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Analysis of the models for life cycle assessment of the building and building products
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 1 The environment is the relations in life and all settings life is consist of. A building is an artificial environment designed and built to meet the users' needs. These needs are fulfilled with the properties of building products that form the building. Building and building products are directly or indirectly in interaction with the environment during their life cycle process.There are some models like 'LEED', 'Athena', 'BEES', 'BRE', 'Analytica', 'Pre', 'GaBi', 'TEAM', 'GB Tool', 'Woolley','Cu... Autori: Ayşe Balanlı, Gokce Tuna Taygun ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25113
Corporate management tools to address sustainability Challenges. A reflection on the progress and difficulties experienced during the last decade
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 A number of corporate management tools have been developed during the last decades. This has given the impression that industry is in the lead for developing a more environmentally sound and sustainability-adopted future as concerns the production and the products they are working responsible from. This paper includes a short review of some key tools, including cleaner production assessments, life cycle assessments, environmental management systems, environmental management accounting and variou... Autori: Thomas Lindhqvist ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25148
Keynote Lectures Energy from municipal solid waste: large-scale incineration or small-scale pyrolysis?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 AbstractMunicipal solid waste (MSW) management is an important and challenging issue for sustainable development. It is also one of themost controversial problems and a subject of an ongoing debate between different interested parties. A particularly controversial issue is MSW incineration (with or without energy recovery) which has in many countries become a socially unacceptable option for dealing with solid waste. On the other hand, the increasing amounts of waste each year demand immediate a... Autori: Adisa Azapagic ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25147
Challenges for integrated water resources management in Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 This study presents an overview of the current activities and results undertaken within the CEEX SIWMANET project dealing with an assessment of the actual challenges for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) implementation in Romania,seen especially in relation with the R&D system and the need to develop especially the cooperation, training and participatory processes that are required for actual implementation in which the universities may play an important role in terms of catalyst ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25150
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Synthesis of Ferrierite/ZSM-35 type zeolite with ethylenediamine as templateâ€? Recovery of p-hydroxybenzoic acid from wastewaters by reactive extraction 1. Extraction mechanism and influencing factorsâ€? Relationships between metals extent and cytological characteristics at Prunus persica L. pollenâ€? Smoke Emissions From Diesel Vehicles: A Case Studyâ€? Carbon dioxide generation - implications for romanian pulp and paper industry â€? Enhanced decolorization of ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25208
Methodology to conserve energy in surface aerators
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 AbstractBased on the simulation equations, which were developed earlier (Rao, 1999 and Rao et al., 2007) relating the oxygen transfer coefficient k (= KLa20 (?µ/g2)1/3) with theoretical power per unit volume of water X (= N3D2/g4/3?µ1/3) and k with actual powerconsumed by the surface aerators per unit volume PV (= P/(V??(g?µ)1/3), methodology has been demonstrated to the save the energy consumption, defined by ?? (=PV /k), where KLa20 is the overall oxygen transfer coefficient at 20oC, ?µ is kin... Autori: Achanta Ramakrishna Rao, Bimlesh Kumar, Neelam Verma ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25243
Analytical approach to estimate the air flow rate in the boundary layer of a heated furnace wall
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe critical analysis of the transfer processes intensification techniques is carried out by identification of the methods that can be applied, regardless of the process nature. The main priority is the development of a consistent methodology that will represent the basis of specific practical methods development by establishing a theoretical frame for studying the heat transfer processes. The main purpose is to reduce the stationary time of the charge in the installation, accomplishing ... Autori: Adrian Dima, Alina Adriana Minea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25253
Identification, communication and management of risks relating to drinking water pollution in Bihor county
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractAt global level, the microbiological quality of water is a matter of concern, since diarrhoea represents the second cause of mortality. In addition, nitrates represent a significant problem and their high concentration - above the accepted limits - in drinking water is frequently encountered in Romania. Water samples have been analyzed in accordance with the methodology recommended by The Public Health Institute Bucharest. 78.15% of the water samples evaluated during the interval 2004-20... Autori: Claudia Sarmasan, Lucia Daina, Sonia Draghici ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25325
Environmental impact assessment induced by an industrial unit of basic chemical organic compounds synthesis using the alternative method of global pollution index
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe technological process of basic chemical organic compounds synthesis is included among the economic activities that can affect the environment quality. The environmental impact of chemical organic synthesis is evaluated using the alternative method of global pollution index that considers the concentric circles graphical methodology proposing a scale of the arithmetic mean values for the evaluation scores of each environmental components (e.g. water resources, gaseous emission, soil a... Autori: Carmen Zaharia, Ilie Murăraşu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25352
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 â€? Bioremediation of contaminated air using a bioscrubberâ€? Quality risk evaluation of the groundwater resources on the moldavian areaâ€? Electrochemical characterization of some dental materials in accelerated environmental testingâ€? Preliminary study of simple and Fenton oxidation with hydrogen peroxide applied on final effluents from a zootechnical farmâ€? The environmental impact assessment caused by the dykes failureâ€? Revaluation of beer industry byproducts – medical implicationsâ€? ... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25372
Optimization of process variables for cadmium removal from synthetic wastewaters by sphagnum moss peat
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The efficiency of Cd (II) removal from aqueous solutions was investigated using Sphagnum moss peat as sorbent. A 23 orthogonal central composite design was successfully employed for experimental design and analysis of results. The combined effect of the initial solution pH, peat dosage and initial Cd (II) concentration was studied and optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The optimum values of these variables were found to be pH = 4.72, 14.7 g peat /L and 13.64 mg Cd /L, ... Autori: Catalin Balan, Corneliu Cojocaru, Petru Bulai, Doina Bilba, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25399
Methodology for real estate appraisal of green value
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Green buildings are considered a quick and effective approach to protect the environment by slowing down the consumption rate of primary energy resources and by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In Europe, appraisals of properties should take into consideration this new feature of buildings by implementing data from Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) into real estate assessment. With this respect, a methodology is proposed and analyzed to be considered in the sales comparison rea... Autori: Daniela Popescu, Emilia Cerna Mladin, Rodica Boazu, Sven Bienert ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25406
Quantitative estimation of the solar radiation loss in Brasov area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Increasing the solar energy conversion into electrical or thermal energy represents an European and national priority, because it offers clean alternatives to the use of fossil fuels, in no pollutant systems, based on photovoltaic modules and solar collectors. The global solar radiation is the most important factor affecting the amount of energy produced by a PV module. In direct connection with the change in the solar energy conversion, the TR - Loss Coefficient (Tr??bungsfaktor) is... Autori: , Dorin Valentin Diaconescu, Maria Valentina Dinicu (Popa), Bogdan Gabriel Burduhos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25465
Reactive organic carbonates with leaving group for biologically active dipeptides synthesis
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The aim of this present paper is investigation of the reactions of preparation of unsymmetrical reactive carbonates from the corresponding symmetrical carbonates and different type of alcohols. The asymmetrical carbonates represent alternative reagents (mild, efficient) for alkoxycarbonylation of amines and amino-acids. The synthesized compounds were characterized by spectroscopic and chromatographic methods. A general method for preparation of asymmetrical carbonates was develop fro... Autori: Adina-Elena Segneanu, Ionel Balcu, Marius Constantin Mirica, Mirela Ioana Iorga, Marius Milea, Zoltan Urmosi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25472
Field testing and microscopy - Important tools for a realistic long-term evaluation of wood improvement treatments
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The paper briefly presents the principle, methodology basics and the research opportunities offered by a modified L-joint test for a complex in-field evaluation of wood behaviour in outdoor above ground exposure, corresponding to the biological use class 3. A comprehensive and detailed examination of the tested samples, looking not only to the biological degradation of wood but also to wood cracking and coating performance (cracking, flaking, exfoliation, adherence), was performed an... Autori: Maria Cristina Timar, Emanuela Beldean, Mihaela Porojan, Lidia Gurau ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25494
Methods for evaluating packaging sustainability
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
