JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Environment Technology

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Course title Environment Technology
Course code USE/BK055
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Skočilasová Blanka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Subject content: 1. Basic terms from the area of working (habitable) environment, basic hygienic requirements and regulations. Lighting - artificial, natural and combined, basic hygienic requirements for lighting according to the kind of activity. 2. Ventilation and air conditioning, significance for creating suitable working and habitable environment, basic principles of ventilation and air conditioning systems. 3. Heating. Heat transmission between the human and surrounding, simplified equation of thermal comfort, principle of calculating the heat loss, kinds of loss, and basic types of heating systems. 4. Basic terms from the area of environment, definition, basic legislation for environment protection, the components of environment, and the quality of environment. 5. Components of environment - air; processes polluting the air, main pollutants; consequences of pollution, methods of decreasing emissions of gas and solid pollutants. 6. Components of environment - water; polluting underground and surface waters; basic principles of industrial and domiciliary waste waters. 7. Components of environment - ground environment, soil, pollution of soil and ground environment with waste, methods of waste disposal - basic principles of low-waste and non-waste technology, waste disposal. 8. Noise and vibrations, methods of determining the noise level, methods of decreasing noise and vibrations in working and outer environment. Ionized radiation in the environment - sources, influences. 9. Solution of ecological problems in industry, the assessment of environment impact of industrial production (EIA). Information systems in the area if environment. 10. Ecological company management, principle of ISO 14001, ecological management system (EMS), ecological management and audit system (EMAS), ecological audit. Basic principles of permanently sustainable development.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
In this course the basic terms from the area of environment technology are explained. The students will get acquainted with the methods of environment and working environment protection in companies, methods of creating suitable working and habitable environment in terms of heating, air conditioning and noise and lighting. They will get a view of basic human activity influence on environment and of technical and legislative aspects of environment protection. The aim is to acquaint the students with the basic principles of environment and working environment protection and with creating suitable conditions for human life. They will also get acquainted with the problem of managing the environment and working environment care on the level of a company.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Brož, K. Vytápění. 1998.
  • Herčík, Lapčík, Obroučka. Ochrana životního prostředí. 1994.
  • Skočilasová, B. Technika prostředí (pro kombinované studium), UJEP, 2011 v tisku.
  • Smolík, J. Technika prostředí. SNTL Praha, 1985.
  • Šauer a kol. Úvod do ekonomiky životního prostředí. 1997.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025