi.ro/userfiles/file/granturi/2007/proces%20de%20evaluare%20-%20tip%20td%202007/COMISIA_2_TD_NOI_REZULTATE_FINALE.htm

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In order to know the answer of buildings at exterior climatic parameters, with the aim of assuring the thermal comfort in buildings at minimum costs, is needed to know the plan or spatial thermal field for each element of the building envelope. The window surfaces represent areas with the highest thermal permeabilities,through which a important amount of energy is transmited from interior to exterior, energy loss that will increase the heating/cooling and ventilation needs. The hygrothermal measures which give the thermo-energetic behaviour of the glazing areas, is crucial to be known from the initial design stage, considering that the intervetion in the operating phase will come with technical difficulties and great costs. The project aim was the development of an automaton calculus programme,expert type,called VITRAJ,plan and spatial(bi and tri dimensional). The program uses the programming environment windows-delphi- and c++,which can establish in a plan or spatial network the values of the thermal field with a high number of nodes for the discretisation mesh. The obtained results are listed as numeric values or graphs, as a field form or izothermal curves. Taking into account the plan or spatial temperature field the following hygrothermal design parameters are obtained: temperature, thermal resistances, average, minimum or maximum heat flows which enable the thermo-energetic optimization of the constructive solutions utilised for glazing areas and shading devices used for new and existing buildings. The program is validated based on European and Romanian design norms, that validate modeling and simulation software for thermo-energetic design of building components.

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