There are different parameters, which may affect packaging and its sustainability. Up to date, several methodologies and tools have been developed not only to quantify but also to assess the environmental impacts from packaging. Different criteria and indicators have been used depending on the objectives, scope and nature of the evaluation. One of the software tools developed is that one that assesses the packaging sustainability according to the Sustainable Packaging Alliance (SPA) ... Autori: Jose Jorge Espi Gallart, Jose Luis Vivancos Bono, Mercedes Hortal Ramos, Susana Aucejo Romero ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25515
A new technology to obtain ecological steels
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
A friendly technology with the environment which consists of the elaboration of carbon steels through specific proceedings to powder metallurgy has in view the contribution of methane gas in iron powders at the same time with sintering. This technology is advantageous from various points of view: the final product is a part which does not need afterward processing with solid waste result and therefore the specific energy consume is lower, the wear and corrosion behavior is similar to... Autori: Olimpia Ghermec, Cristian Ghermec, Traian Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25526
Economical and social assessments approach on paper recycling
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC) and Social Life Cycle Analysis (SLCA) are available methodologies for the economic and social assessment of a product or process along its life cycle. Different approaches regarding LCC and SLCA have recently emerged and several hypotheses are currently on testing and discussing. This paper shows existing LCC and a SLCA approaches as well as the methodology applied in the particular case of a paper recycling process. This study gathers part of the Europ... Autori: Beatriz Ferreira Pozo, Antonio Dobon Lopez, Carlos Lopez Lopez, Maria Calero Pastor ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25529
Inter-cities transfer of a transportation project
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Transferability process identifies the transportation projects which could be implemented successfully in different cities in order to encourage the good practices. This paper proposes a method to evaluate the environmental efficiency of a project by using a hybrid approach based on utility theory and data mining techniques. Transferability principle is applied to show the environmental efficiency of an access controlled area in the hyper centre of two different cities. COPERT III te... Autori: Catalin Popescu, Luminita Ion, Tatiana Cucu, Jean-Marie Boussier, Augustin Mitu, Daniela Uta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25560
Optimization of process variables to maximize the copper loading capacity of Purolite S930 resin
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6
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The practical capacity of an ion exchange or chelating resin depends on various process variables, such as initial solution pH, initial metal ion concentration, metal/resin ratio, contact time and temperature. This work presents the optimization of process variables to maximize the copper loading capacity of chelating resin Purolite S930. To study the combined effect of the initial solution pH, initial Cu (II) concentration and resin dosage were used a 23 orthogonal central composi... Autori: Petru Bulai, Catalin Balan, Corneliu Cojocaru, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25563
GIS analysis of wetland covered by Natura 2000 sites
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 2 Abstract
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can be used in biological conservation as decision support systems, integrating the spatially referenced CORINE land cover and using data to assess whether natural protected areas cover particular types of ecosystems and/or biogeographical diversity.
This study analyzes whether the Natura 2000 sites, which are Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation declared in Romania cover the diversity of wetlands and coastal areas habitat... Autori: Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25605
Stability factors and control strategy for biogas production from sludge
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 3 Abstract
A method based on measuring substrate depletion rate was developed to evaluate the denitrifying activity of activated sludge in suspension and in biofilm form in anoxic serum flasks. The adapted activated sludge inoculum was grown as biofilm in an anoxic rotating biological contactor (RBC). Acetate was used as external carbon source to obtain a carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) of 2. The results showed that the specific activity of cells in biofilm form was higher than in planktonic for... Autori: Elba Vivanco, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Paola Poirrier, Rolando Chamy, Yves Lesty ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25617
Denitrifying activity of activated sludge in suspension and in biofilm
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 3 Abstract
A method based on measuring substrate depletion rate was developed to evaluate the denitrifying activity of activated sludge in suspension and in biofilm form in anoxic serum flasks. The adapted activated sludge inoculum was grown as biofilm in an anoxic rotating biological contactor (RBC). Acetate was used as external carbon source to obtain a carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) of 2. The results showed that the specific activity of cells in biofilm form was higher than in planktonic for... Autori: Manuel Mota, Pilar Teixeira, Rosario Oliveira, Susana Cortez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25639
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 10 Nr. 1
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 1 ? COMPACT MICROPULSE BACKSCATTER LIDAR: AIRBORNE AND GROUND-BASED APPLICATIONS
? STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES
? A STUDY OF THE AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES AT TWO AERONET STATIONS FROM ROMANIA
? COMPLEMENTARY ATMOSPHERIC URBAN POLLUTION STUDIES IN THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA, IASI COUNTY
? ?NGSTR?M TURBIDITY IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE TROPOSPHERE
? LIDAR MONITORING OF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION AND NATURAL PHENOMENA
... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25665
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 10 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 3 ? ADSORPTION OF DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING SILVER WOOD SAWDUST CARBON
? TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE HEAVY METALS LOADED WASTEWATERS RESULTED FROM CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING PROCESS
? WATER QUALITY CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PRUT RIVER
? ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS - BETWEEN REALITY AND HOPE
? INTERACTIONS AMONG CLIMATE, VEGETATION AND SOILS IN RADUCANENI ? IASI AREA
? DISTRIBUTION OF MIXING INTENSITY OF OXYGEN-VECTOR DISPERSIONS IN AERATED... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25669
MONITORING OF A PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED POLICY MODEL FOR RETROFITTING �PANEL BUILDINGS�
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 9 Abstract:The state support programs on retrofitting buildings built with prefabricated technology has a decade-long history in Hungary.The launch of the Green Investment Scheme (GIS) in 2009 has introduced a new path: the performance-oriented approach. Thenew model is designed for implementing more complex renovations on a deeper level. The system is in accordance with theEPBD (EPBD, 2002) and exact savings must be quantified for all projects. The present paper outlines the past and the present ... Autori: Attila Talamon, Tamás Csoknyai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25765
VARIATION ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METAL RESIDUES IN MILK AND THEIR INCIDENCE IN MILK PRODUCTS FROM MOLDAVIA, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:The study was conducted to evaluate the concentration variation of heavy metals in milk collected from two different groups ofsources: milk collecting centers and dairy farms. Also, their incidence in milk products, as pasteurized milk, butter milk, yogurt,cream, cheese, hard cheese was determined in the NE Romania (Moldavia).The analytical results revealed that the milk samples from the collecting centers had higher levels than the samples from the dairyfarms of Pb (2.90 to 3.45 vs. 1.... Autori: Andrei - Cristian Grădinaru, Gheorghe Solcan, Ovidiu Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25776
FUZZY SYNTHETIC EVALUATION OF WEIHE WATER QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:Based on the fuzzy logic principle, a modified Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation (FSE) is proposed to assess water quality status ofWeihe River (Baoji, China). The potential application of the FSE has been tested in a case study. Twelve sampling locations ofWeihe River and its tributaries in Baoji area were selected and seven water quality parameters of BOD5, COD, fluoride, ammonia,total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN) and permanganate index, were monitored from 2008 to 2009. The findings... Autori: Chundi Xu, Jun Zhang, Qi Zhou, Yani Geng, Yaqian Zhao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25780
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF TOURISM IN SPAIN'S REGIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 12 Measuring progress of the tourism destinations in the area of sustainability has now become one of the major challenges facing policymakers action. Sustainability is a dynamic concept. In fact, in reality, it really can be measured is not â€?sustainabilityâ€?, but â€?progress towards sustainabilityâ€?, bearing in mind that this is not an ideal target linked to a fixed state of harmony, but a continuous process of adjustment and reorientation of tourism development to achieve the balance between ... Autori: Juan-Ignacio Pulido-Fernández, Marcelino Sánchez-Rivero, Yaiza López-Sánchez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25821
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE AND LEGITIMACY THEORY: AN EUROPE PERSPECTIVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 12 Given the scenario of conflicting evidence found in previous literature with respect to the best Theory to explain the relationship between Environmental Disclosure and Environmental Performance, in this study we have tested Legitimacy Theory by using a time series structure for DJS Europe Index and controlling for the kind of industry. We have used Panel Data Methodology to eliminate the individual heterogeneity and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) to control for problems of endogeneity by u... Autori: Esteban Pérez-Calderón, Patricia Milanés-Montero ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25825
ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PACKAGING PAPER PRODUCTION BASED ON RECYCLED FIBRE RAW MATERIAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 This paper is part of LCA studies performed in the frame of FP7 project â€?Recovered Paper Sorting by Innovative Technologies - SORT ITâ€?. It analysis the results obtained by Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of the reference case for recycled packaging paper manufacturing (current sorting technology), which will constitute a comparison base for new sorting technology developed in SORT IT project. The main stages considered in the life cycle were: recovered paper (RP) transport from collectio... Autori: Alina Iosip, Antonio Dobon, Elena Bobu, Mercedes Hortal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25860
MEASUREMENTS OF RADIUM CONTENT IN SOME SPRING WATERS FROM ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Measurements of radium concentrations in water are important from the health protection point of view, so simple and reliable analytical methods must be available. In this paper we have determined the radium activity concentration in 24 spring waters which are used as potable water reservoirs. For this purpose we used radon emanation technique and also alpha spectrometry method. This work gives details of sample processing, Lucas cell and the methodology used in the emanation method. In the meas... Autori: Alida Timar Gabor, Constantin Cosma, Oana Alexandra Rusu, Robert Csaba Begy, Simina Dreve ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25878
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE – PART OF MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 The approached subject presents some features of a methodology for original research, considering the environmental performance as a component of the organizations management performance quantification, by considering the environmental management approach as an integrated environmental informational and decisional concept. The current trend in the assessment of performance management is the integration of the environmental management in the organizations management in a conscious and regulated w... Autori: Mihaela Luminita Lupu, Nicolae Trofin, Orest Trofin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25897
ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SOME NEW ARYLOXYALKYL CARBOXILIC ACID DERIVATIVES APPLIED AS PLANT PROTECTION COMPOUNDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Five new aryloxyalkylcarboxylic acid derivatives (diazoaminoderivatives) are studied for their thermal behavior by applying a coupled TG-FTIR technique over the (30-400 oC) range in correlation with the environmental impact of gaseous species resulting by thermal degradation. These compounds are of a particular practical significance since they show a high biological potential as agrochemicals, such as pesticides (herbicides, acaricides, fungicides, growing stimulators etc.). This is why the pap... Autori: Anca Mihaela Mocanu, Carmen Zaharia, Constantin Iordache, Constantin Luca, Lucia Odochian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25899
ASSESSMENT OF WATER ENVIRONMENTAL CARRYING CAPACITY IN XI’AN, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractA comprehensive evaluation methodology for water environmental carrying capacity (WECC) has been proposed. It is based ona new definition of WECC and reasonable evaluation models compared with vector norm method for water resources supply,environmental assimilative capacity, and society supporting capacity. Evaluation index of WECC is determined for Xi’an city,depending on characteristics of the water environment in Xi’an and selection principles of WECC evaluation index. Three-layerstru... Autori: Jun Zhang, Qi Zhou, Ya-qian Zhao, Yani Geng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25960
RADIATION-INDUCED DECOMPOSITION AND POLYMERIZATION OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractPolyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a typical refractory organic pollutant with low biodegradability and high molecular weight. Thispaper presents data on the radiolysis of PVA in aqueous solutions by using ionizing radiation. Response surface methodologywith Box-Benhken design of experiment was applied to analyze the interactions among initial concentration of PVA, absorbeddose, and initial pH of aqueous solutions on PVA removal efficiency. 9.4-89.4% PVA was removed based on differentcombination... Autori: Jianlong Wang, Jinping Tian, Lujun Chen, Shijun He, Weihua Sun ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25967
IMPLEMENTING EUROPEAN METHODOLOGIES TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD LEVELS: SOME DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractDuring the last decade, European methodologies on electromagnetic field measurement and human exposure assessment havebeen extensively developed and improved. At present, there is a large number of complex technical standards dedicated to variousexposure situations. The implementation of the new methodology in the national practice might be difficult, expensive and timeconsuming. Taking into account the methodological change, we analyzed some practical difficulties that might occur and w... Autori: Cristian Goiceanu, Eugenia Dănulescu, Răzvan Dănulescu, Raluca Dănulescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25999
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SUCEAVA COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractMaking tourism more sustainable, means not only to control and manage the negative environmental impacts of this sector.Tourism is unique in the sense that it can provide both economic and social benefits for local communities and it can alsostrengthen the awareness and support for environmental conservation. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework formore sustainable tourism development policies, but also a set of instruments to implement these policies. We used in this stud... Autori: Carmen Teodosiu, Elena Elisabeta Pomeanu, Eric Boutin, Simona-Andreea Ene Popa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26031
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA: ISSUES, EXPECTATIONS AND ACTUAL INVOLVEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractWater and its sustainable use is closely connected to developments in other fields, such as industry, agriculture and services,energy, nature conservation and health. The pressures imposed by the higher water demands, quality of discharges and climatechange raise new water challenges which can be overcome only by coordinated efforts of multiple stakeholders throughcooperation and participatory processes.This study presents how public participation – within the context of integrated water... Autori: Carmen Teodosiu, George Bârjoveanu, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26039
RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY APPLIED FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF REACTIVE BLACK 5 DISCOLORATION IN A FENTON-LIKE PROCESS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractThere are many treatment methods used to remove color from textile wastewater, and Fenton oxidation, a well known AdvancedOxidation Process is one of the most efficient. Apart of Fe(II), other metal ions have been used as catalysts in Fenton’s Reagent,and Cu(II) proved to be a good alternative.In this study the effect of the concentration of dye, catalyst and hydrogen peroxide were studied and optimized for thediscoloration process of Reactive Black 5 using a Fenton-like process, H2O2/Cu... Autori: Andrei-Petru Bertea, Armand-Florin Bertea, Romen Butnaru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26042
EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON Lepidium sativum GERMINATION AND GROWTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractBasic principles for assessing phytotoxicity are the same whether the test compound is a heavy metal, herbicide, fungicide,insecticide or other toxic compounds. The difference lies not in the method of evaluation, but in the experimental program andworking methodology.In this paper the phytotoxic effects of heavy metals, Cr (VI) and Cd (II) on plants germination and growth were studied. Stocksolutions of the two heavy metals were prepared at a concentration of 1000 mg/L, in distilled wat... Autori: Dana Luminiţa Sobariu, , Maria Gavrilescu, Mariana Diaconu, Vasile Lucian Pavel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26062
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT APPLIED IN THE ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractConstruction and demolition waste (C&DW) are the result of inefficient and unsustainable use of natural resources and energy inproduction processes and other human activities, leading to economic losses. In this paper, the Ecological Footprint (EF), as a newindicator and methodology in environmental sustainability assessment was used to calculate where and how the humans induceimpacts on the environment, in particular due to the generation of C&DW. Ecological footprint makes a re... Autori: Alessandra Bonoli, Cristina Ghinea, Isabela Maria Simion, Maria Gavrilescu, Nicolae Taranu, Sebastian George Maxineasa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26070
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR TRADITIONAL VERSUS RECYCLED ROAD ASPHALT MIXTURES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe evaluation of the environmental impact of transport infrastructure entails a complex characterization of factors, attitudes andconsequences. In the frame of an ecologically friendly approach, sustainable alternatives and solutions for road asphaltpavements production and exploitation must be identified. A comparative evaluation of the environmental impact for recycledand traditional road pavements asphalt mixtures, expressed as the amount of equivalent carbon dioxide, per ton of mixt... Autori: Alina Mihaela Nicuţă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26096
ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE VENICE LAGOON WATERS USING THE E-QUALITY SOFTWARE TOOL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
According to the Water Frameword Directive the classification of water bodies environmental quality and the achievement of
“good status” by 2015 are requested for all the European aquatic environment, including transitional waters such as coastal
lagoons. Although progresses have been done and many results have been achieved, several aspects of the WFD implementation
can be further improved and current limitations are more evident for some categories of water bodies such a... Autori: Andrea Critto ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26103
EFFECT OF BATCH TIME ON THE PARETO OPTIMAL OPERATING SOLUTIONS FOR A CHEMICAL REACTOR BASED ON FAILURE PROBABILITY INDICES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Recently, a new failure probability index was introduced that characterizes the operation of highly sensitive chemical reactors
