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This course provides students with knowledge and information which help them develop engineering creativity and give them basic idea about environmental pollution, especially consequences of industrial operations. Seminar suggests methods to minimize these consequences in relation to sustainable development.

Students are familiar with information from freshman year of studies at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

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Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Students have to write a paper in order to receive a credit. Exam is mostly written – students allot five questions and answer them in writing. Students who did not reach sufficient amount of points discuss their answers afterwards. If the student does not like written assessment, they may be examined orally.

Teaching method:

Lecture: 26 lessons, voluntary

Course Curriculum:

1. Introduction to environment protection theory
2. Short overview of environmental legislation. Act providing for environment and its protection.
3. Global environmental issues – global warming, thinning of ozone layer, acid atmospheric deposition, endangerment of biological diversification.
4. World and domestic ecological accidents. Impact on the environment.
5. Development and causes of negative impact of production and consumption on the environment.
6. Negative impact of agriculture on countryside, soil and water, air.
7. Impact of industries on the environment regarding the degree.
8. Negative impact of transport and other types of national economy.
9. Utilization of renewable sources of energy.
10. Technologies for water protection – methods of water purification.
11. Air protection – dispersion of pollutants, capturing of solid emissions.
12. Soil protection – technologies for soil decontamination.
13. Physical pollution – noise, electromagnetic radiation, ionizing radiation, thermal pollution.

Seminars: 13 lessons, compulsory

1. Assignment of papers. Rise of sources consumption and human population.
2. Degradation of soil.
3. Water contamination (oceans, rivers, underground water supplies).
4. Waste production (quantity, toxicity).
5. Ecosystems stability.
6. Mineral sources in the CR and their rational utilization.
7. Field trip to boilers incinerating biomass.
8. Field trip to TEZA company dispatching.
9. Energy and substance sources in the nature.
10. Water cycle in the nature.
11. Effects f air pollutants on humans.
12. Protection of agricultural soil.
13. Paper presentations.

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Course wishes to harmonize technical thinking of future bachelors/engineers with basic environmental principles (minimization of negative environmental impact of the industry). Students get acquainted with possibilities of all types of emission reductions, reduction of pollutants both surface and underground water, reduction of negative impact of physical technical technologies on water, soil and air.

Only seminars are compulsory and students’ participation is noted. Notes from the missed lessons have to be filled in and presented to the teacher for a check up.

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G. Kiely. 1998. Environmental Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. 979 p. ISBN 0-07-709127-2.
Klass, DL. 1998. Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals. San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier, 1998. 651 p.
Časopisy Odpady, Odpadové fórum, Ochrana ovzduší, Vodní hospodářství, Česká energetika, Alternativní energie
Věstník MŽP

13 hours, compulsory

Discussion on contemporary and future problems of the Earth, local, continental and global concerning environment.
Discussion on contemporary imbalance of consumption and production, especially in the area of water supply and energy and wastes production.
Excursion to the laboratory of fluid engineering.
Excursion to the boiler-room, burning the biomass.
Excursion to the control station of the company TEZA.
Excursion to the operation s.p. DIAMO, o.z. GEAM, further work whater and nuclear power station Dukovany 1/6.
Excursion to the works of s.p. DIAMO, o.z. GEAM, further Dalešice dam and nuclear power station Dukovany 2/6.
Excursion to the works of s.p. DIAMO, o.z. GEAM, further Dalešice dam and nuclear power station Dukovany 3/6.
Excursion to the works of s.p. DIAMO, o.z. GEAM, further Dalešice dam and nuclear power station Dukovany 4/6.
Excursion to the works of s.p. DIAMO, o.z. GEAM, further Dalešice dam and nuclear power station Dukovany 5/6.
Excursion to the works of s.p. DIAMO, o.z. GEAM, further Dalešice dam and nuclear power station Dukovany 6/6.
Discussion on excursion reports.
Discussion on excursion reports.
Graded course-unit credit awarding.