Objectives and competences
? To understand the environmental protection
? To understand the environmental legislation,
? To understand the environmental changes and threats to the environment
? Knowledge of the global problem of environmental pollution
Acquired knowledge is important by understanding of environmental issues and to understand all the methods to safe it.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Fundamentals of understanding environmental engineering and ecology and their impact on design in terms of a circular economy and sustainable development. Fundamentals of human ecology. Defining basic ecological concepts, defining anthropogenic pollutants in the environment and learning about typical pollutants in water, soil and air. Getting to know the relationship between typical pollutants and the environment, with a focus on water. Recognizing water issues as one of the most important raw materials of the modern world. An introduction to the various processes of preparation and purification of waters and their most important pollution parameters. Fundamentals of Toxicology and Ecotoxicology. Understanding the global problem of environmental pollution such as greenhouse gases and acid rain and their consequences. Linking ecology with ethics, politics and legislative decision makers, learning about ecology as a way of thinking and new approaches to designing new products.
Learning and teaching methods
Systematic lectures
Dialogue
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
• Analysis and understanding of the functioning of the environment
• Linking environmental parameters with specific legislation in the field of environmental protection
• Analysis and assessment of the environment on the basis of measured environmental parameters and explanation of the ways and methods of solving environmental problems
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
national and foreign literature enquiry and application
internet application for specific information search
gathering and interpretation of results, experimental results report preparation.
Readings
• J. Kolar, Kako deluje?.Človekovo okolje, 19982, https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb+ukm/28621824
• Colin Baird, Environmental Chemistry, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1999, https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb+ukm/43891969
• N. Samec, A. Lobnik, Okoljsko inženirstvo, učbenik, Fakulteta za strojništvo, 2009, https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb+ukm/61894657
Prerequisits
Without special prerequisites
Additional information on implementation and assessment Theoretical exam 100%