(i.e. when highly exothermic / hazardous reactions are conducted). Based on this, the current paper exemplifies the application of
the risk analysis methodology proposed to generate the Pareto optimal operating solutions accounting for reactor productivity
maximization (product yield) and probabilistic risk minimization. The multi-objective optimi... Autori: Anca Dan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26108
ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
The environmental impact assessment has gained a very important role in the decision making regarding different projects,
investments, actions and proposals. The environmental impact assessment is a systematic process which deals with the
consequences of the future developments in advance. The methodology of the assessment includes several techniques. The
quantitative methods focus on the evaluation of the impacts by assigning importance values to the environmental paramet... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26117
ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR NON-COMPLIANT LANDFILLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
This paper presents a proposal for measurements and interpretation of gaseous emissions from the municipal landfills, especially
for non-compliant sites. Based on the measurements made on the Pata Rat landfill, Cluj-Napoca, a methodology for interpreting
the results is presented, in order to assess current energy potential of the deposit. Measurements are the main basis for
determining the energy potential of the deposit. By applying the methodology for determining the ene... Autori: Michaela Bianca Vac Soporan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26128
THE RELEVANCE OF VOLCANIC HAZARD IN ROMANIA: IS THERE ANY?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
Volcanic hazard is ignored in natural hazard studies in Romania because no active volcano is known on its territory. However, the
2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and its consequences on air traffic safety across Europe and the whole
northern hemisphere dramatically demonstrated that volcanic hazard in a certain area, such as a country, is not necessarily related
to the presence of active volcanoes in the same territory. Therefore, target-focused approa... Autori: Alexandru Szakács ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26146
APPLICATION OF A NEURO-GENETIC TECHNIQUE IN THE OPTIMIZATION OF HEAVY METALS REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK REDUCTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
The reason for carrying out this research is related to the significant risk of heavy metals present in wastewater on the
environment and human health. The removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions was performed in a batch system, using
peat (from Poiana Stampei, Romania) as adsorbent. The efficiency of the process was predicted with high accuracy (correlation
with experimental data more than 0.99) based on a feed-forward neural network with two hidden layers. The... Autori: Gabriel Dan Suditu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26150
EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.10 AbstractNowadays, companies at the electrical industry have to meet numerous environmental requirements which involve a largeincrement in their costs. However, it is considered that these investments made by organizations may affect positively to theirreputation and therefore to their profits.So the aim of this paper is to analyze the influence that some Environmental variables related to the emission and resourcereductions have on the Financial Performance of the electrical firms through a data... Autori: Bernabé Escobar-Pérez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26195
IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES OF IRON POWDERS CARBURIZING PROCESS IN A METHANE-BEARING ATMOSPHERE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.10 AbstractConsidering the advantages of steel surface hardening, when less expensive low- and medium- carbon steels can be surfacehardened without the problems of distortion and cracking associated with the through hardening of thick sections, we developedsome research entailing the increase in environmental performance of iron powders carburizing process using methane as carrier.Apart of studies on optimal working parameters and methods, our research addresses improvements in environmentalperform... Autori: Olimpia Ghermec ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26198
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING SMES: EVIDENCE FROM LESVOS, GREECE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractThe current literature on SMEs presents a range of factors that influence their decisions regarding the adoption of environmentalmanagement practices. In particular, some common factors are the pressure from stakeholders, the awareness of environmentalissues, the level of local authorities’ support, the benefits arising from the adoption of such practices and the role ofenvironmental regulations. This paper examines some of these factors through a case study research methodology on two G... Autori: Ioannis E. Nikolaou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26213
INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO GEOMORPHOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractThe recrudescence and diversification of natural and anthropic hazards over the past decades are mainly attributed to an increasein the vulnerability of human communities. Understanding this vulnerability, as central predictive variable within the riskequation, proves to be a highly useful tool in land planning, namely in the development of various strategies. The current paperaims at proposing and integrating certain indicators into the methodology used in the evaluation of exposure to ... Autori: Adrian Grozavu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26218
MODELING OF PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS FOR TREATMENT OF URBAN RUNOFF USING SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractKohonen Self-organizing map (KSOM) modeling have been applied increasingly for analysis, estimation and prediction ofseveral water quality processes, which are embedded with high complexity, dynamism and non-linearity. KSOM or unsupervisedneural networks were applied to microbial data (Escherichia coli, faecal streptococci, and total coliforms) from the effluent of atwo year data set (2008-2010) on two permeable (pervious) pavement systems used to treat storm water runoff contaminated wi... Autori: Kiran Tota-Maharaj ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26226
OPTIMIZATION OF PHOSPHATE REMOVAL FROM SYNTHETIC WASTEWATER BY BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM USING BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractIn this work, a four factor three-level Box–Behnken factorial design based on response surface methodology (RSM) wasemployed to optimize the removal of phosphate from synthetic wastewater (mineral salts medium-MSM) by the bacterialconsortium (Bacillus sp. RS-1, Pseudomonas sp. YLW-7, Enterobacter sp. KLW-2). A mathematical model was then developedto show the effect of each medium composition and their interactions on phosphate removal. The effect of the lactoseconcentration (X1), pH (X2)... Autori: Krishnaswamy Usharani ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26235
PHOSPHATE REMOVAL BY ELECTROCOAGULATION PROCESS: OPTIMIZATION BY RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractIn this research, response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to model the effect of main operational variables includinginitial pH, initial phosphate concentration, current density and reaction time on phosphate removal by electrocoagulation. It wasfound that the decrease of initial pH and initial phosphate concentration, and the increase of current density and reaction time are beneficial for improving phosphate removal efficiency. According to the ANOVA (analysis of variance) resul... Autori: Mohsen Behbahani ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26237
OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM BASED ON CASE - BASED REASONING - DEMONSTRATED USING A HYPOTHETICAL CASE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractFor the purpose of coping with oil spills successfully, it is important to establish effective response and preparedness plans. Inprevious study, we proposed the use of Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) technology to develop environmental emergency responseand preparedness plans. In this paper, we present how to develop a CBR-Oil Spill Response and Preparedness System (CBROSRPS). In particular, the Frame method is employed to do case representation, the modified Heterogeneous Euclidean-Overlap ... Autori: Zhenliang Liao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26247
ENERGY EFFICIENCY LANDSCAPES: AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY VISUAL TOOL FOR SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING IN BUILDINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractEnergy efficiency in buildings is a key issue in achieving sustainable development. Many decision support methodologies andtools have been developed, mainly based on energy consumption measurements or simulations and rules designed by experts toconstruct Building Energy Management Systems. An extension of this information from raw consumptions to energy efficiency isrequired. In addition, a visual depiction of this information with temporal and spatial resolution, applied to the differen... Autori: Mark Richard Wilby ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26259
TREATMENT OF NYLON PRODUCTION WASTEWATER BY BIOLOGICAL ANAEROBIC FILTER IN COMBINATION WITH A/O PROCESS – A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractThis paper presents the full-scale treatment of nylon production wastewater in a wastewater treatment plant in Henan province, Central China. In this case, a 9600 m3/d capacity wastewater treatment plant was installed to treat the wastewater generated from the production of nylon-66 salt, based on the biological anaerobic filter (BAnF) combined with an anoxic/oxic (A/O) process. The performance of the biological combined system was monitored over a 75-day period. The results revealed tha... Autori: Chunlian Xu, Haiming Huang, Jiankun Dai, Jianrong Qi, Qianwu Song, Shaowei Wu, Wenjun Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26276
FENTON AND PHOTO-FENTON OXIDATION OF SULFIDIC SPENT CAUSTIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BASED ON STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractThis investigation compared the performance of Fenton and photo-Fenton oxidation processes in the treatment of sulfidic spentcaustic wastewater. Response surface methodology, particularly central composite design was used to investigate the effect ofFe/H2O2 and H2O2/COD in assessing treatment process efficiency. Empirical models were developed to describe the relationshipbetween the factors and responses. The models were validated through analysis of variance and were further used in pro... Autori: Azmi Aris, Mohd Ariffin Abu Hassan, Sharifah Hanis Yasmin Sayid Abdullah, Siti Fadilah Md Noor, Zainura Zainon Noor ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26307
