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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Introduction to Cleaner Production

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0466/01
Abbreviation CP
Course title Introduction to Cleaner Production
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator RNDr. Alena Labodová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The history of Cleaner Production (CP) worldwide and/or in CR
2. Legislative obligations in CR in CP – waste legislation, IPPC, The National CP Programme, The State Environmental Policy
3. Process of CP implementation in industrial plant – preliminary assessment (total input/output analysis)
4. Planning and organisation of CP in the enterprise - team formation and project control
5. The analysis of material and energy flows in selected area – methods, sources of information
6. The generation of variants for solving the problems - brainstorming
7. Feasibility study – assessment of variants (technical, environmental, economical)
8. Realisation of variants – conditions, methods
9. Assessment of project results after realisation, feedback, maintaining of project results
10. Application of CP in regional measure – city projects, Ecoprofit
11. Application of CP in non-production organisations – hotels, schools, hospitals
12. Application of CP to city/region control
13. Economical consequences of CP project – costs and benefits, environmental accounting, application to EMS
14. UNEP, UNIDO and their input to development and dissemination of CP

Literature

NILSSON,L., PERSSON,P.O., RYDÉN, L., DOROZHKO, S., ZALIAUSKIENE,A.: Cleaner
Production (book 2 v serii Environmental Management BUP). Baltic University
Press 2007, ISBN 91-975526-1-5 (online http://www2.balticuniv.uu.se/bup-3/textbooks-course-materials/bup-course-materials/environmental-management)
UNIDO CP Toolkit (www.unido.org)
www.wbcsd.org, www.unido.org, www.unep.org, www.who.org,
www.env.cz, www.cemc.cz (CP manuals in English)
various scientific journals

Advised literature

UNIDO CP Toolkit (www.unido.org)
www.wbcsd.org, www.unido.org, www.unep.org, www.who.org