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Are health issues being adequately integrated into sustainable housing policy and developments? A preliminary assessment
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Sustainability of the built environment is becoming an increasingly prominent issue in academic and policy discussions in the UK and EU. Initiatives such as the Code for Sustainable Homes in the UK have been developed to ... -
Season-related change of the total carbon in Neris regional park soil
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Soil degradation directly affects water and air quality and bio-variety and a soil organic matter is, therefore, one of the most important elements. The organic matter is one of the main accumulators of the solar energy ... -
On connection of dynamics of active solar regions and hard cosmic ray flux variation
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The problem of connection between Solar activity and hard cosmic ray flux (HCRF) change near ground surface was investigated. Solar activity is characterized by Wolf number, as well as number size and location of active ... -
Complex cleaning of gases in the fibrous filters
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The fibrous filters-mist collectors have received wide application at mist drops’ collecting in the manufactures of sulfuric and phosphoric acids, galvanic and etching manufactures, etc. Industrial tests of such devices ... -
Evaluation of 137Cs and 90Sr transfer from soil to scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) by their discrimination coefficients
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Radionuclides migrate in the soil in both vertical and horizontal directions. Radionuclide migration is predetermined by physical and chemical properties, climatic conditions, environmental relief, soil type, hydrological ... -
The factors which have influence on nitrogen conversion formation
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The European Union's normal proposal - to use 12 percent of indigenous fuel sources in Lithuania – make good conditions for expanded use of wood waste in all balance of energy. Biofuel use greener due to the fact that ... -
Spatial variation of ash total carbon and total nitrogen after a wildfire
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The present work aims to study the spatial variability of ash Total Carbon (TC%) and Total Nitrogen (TN%) after a wildfire occurred in Portugal. Ash TC% a mean of 26.72 % (±8.76 %) and ash TN% of 1.20 % (±0.32 %). We ... -
Effect of organic nitrogen fertilizers Provita and fermentator Penergetic–k winter wheat and on soil quality
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Not only in Lithuania, but also in the European Union, one of applicable means for environment protection is organic farming. The direction of organic production in agriculture ensures safe nutrition because it reduces the ... -
Evaluation of ozone behavior in a complex coastal environment
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Aim of this work is to evaluate the ozone dynamics in a coastal region on the Adriatic Sea that is under the “High Environmental Risk Area” restraint. By the implementation of a particular tool called OSAT (Ozone Source ... -
Research of railway noise pollution at the living area of railway station in Klaipeda city and designing of noise barrier
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Transport, including railways is one of the major sources of noise pollution, having a significant influence for environment and human life. Noise of trains depends on the category of the train, type of rails, train speed ... -
Method of removal of the plastic insulator from waste cables by passing them between two rotating rolls that have different surface temperatures
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Recycling of cable waste, especially the complete separation of metal and insulating material for reuse has always been a problem. Especially this problem is relevant for small enterprises because present processes to ... -
Cleaning of soil contaminated with heavy metals using red clovers
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Soil contamination with heavy metals is a relevant problem worldwide to which no universal solution has been found. Phytoremediation is a new and prospective technology for cleaning soils of low contamination rate using ... -
The cooling pond of Ignalina NPP as a model system evaluating effect of radioactive, chemical and thermal pollution to aquatic plants
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The scope of this research included an evaluation of the influence of radioactive, thermal and chemical pollution on ecotoxicological state of Lake Drūkšiai – the cooling pond of Ignalina NPP during the long-term investigations ... -
Analysis of the year power consumption by central air conditioning systems (Using the climatic data stochastic statistics model)
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The purpose of offered research is creation of a method of an estimation of annual power consumption by the central systems of air-conditioning (SAC), taking into account possibility of modern computers. The developed ... -
Mechanical injectors for supply of liquid to gas cleaning equipment
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Nomogram to select the mechanical injectors (used for gas treatment devices). Operational reliability and efficiency of wet apparatus to a large extent due to the correct choice of atomizing devices (jets). In technology ... -
Radiochemical method for assessment of plutonium after radionuclide interaction with microorganisms
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)In this study, referring to the co-precipitation method (Lovett and Nelson 1981), separation of oxidized and reduced plutonium fractions was achieved. Based on differences in property to form (Pu - IV) and not to form (Pu ... -
Micromycetes in industrial and household dust: peculiarities, effect on manufacturing and people’s safety
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Taking into account that dust is an aggressive environment factor which often determines the success of food-stuff production, the durability of technological equipment and people’s safety, dust from 8 groups of premises ... -
Characterization of microbial community structure after application of different bioremediation approaches in TNT contaminated soil
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)Contamination of the environment with explosive residues presents a serious problem at sites across the world. Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is one of the most commonly used explosive for military and industrial applications. In ... -
The impact of fertiliser types on soil’s macronutrients and microlements content
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The main focus of this paper is the study of soil’s macronutrients and microelements mobility under the influence of mineral and organic fertilization. Two species of plants were cultivated: winter wheat (Triticum aestivum ... -
Nitrogen dioxide concentration in Kaunas 2008–2009
(8th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2011), 2011)The aim of the present study was to assess distribution of nitrogen dioxide concentration in Kaunas. A passive sampling method and triethanolamine as an absorbent was used. Sampling was carried out in 62 measurements points ...