MANAGEMENT PERCEPTIONS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY USE AND EFFICIENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION: A CASE OF SLOVENIAN COMPANIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractResearch concerning the efficient use of energy (EUE) and use of renewable energy sources (RES) is growing in the scientificliterature. However, there is a general lack of research concerning management perceptions of companies’ EUE, especiallycompared to research on households. This study examines management perceptions of companies as energy consumers inSlovenia. Data were collected using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodology. The major finding is thatawareness of t... Autori: Aleksandra Pisnik Korda, Borut Milfelner, Damijan Mumel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26318
A ROBUST INEXACT TYPE-2 FUZZY SETS LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROGRAMMING FOR IRRIGATION WATER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractThis research introduces a new Robust Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Set Linear Programming (R-IT2FSLP) model to manage irrigationwater resources. This method improves upon previous interval fuzzy bound models by allowing uncertainties presented asmultiple fuzzy boundaries. It creates additional degrees of freedom and enable direct modeling of uncertainties within anoptimization framework. It more explicitly reflects the system’s uncertainties under the fuzzy membership function. The more ofR-IT2... Autori: Guohe Huang, Lei Jin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26324
REMOVAL AND RECOVERY OF LEAD (II) FROM SIMULATED SOLUTION USING ALGINATE IMMOBILIZED PAPAIN (AIP)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 4 AbstractLead (II) can bind with papain at its active site, destroying the enzymatic activity. Papain a sulfhydryl protease has beenimmobilized in calcium alginate bead for the purpose of removal of lead (II) from industrial waste water. Effect of lead (II) onthe enzyme activity of immobilized papain, has been observed. A detailed kinetic study has been carried out and the data arefitted to different kinetic models. EDS (Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry) and desorption study suggest that meta... Autori: Aparupa Bhattacharyya, Parameswar De, Soumasree Chatterjee, Srabanti Basu, Susmita Dutta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26338
EVALUATION OF ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANIES EFFICIENCY BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA) AND DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 5 AbstractThe optimizing transformation of our country’s energy structure relies on the improvement of production efficiencies of domesticEnergy Companies. The efficiency improvement, in turn, is theoretically based on a set of scientific evaluation approaches. DataEnvelopment Analysis, a nonparametric method to evaluate the relative effectiveness of decision-making units, has a strongdiscriminating power to exclude invalid factors. However, DEA is sensitive to the number of evaluated decision-mak... Autori: Lei Li, Mingyue Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26367
COMPOSITE ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTIVE, PROTECTIVE AND RECREATIONAL FUNCTIONS IN FOREST PLANNING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 5 AbstractWoodland covers about one third of Italy. No longer just a source of products for fuels and buildings, forests also have aprotective function against natural disasters like landslides and they also serve as recreational areas for people.Our primary goal was to define an overall method for assessing the possible uses of woodland areas to help those preparing forestplanning instruments for evaluating the productive, protective and recreational functions of the woodlands. We quantified, usi... Autori: Alessandro Toccolini, Giulio Senes, Natalia Fumagalli, Paolo Ferrario ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26382
NEW VIABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES MIX FOR FODDER YEASTS PRODUCTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe study aimed the diversification of fodder yeast assortments with viable economic effects while reducing the environmentpollution by capitalization of wastewaters with high monosaccharides content from pulp and paper industry and residual wheyfrom milk industry. Using the Response Surface Methodology the fabrication recipe has been optimized according to anexperimental program based on a mathematical model with biomass, protein and residual sugar as response functions. Theculture medi... Autori: Livia Manea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26429
THE CLUSTER APPROACH AS A SOLUTION TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SMEs LEVEL: A COMPARISON STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThis research aims to investigate the level of cluster approach adoption to support the environmental management of small andmedium enterprises and reduce their environmental impact. The research identifies the main phases of cluster approachmethodology and assesses the level of its adoption in 28 international case studies included in 5 different categories of cluster.Our study carried out a comparative analysis between the experiences of each cluster category and the level of implement... Autori: Sara Tessitore ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26452
METHOD FOR INVENTORYING CO EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRAFFIC IN URBAN AREAS THROUGH TRANSPORT MODELING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractCarbon monoxide (CO) is a gas obtained both from natural sources (bush fires, volcanic emissions and electric discharges) andby anthropogenic processes (incomplete combustion of fossil fuels). Together with particulate matter, nitrogen oxides andhydrocarbons, it is part of the air pollutants associated with the transport sector, which have a negative impact on human health,animals and vegetation. In this paper the authors propose a methodology for assessing CO emissions from road traffic... Autori: Gabriela Mitran ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26466
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLED PAPER SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractMunicipal solid waste management is a matter experienced by the entire world, mostly encountered in urban areas as a result ofpopulation growth and increased income per capita. This issue always posed threats to environmental quality and human health,and continues to be one of the major environmental problems people continues to face. In the last few decades, the systemsanalysis techniques have been applied to manage the municipal solid waste (MSW) streams through a range of integrativem... Autori: Cristina Ghinea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26481
TOOLS FOR ASSESSING DANUBE DELTA SYSTEMS WITH MACRO INVERTEBRATES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThis study, analyzes the benthic macroinvertebrates community structure and composition in order to assess the ecological statusas required by the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Macroinvertebrates are the appropriate indicators to describe habitatheterogenity and the water bodies ecological status by turning the allochtone material into biomass, which is then transferred tothe upper trophic levels. Moreover, the macroinvertebrates have the capacity to integrate in their structure the e... Autori: Catalina Stoica ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26502
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR RED MUD DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe environmental impact assessment has gained a very important role in decision making processes regarding different projects,investments, actions and proposals. The environmental impact assessment is a systematic process which deals with theconsequences of the future developments in advance. The methodology of the assessment includes several techniques. Thequantitative methods focus on the evaluation of the impacts by assigning importance values to the environmental parameters andquali... Autori: Anett Utasi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26508
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF A PRECAST CONCRETE BUILDING STOCK IN A TIME PERSPECTIVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 11 AbstractThe sustainable refurbishment of the existing building stock is a key issue in achieving the ambitious long-term energy andenvironmental goals of the European Union. Europe has a vast building stock built with prefabricated reinforced concrete largepanelconstruction technology after World War II to decrease the general housing shortage, mostly in the Eastern-Europeancountries and East Germany.This study focuses on the environmental evaluation of the retrofitting of the existing precast l... Autori: Sára Hrabovszky-Horváth ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26538
THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A BIOGAS POWER PLANT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 11 AbstractIn our study, we examined the annual carbon footprint and energy balance of a Hungarian biogas power plant with a poweroutput of 0.637 MW in 2013, with reference to the complete life cycle of the biogas production. The life cycle analysis (LCA)considered the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) during the production of feedstock and its transportation into the powerplant, during the operation of the factory and during the process of rendering the discarded waste materials harmless. Weesta... Autori: György Szabó ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26548
APPLICATION OF GIS TECHNIQUES FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF LAND DEGRADATION CAUSED BY WATER EROSION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractLand decay processes caused by erosion are very serious by their long term impact on the quality of soils, surface waters,environment and living standards. This article presents the results of a spatial erosion modelling. A new methodology is herebyproposed to estimate the soil losses caused by water erosion. The method is based on using GIS techniques, and its noveltyconsists in applying the mathematic calculation model on the pixel/ cell level, by using the “overlay” technique, which g... Autori: Gabriela Biali ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26559
A THEORETICAL APPROACH OF A NEW INDEX-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF PIPELINES (I)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractEnvironmental and territorial compatibility of industrial activities can be evaluated by considering several criteria, usuallyformalized in the contest of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); the pipelines sector, however, is not as wellstandardized as others. In this paper, a new methodology to evaluate territorial compatibility of proposed pipelines is presented.This approach can be useful to assess proper development compatibility of oil and gas pipeline networks, and it could ... Autori: Vincenzo Torretta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26561
