DSpace at VGTU: Recent submissions
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Criteria for sustainable housing affordability
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The affordability of housing is a pressing problem that not only affects individual households but also has implications for the wider economy and environment, e.g. employment, health and sustainability. Thus it is ... -
Calculation parameters of total transport congestion costs in urban road network
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The extent of external transport congestion costs is described by the economic welfare theory as deadweight loss, which results from ineffective use of transport infrastructure. Exact calculations are barely possible ... -
Life-cycle analysis of a sustainable building, aplying multicriteria decision making method
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Sustainability in construction industry became a concurrent part of contemporary building development. The reason is not only increased account of building maintenance, but there is another part of this problem – it is an ... -
Developing sustainable communities: comparative case study from North West of England
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)As part of sustainable development strategy and to tackle negative aspects of post industrial cities, the UK government has launched the Sustainable Communities Plan, accompanied by regional action plans, which major ... -
Ground vibrations: a neglected external cost in the life cycle of transportation infrastructure?
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)External costs, which are usually taken into consideration during cost-benefit analysis of different variants of a transportation problem solution, are traffic accidents, noise, and emissions of pollutants including effects ... -
Research on traffic flow speed of arterial streets in urban areas
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Road traffic flow intensity is growing up in Latvia. To address increasing traffic intensity, there is a need for new arterials in urban areas, but then, of course, require additional infrastructure space. However it is ... -
Investigation of recurrent neural networks-based methods for early fault detection and short-term power forecasting in wind energy applications
(2026)The increasing role of wind energy in modern power systems creates a growing need for reliable turbine operation, accurate short-term power forecasting, and computationally efficient data-driven methods. This dissertation ... -
Sustainable energy development planning for regions in Lithuania: Kaunas region case
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Sustainable energy planning is a new process in Lithuania which was mainly fostered by actions both in public and private sectors. Sustainable energy development planning for regions in Lithuania means assessment of economic, ... -
Public spaces in historic towns of Lithuania: rehabilitation and decline of cultural value
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The present paper aims to reveal present tendencies of changes in the public spaces of urban heritage sites in Lithuania. Decline of former social relations, depression of local communities and commercialization of ... -
Traffic conditions analysis based on an advanced traveller information system of Vilnius city
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)As a subsystem of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), an Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) disseminates real-time traffic information to travellers. To help travellers better make their route choice ... -
Identification of local territorial communities in the urban structure of Vilnius city
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The article “Identification of Local Territorial Communities in Urban Structure of Vilnius City” presents the analysis of the general principles of identification of local territorial communities in the urban structure of ... -
Heat balance analysis for an electric car
(13th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2026), 2026)The paper focuses on the analysis and simulation of thermal management systems in electric vehicles. In the computational section, heat exchange in the passenger cabin and the electric drive system was modeled using ... -
Thermal performance of a silica gel-water vapor adsorption system as an alternative cooling technology
(13th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2026), 2026)Adsorption-based cooling is an alternative to conventional vapor-compression systems that have a high environmental impact and account for a significant share of global energy consumption. This study presents an ... -
Riverbed monitoring and modeling using GIS
(13th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2026), 2026)The study aims to assess the changes in the riverbed that have occurred in various periods using GIS technologies. Topographic maps of different years will be used for the analysis. The riverbed has been digitized (for ... -
Towards sustainable rail mobility: emission reduction strategies for modern rail operations
(13th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2026), 2026)Railway systems represent a cornerstone of sustainable transportation, providing an environmentally efficient means of moving both people and goods. Their ability to deliver high transport capacity with comparatively low ... -
Methods for justifying the construction of settlement bypasses based on traffic flow regimes and road capacity
(13th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2026), 2026)To justify the construction of bypasses around settlements, it is necessary to conduct a thorough analysis of vehicle traffic intensity on the access roads leading to these settlements. When determining the feasibility ... -
Technological approaches to the reuse of demolition waste in road construction and their environmental benefits
(13th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2026), 2026)The study examines reviews modern technological approaches to the reuse of construction and demolition waste in road construction, specifically the application to produce asphalt and concrete materials. It analyzes ... -
The ex-post assessment of transport infrastructure investment projects
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The assessment of transport investment projects is a very difficult process using different methods involving various aspects to determine economic benefit for transport sector and the society. The implementation of projects ... -
Peculiarities of passenger flows forecast on the reduced market conditions
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The basic aim of public transport operator - National railway company – to provide passenger transportation services on the territory of network accessibility areas, also to enlarge volumes of passenger transportation ... -
Environmental pollutants emission from public transport assessment and analysis in Vilnius city
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The transport is one of the major air polluter. The transport sector accounts for about 75% of total pollutants in Lithuania. One of the most characteristic feature of environmental pollution from transport is that in ...