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Cleaner Production

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Course Unit Code546-0294/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOD009Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.
Summary
Preventive process tools, cleaner production and its application in practice,
situation worlwide and/or in CR, national strategy,
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Knowledge rendered at the end of the course: The Cleaner Production project management in the enterprise, monitoring and optimization of material and energy flows, calculation of return on the project. Students will become familiar with the application of prevention strategies and non-production manufacturing enterprises, optimizing material and energy flows, reducing environmental impacts and their economic implications. Skills rendered at the end of the course: Project management, design material balance, leading brainstorming, economic evaluation of alternative solutions.
Course Contents
1. History Cleaner Production (CP) in the world and us.
2. Statutory obligations for Cleaner Production - Waste Act, the Act on Integrated Prevention, National Cleaner Production Program, the State Environmental Policy.
3. Progress with CP in an industrial company - a preliminary assessment (overall analysis of inputs and outputs).
4. The plan and organization of the securities in the company - building a team, project management.
5. Analysis of substance and energy flows in the selected section - procedures, methods, sources of information.
6. Designing possible solutions - brainstorming.
7. Assessment options (feasibility study) - technical, environmental and economic evaluation.
8. Implementation options - the conditions, procedures.
9. Evaluation of results after the project implementation, feedback, maintaining the project results.
10. Use of cleaner production on a regional scale - urban projects, etc. Ecoprofit.
11. Application of CP in the management of non-manufacturing organizations - hotels, schools, hospitals. Application of CP in the management of the city / region.
12. The economic context of cleaner production - costs and revenues, environmental accounting, the use of EMS.
13. UNEP, UNIDO and their role in the development and dissemination of CP.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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
UNEP. Environmental Agreements and Cleaner Production. United Nations Environment Programme, 2006. ISBN: 92-807-2717-6
IVAM. Cleaner Production Manual. IVAM, 2008.
Jayasinghe G. Y.; Maheepala S. S.; Wijekoon P.Ch. Green Productivity and Cleaner Production: A Guidebook for Sustainability. CRC Press, 2022. ISBN 9780367535155
ŠLESINGER J., KOZIELOVÁ Z.,NAJMANOVÁ K.: Čistší produkce. Cenia, Praha 2007. (www.cenia.cz).
Zavádění čistší produkce a vypracování komunální politiky, CPC Praha 1997. Manuál CP pro průmyslové podniky, CPC Praha 1998 (elektronicky u přednášející).
Zákon o odpadech 185/2001, Zákon o integrované prevenci 76/2002, Národní program čistší produkce, Státní politika ŽP, Nařízení vlády 352/2014 o plánu odpadového hospodářství ČR.
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
Recommended Reading:
PRE-SME – Promoting Resource Efficiency in Small & Medium Sized Enterprises.
Industrial training handbook. United Nations Environment Programme 2010, www.unep.org (electronic version available at lecturer)
Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment Malaysia. Cleaner Production A Do It Yourself Manual. Department of Environment, Malaysia, 2010. ISBN: 978-983-3895-14-4
US EPA: Principlles of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production.
An International Training Course. 1999 (electronic version at lecturer)
Manual on the Development of Cleaner Production Policies — Approaches and Instruments. UNIDO CP Programme, Vienna 2002
KOTOVICOVÁ, J. Čistší produkce. Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita. Brno, 2003. ISBN 80-7157-675-1.
UNIDO CP Toolkit (v elektronické formě u přednášející).
ŠLESINGER J., NAJMANOVÁ K.: Čistší produkce v zemědělství. CENIA Praha 2008, ISBN: 978-80-85087-66-6
Internet: stránky MŽP (www.mzp.cz), CENIA (www.cenia.cz ), CEMC (www.cemc.cz), Státní zdravotní ústav (www.szu.cz), Světová podnikatelská rada pro udržitelný rozvoj (www.wbcsd.org), UNIDO (www.unido.org), UNEP (www.unep.org), Česká podnikatelská rada pro udržitelný rozvoj (www.cbcsd.cz).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34