ADVANCED OXIDATION OF AN AZO DYE AND ITS SYNTHESIS INTERMEDIATES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION: EFFECT OF FENTON TREATMENT ON MINERALIZATION, BIODEGRADABILITY AND TOXICITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractThe objective was to study the degradation of azo dye C.I. Acid Orange 7 (AO7) and intermediates for its synthesis sulphanilicacid (SA) and 2-naphthol (2-N) by Fenton process. Full factorial design and response surface methodology were applied to modelthe system behavior influenced by studied process parameters ([Fe2+] and [H2O2]).Optimal process conditions were determined on the basis of mineralization efficiency. The effectiveness evaluation of appliedtreatment process was conducted on... Autori: Sanja Papić ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26569
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: AN INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractThe hotel industry constitutes a major sector of the wider tourism industry and, in common with other industries, hospitalityoperations inevitably entail environmental impacts. Requirements for corporate financial reporting are commonplace, but publicdisclosure of the environmental effects of organizations’ economic actions - referred to as environmental reporting – whilegenerally only a voluntary commitment offers a potentially valuable contribution towards assessing the industry’s glob... Autori: Patricia Milanés-Montero ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26572
STUDY OF A ROAD TEST TRACK WITH AND WITHOUT CRUMB RUBBER. SOLUTIONS FOR NOISE POLLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractEnd-of-life tires are waste materials that pollute landscapes when they are disposed of in tire dumps. However, its life cycle is notfinished when they are scrapped. The rubber of end-of-life tires could be used for new purposes as construction material in roadrehabilitation. A gap-graded mix characterization was carried out in this work by means of laboratory and field performancetests. The mixture has a high content of crumb rubber (CR) by weight of bitumen. Crumb Rubber was added to t... Autori: Victor F. Vázquez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26577
APPLICATION OF ECODESIGN METHODOLOGY IN SMEs RUN ACCORDING TO LEAN MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF A FURNITURE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
The aim of this paper is the adaptation of an Ecodesign methodology for product publishing SMEs that have implemented Lean
Management. To obtain verification of this methodology, an eco-redesign case study of a product has been carried out from a
furniture publishing SME which applies lean management to its entire production chain. Some proposed improvements resulting
from this case study were: Design for dismantling, Multifunction, Dematerialisation, Increasing the material of rene... Autori: Sara González-García ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26592
AN EVALUATION OF THE DETERMINABILITY OF LOW LEVEL DIOXIN CONCENTRATIONS BY HRGC/LRMS-NCI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
High resolution gas chromatography coupled with high resolution mass spectrometry systems are often used for the analyses of
dioxins at low concentrations in environmental sample matrices such as soil, vegetation, sediment, air and food. Since the
construction and operation costs of these systems are so expensive, the most of the laboratories in the developing countries
haven’t the systems with high resolution mass spectrometry. Thus, cheaper systems with similar sensitivity s... Autori: Mahmut Kemal Korucu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26601
BATCH AND COLUMN REMOVAL OF CHROMIUM (VI) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING POLYPYRROLE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 Abstract
The present study deals with the removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by polypyrrole (PPy). Response surface methodology
(RSM) was applied for the design and analysis of experiments in the optimization of pH, temperature, initial concentration,
contact time and adsorbent dose during the removal of the Cr (VI). The optimum adsorbent dose, temperature, initial
concentration of Cr (VI), pH and contact time were found to be 0.8 g, 46.5 oC, 187.5 mg/L, 5.3 and 15.4 min respectively. ... Autori: Ehsan Hasani ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26614
OPTIMIZATION OF REDUCTION OF COPPER USING Stenotrophomonas maltophilia PD2 BIOMASS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 OPTIMIZATION OF REDUCTION OF COPPER USING
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia PD2 BIOMASS
AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING
... Autori: Arpita Ghosh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26616
RESEARCH AND TRENDS IN PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 Abstract
During the creation of a product, the majority of the enterprises still apply a linear approach. This approach has been imposed by
the organization way of the company and by the informational flow between the different departments.
In the present time different models of integrated engineering oppose to the sequential organization. These models permit the
simultaneity of the activities deploying or at least their partial overlap. The activities overlap can be imagined eliminating fi... Autori: Petrică Corăbieru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26633
DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF WATER BASED PAINT FORMULA IN ORDER TO REDUCE VOCs EMISSIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The interest in waterborne paints amelioration increased lately due to the toxicological effect of certain ingredients on human
health, the restrictive environmental legislation and the depletion and escalation in price of raw materials. Research efforts in
formulating waterborne paints are directed to insure low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission while maintaining and
even improving their properties.
This paper presents a waterborne paint formulation process. The required ... Autori: Andrei Ionut Simion ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26639
AN IMPROVED METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINATION OF RADIOCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL IMPURITIES IN THE SYNTHESIS PROCESS OF 18F-FDG (2-[18F] FLUORO-2-DEOXY-D-GLUCOSE)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 2 Abstract
18F-FDG is a glucose analog in which the hydroxyl group on the second carbon is substituted with 18F, being used as an indicator
of glucose uptake and cell viability.
The aim of this work was to synthesize the 18F-FDG and to validate the methodology for the assessment of its both radiochemical
and chemical purities, according to the European Pharmacopoeia. The proposed methodology encompasses three
chromatographic methods: radio-HPLC, radio-TLC and HS/GC.
Radiochemical impurities ... Autori: Mirela Mihon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26640
RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The development strategy of the European Union until the year 2020, Europe 2020, militates for an intelligent economy,
sustainable and favorable to inclusion. Following these principles, each Member State establishes its targets and action plans at a
national level. On the other hand, the rural zones benefit from diverse forms of renewable energy which can assure their
development and energetic autonomy, bringing important advantages to the rural community: the diminishing of energy... Autori: Liliana Topliceanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26644
MAGNETIC CONTAMINATION OF ENVIRONMENT – LABORATORY SIMULATION OF MIXED IRON OXIDES IMPACT ON MICROORGANISM CELLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Magnetic contamination is considered more and more as a challenging issue related to biosphere pollution with magnetic
materials originating in natural and artificial sources (volcanic eruptions and respectively industrial activities that contributed to
iron and other metal compounds spreading in air, water and soil). Aiming to study the impact of magnetic metal ions such as iron
and cobalt on the metabolism of some environmental microorganisms, in this paper an experimental simulat... Autori: Lacramioara Oprica ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26675
SIMPLE ECO-FRIENDLY -GALACTOSIDASE IMMOBILIZATION ON FUNCTIONALIZED MAGNETIC PARTICLES FOR LACTOSE HYDROLYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 3 Abstract
β-galactosidase from Aspergillus oryzae was strongly immobilized on magnetic particles functionalized with amino groups. By
simple incubation without any activating agents, electrostatic interactions between amino groups and enzymes allowed obtaining
a strong linkage. The immobilization efficiency was studied with the quantification of amino groups of the particles and of
immobilized β-galactosidase. Kinetic parameters, especially the maximal velocity Vmax and the affinity... Autori: Kalim Belhacene ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26682
ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL OF METHYLENE BLUE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY PUMICE POWDER: PROCESS MODELLING AND KINETIC EVALUATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) onto pumice powder, as a low-cost adsorbent for
the removal of dyes. The experiments were designed based on a central composite design (CCD) and the process was analyzed
and modeled using response surface methodology (RSM). In order to study the adsorption process, three important factors viz.
pumice dosage (20- 50 mg/50mL), MB concentration (20-40 mg/l) and contact times (5- 35 min) were chosen as varia... Autori: Kiomars Sharafi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26729
OPTIMIZATION OF ULTRASONIC EXTRACTION CONDITIONS FOR EXCESS SLUDGE PROTEIN USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 Abstract
Response surface methodology and central composite experimental design were used to model and optimize the operational
parameters of the excess sludge protein extraction yield by ultrasonic wave-assisted extraction. The three variables involved in
this research were the ultrasonic extraction time, pH, and temperature. In the range studied, statistical analysis of the results
showed that selected variables had a significant effect on protein extraction yield. The optimized extraction... Autori: Yulin Xiang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26736
LIFE CYCLE THINKING IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS: THE CASE OF RUBBERIZED ASPHALT PAVEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 `Abstract
End of life tires require sound accounting of environmental performances to design sustainable procedures for material recovery.
