8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011)

Abstract

Environmental engineering is the one of most challenging area of general engineering, because of its complexity, applicability and interdisciplinary. Environmental problems and issues are driven by different forces interested in sustainable development of society. The main goals of the Conference are: To facilitate direct discussions and versatile cooperation between researchers from Lithuanian and foreign science and education institutions, engineers, representatives of industry and municipalities; To bring together potential partners for successful, long-term and continuous cooperation on environmental engineering; To discuss further directions of the applied research development and to implement state-of-the-art researches in practice. The 8th International Conference Environmental Engineering continues seventeen years long tradition. This Conference is organized by Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sustainable Development, Federation of European Heating and Air-Conditioning Associations, International Federation of Surveyors, Baltic Road Association, International Academy of Ecological and Life Protection Science, Lithuanian Water Suppliers Association, European Spatial Planning Observation Network. At the 8th conference researches from 19 countries has presented their reports in the six sections: 1. Environmental Protection; 2.Water Engineering; 3. Energy for Buildings; 4. Sustainable Urban Development; 5. Roads and Railways; 6. Technologies of Geodesy and Cadastre.