Their use in rubber modified asphalt provides could lead to the improvement of technical and environmental performances of
asphalt roads, but the effectiveness of simplified procedures is to be proved. During LIFE+ project ROADTIRE, a rubber
modified asphalt road prototype, with the upper surface layer containing 10% crumb rubber in the bituminous binder,... Autori: Irene Bartolozzi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26741
TOWARDS INCREASED WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCIES IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Along with nowadays growth of urban areas and population, it is more and more important to have better water resources
management, especially regarding drinking water supply. Maintaining a good state of a water distribution network poses
challenges that are addressed by research community. Two of the main challenges in management of water distribution systems
are the reduction of energy consumption due to the high pumping requirements in some systems and/or reduction of water losses... Autori: Mario Castro Gama ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26747
CO2 AND ENERGY FOOTPRINT OF DIFFERENT RETAINING WALLS SOLUTIONS. MASONRY RETAINING WALL vs. CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The paper presents the most economical and less polluting retaining wall system, calculated for the same site, having few different
common heights used in design. The paper will highlight the importance of an environmentally friendly solution, but also the
most economical solution, which should be the main criteria in the design. Two of the tools used in environmental life cycle
assessments (LCA) are the carbon footprint and the energy footprint. The quantification of the carbon and... Autori: Vasile Farcas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26753
CLOSE-RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY ENABLES DOCUMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENT-INDUCED DEFORMATION OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Deformation, damage and permanent loss of heritage assets due to various physical and environmental factors has always been a
major problem. As the availability of funds for conservation and restoration is limited, the digital documentation of heritage
objects and monitoring of environment-induced deformations are increasingly important for cultural heritage preservation. Our
study elucidates developments in the digital image capturing and processing for recording architectural heri... Autori: Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26759
EVALUATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE EMISSION FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA MUNICIPAL LANDFILL, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The municipal waste landfills are known as important anthropogenic sources of methane and carbon dioxide being the most
important greenhouse gases. The present study estimates the methane and carbon dioxide emission from the municipal open
dump landfill of Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Two different methods were used: the first method was based on in situ measurements,
using the closed chamber technique and the second one was based on the 2006 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Chan... Autori: Gabriela-Emilia Popiţa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26761
EXTREME RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY (ERAM) IN AVIATION SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The research is focused on the relationship between aviation systems and extreme terrorist events, the impacts of such events, and
the solutions to manage the associated risks on medium and long term. The development of predictive models for extremeasymmetric
events in aviation (EAEA) still represents an emerging direction of interdisciplinary research because not all
mechanisms and interactions are understood. The testing of models is difficult due to lack of data and interpretatio... Autori: Catalin Cioaca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26762
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BANJALUKA REGION WITH FOCUS ON LANDFILLING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
This paper presents the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) modelling used in the process of comparing the best
technology for disposal municipal solid waste (MSW) in the Banjaluka region. Three scenarios were considered: unsanitary
landfill, sanitary landfill with gas collection and burning on flare and sanitary landfill with energy recovery. The Banjaluka
landfill is currently an unsanitary landfill because a system for collecting and treating gas has not yet been implement... Autori: Draženko Bjelić ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26767
CARBON FOOTPRINT OF ELECTRICITY FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PLANTS IN ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
In the context of biogas sustainability assessment, a promising way to reach greenhouse gases (GHG) reduction and fossil energy
savings is the anaerobic digestion (AD) of both animal manure and energy crops.
Nowadays, more than 1,100 AD plants are working in Italy, mostly located in Northern Regions. To those plants with an
electrical power lower than 1 MW, strong public incentives were given, therefore, several of them have been put into operation;
this entailed increasing cereal ... Autori: Jacopo Bacenetti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26771
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS PLATFORM IN ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
This paper reports the activity, promoted by the Italian agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic
development (ENEA), in the framework of the project for the development and implementation of the first Italian Platform for
Industrial Symbiosis implemented in Sicily (2011-2015). The goals of the project were: to provide a methodology and an
instrument for industrial symbiosis implementation at regional scale, to implement a IS Platform as a support to SMEs to
ind... Autori: Laura Cutaia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26774
MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
Sustainability issues have driven academic researchers towards the definition of methodological tools to assess the impacts
derived from products and services and to make them more ecologically friendly, economically profitable and socially suitable,
and whose results have to be clear and understandable to a broad public. In the evaluation of complex socio-environmental
systems, like agricultural ones, uncertainty often arises and the quality of decision processes can be a high conc... Autori: Anna Irene De Luca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26779
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTRICRITERIA INDICATOR OF VIRTUOSITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT ADDRESSED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
As the percentage of segregated waste, taken as individual indicator, is insufficient to measure the virtuosity of a Municipality
waste management, a multicriteria indicator has been developed to broaden the horizon of the analysis of waste management
performance. The aim of this study is to experiment a new and easy–to-use methodology for the evaluation of Municipalities
virtuosity in waste management, built from Public Administrators to verify the responsiveness between thei... Autori: Alessandra Bonoli ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26786
DEALING WITH LCA MODELING FOR THE END OF LIFE OF MECHATRONIC PRODUCTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
This paper discusses end-of-life (EoL) modeling issues in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), through the application to a domestic
cooker hood. Two EoL approaches are applied and discussed, namely the avoided burden and the one recommended by the
Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Guide, presently under testing. While no case studies on PEF application have been
published yet, to the best of our knowledge, the scientific community is questioning the robustness and relevance of some
me... Autori: Francesca Reale ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26790
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR A GREEN SPACE FOR STUDENTS AT TERRACINI CAMPUS, UNIBO
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
To make sustainability transitions happen, it is crucial not only to have strategic planning processes committed by the top
management, but also to encourage community engagement, approaching and promoting a bottom-up process. In the specific
case of a University Campus, that means the involvement of the students not only as consumers, but with a leading role in the
sustainability process. DICAM department of University of Bologna has recently started the implementation of some prac... Autori: Sara Rizzo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26798
APPLICATION OF BAYESIAN STATIC GAMES IN RIVER WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
One of the imperative concerns in river water quality management is to develop pollution control strategies, which are
satisfactory for all pollution load dischargers. The game theory can be applied for modeling the natural process of decision
making among dischargers under the condition of having just one water quality checkpoint in a river reach, which receives
pollution loads of several dischargers who would be penalized for any water quality violation from the standards. In this... Autori: Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26834
INCLUDING SOLAR PANELS ON PARKING AREAS IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT. WIND EFFECTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
Solar energy is one of the most important renewable resources due to its unique set of advantages. In urban configurations, wide
open spaces used for parking areas close to malls, stadiums and industrial areas become justified challenges in revaluating them
by placing solar panels on their wide roofs.
The paper is a first attempt that reflects the scientific interest in the particularities of wind action upon the solar panels sustained
by structural framed elements and which cover ... Autori: Elena Axinte ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26849
OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS VARIABLES TO MAXIMIZE THE PERCENT OF IRON REMOVAL FROM 34% CaCl2 SOLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
This work presents the optimization of process variables to maximize the percent of Fe (II) removal, R (%), by chelating resin
Purolite S930 from 34% CaCl2 solutions. To study the combined effect of the initial solution pH, initial Fe (II) concentration and
resin dosage was used a 23 orthogonal central composite design and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) for analysis of
experimental data. To optimize the regression equation was used The Gradient method. The study discovered that ... Autori: Camelia Popa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26856
AN ISOTOPIC SURVEY OF SOME MINERAL WATER RESOURCES IN THE CARPATHIAN CHAIN (ROMANIA)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Popular since ancient times, the mineral waters from Carpathian Chain (Romania) have gained a well-deserved reputation due to
their quality and health benefits. This study provides a description of the chemical and isotopic composition (δ2H, δ18O) of
mineral waters (CO2 - rich and CO2 - free water) located in six of the most popular areas, in order to improve the overall
knowledge about their genesis and recharge mechanisms. The hydro-chemical facies of groundwater vary ... Autori: Roxana Elena Ionete ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26869
CASE STUDY OF THE FIRST VOLCANIC ASH EXERCISE IN ROMANIA USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
In this paper we present results from the first European (EUR) and North Atlantic (NAT) volcanic ash exercise (VOLCEX)
which includes all the warning phases associated as alerting, reactive and proactive phases. Because volcanic ash represents one
of the most serious natural hazards that could affect aviation safety, the measurement campaign was focused on improving the
reaction of relevant authorities in case of airspace contamination with volcanic ash and, particularly, to assess ... Autori: Livio Belegante ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26874
SURVEY ON HOUSEHOLD WASTE COMPOSITION GENERATED IN CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA DURING THE SUMMER SEASON
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
Waste management in Romania, in particular in Cluj-Napoca city, needs major improvements. By analyzing the results and
implementation of waste composition studies which have been performed in different countries, it can be easily noticed that they
can play a very important role in the planning stage of waste management, but also in the monitoring and evaluation of the
process. Moreover, waste composition studies are an integrated part of waste management planning in developed countr... Autori: Ioana Nicoleta Pop ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26888
URBAN TRAFFIC AIR POLLUTION: CASE STUDY OF BANJA LUKA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
High population density and intense traffic resulted in various forms of pollution in cities. Air pollution ranks at the top of this
list. This paper investigates changes in air pollutant parameters in Banja Luka, B&H, using data from air-quality measurement
stations. The applied methodology is based on 24-hour measurements of air pollution, and connection between monitoring
stations and automatic traffic control system centre. Based on the results of such measuring, a signaling... Autori: Srecko Stankovic ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26902
CONDUCTIVE-DIAMOND ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL EFFLUENT WITH HIGH CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD). KINETICS AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS BY RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 1 Conductive-diamond electrochemical oxidation processes are promising technologies for treating biorefractory industrial wastes
with organic loads below 20000 mg L-1. In this work, electrochemical oxidation of a real industrial pharmaceutical wastewater
with conductive-diamond anodes has been studied. The electrolyses were carried out in discontinuous operation mode under
galvanostatic conditions, using a bench-scale plant equipped with a single compartment electrochemical flow cell. For optim... Autori: Joaquín Ramón Domínguez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26927
MINERALIZATION OF SALICYLIC ACID IN WATER BY CATALYTIC OZONATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 1 The influence of key process parameters of homogenous catalytic ozonation using ferrous or manganese catalysts on the
mineralization rate of salicylic acid (SA), model pharmaceutical pollutant, in water was investigated. In order to assess the
combined influence and interactions of studied process parameters as well, the empirical/statistical approach applying Box-
Behnken experimental design (BBD) combined with response surface methodology (RSM) was applied. Three numerical and
one categori... Autori: Kresimir Koricic ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26939
OPTIMIZATION OF THE COMBINED UV/ELECTROCOAGULATION PROCESS FOR DYE REMOVAL FROM TEXTILE WASTEWATER USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 1 In this study, response surface methodology (RSM) method was applied based on a five-level and four-variable central composite
design. The optimization of the C.I. Direct Red 81 (DR81) removal by the combination of electrocoagulation (EC) and UV
processes was also performed. The effect of initial pH, reaction time, current density and initial dye concentration on the dye
removal was investigated to obtain the optimal experimental conditions. The optimal conditions with the dye removal of 95%
... Autori: Elmira Pajootan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26942
CONSTRUCTION OF NAUTICAL TOURISM PORTS AS AN INCENTIVE TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 2 Nautical tourism is a phenomenon that in the last three decades has recorded one of the highest development rates known in the
European and Croatian economies. Economic forecasters for tourism development agree that nautical tourism is in its early
stages of development and that increasing results are to be expected. From a scientific perspective, however, nautical tourism
development is still not sufficiently represented in the science of tourism. In Croatia, nautical tourism is seen as a ne... Autori: Mirjana Kovačić ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26962
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF Phragmites australis IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT THROUGH RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Treatment of domestic wastewater using constructed wetland system vegetated with Phragmites australis was studied at lab
scale. Response surface methodology (RSM) a mathematical model was employed for analyzing the effect of independent factors
(inlet flow rate, outlet flow rate, retention time) on wastewater parameters e.g. electrical conductivity, BOD5, COD, nitrates,
phosphates, total solids, suspended solids, heavy metals in order to maximally treat wastewater. All independent variables w... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26999
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION IN WATERSHEDS BASED ON WATER SAFETY PLAN APPROACH: CASE STUDY OF CALI-COLOMBIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Within the framework of the Water Safety Plan (WSP), it is necessary to assess and to manage risks in the catchment area,
considered the first protection barrier of water supply systems. The Cauca River is one of the major water resources of Colombia
and the principal source of drinking water supply for the city of Cali (approx. 2,300,000 people). Taking into account, usually in
developing countries, available information and specialized technical resources are limited, in this study were eva... Autori: Andrea Pérez-Vidal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27010
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 The diversity of life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods may create barriers to life cycle assessment (LCA) since the focus
and outcomes generated could be quite different. Furthermore, these could lead to different interpretations and hence affect the
robustness of LCA. While previous studies have attempted to compare various LCIA methods, their results are limited to the
cases that were used in their respective studies. To assist LCA participants in selecting a suitable LCIA method to a... Autori: Ya Hong Dong ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27012
USE OF THE “HOTSPOT” CODE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY ANALYSIS IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Accidents in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plants are a critical issue for the safety of people, of operators and the environment,
as well as for the security of the plants. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the possibility to use a free license code to
simulate radiological diffusion after an accident in these particular plants, in order to obtain a model which allows identifying
escape routes for the people potentially involved in the fallout. The authors performed a benchmark an... Autori: Mariachiara Carestia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27015
IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF FODDER YEASTS BY ADDING MINERALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 The aim of this study was the diversification of fodder yeast assortments with viable economic effects while reducing the
pollution to the environment by capitalisation of wastewaters with high monosaccharides content from pulp and paper industry.
As inoculum, in the bioreactor, a mixture of two species of yeasts Candida utilis and Candida arboreea (1:1 ratio) was used at
38°C, pH 5.5 and an air flow of 0.02 L/h was insured. Wastewaters from technological process of pulping of softwood wi... Autori: Andrei I. Simion ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27028
BUILT ENVIRONMENTS AND ‘DIRECT’ ENERGY CONSUMPTION – A CONCEPTUAL METHODOLOGY FRAMEWORK TO FACILITATE DELIVERY OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2008
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 The generation of energy via fossil fuel burning results in carbon emissions. These emissions contribute to the climate change of
our world, particularly in terms of global warming. On the contrary, energy has become blood of life for the existence and
functioning of our built environments. In order to control carbon emissions, the UK has taken lead among many countries around
the globe and especially in Europe by passing a bill for the Climate Change Act 2008 which legally binds the UK to at... Autori: Talib E. Butt ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27045
ANALOGOUS VS. DIGITAL CAMERAS FOR BUILDINGS 3D MODELS CREATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 6 In this paper, the steps used in the process of building 3D model creation, using images acquired with the UMK 10/1318 metric
terrestrial photogrammetric camera and digital images acquired with the Canon EOS Rebel XSi/450D digital non-metric camera,
are presented in detail. For the calibration process of both cameras, the Heikkila and Silven algorithm and a 3D calibration object
were used. In order to save time, both on the field and back to the office, instead of taking and processing UMK im... Autori: Ersilia Oniga ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27056
USING OLD MAPS AND SOIL PROPERTIES TO RECONSTRUCT THE FOREST SPATIAL PATTERN IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 6 Deforestation has been recognized as an important environmental threat in the hilly area of Eastern Romania during the last two
centuries. Nowadays, these former forested lands are extremely degraded through soil erosion and gullying due to improper
human impact. Under such background, the paper aims at reconstituting the natural forest cover of the late 18th century, prior the
aggressive deforesting actions. The methodology is based on two key elements: old maps and soil typology, both integ... Autori: Iulian Cătălin Stângă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27062
EVALUATION OF STREAM BED DYNAMICS FROM VIDAS TORRENTIAL VALLEY USING TERRESTRIAL MEASUREMENTS AND GIS TECHNIQUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 6 Quantification of geomorphological changes and rates of landscape evolution is a matter of primary importance, as much in
natural hazards studies as in calibration of landscape evolution models. In this paper it is investigated the influence of dams to
morphological processes on a corrected torrential valley situated in mountainous area of Romania.
Several approaches were applied for evaluating the stream bed dynamics by using terrestrial measurements and GIS techniques.
The methodology is b... Autori: Mihai-Daniel Niţă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27064
DETERMINANTS OF ECO-INNOVATION: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICES SECTORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 7 This study analyzed the determinants of eco-innovation in a sample of companies drawn from several sectors of economic
activity in Spain and studied similarities and differences in their activity. The analysis used information obtained from the
Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) database created by the Spanish Institute of Statistics. The methodology used showed
that although all the variables used in the model were significant for all sectors of activity, their effects were specific to e... Autori: Alejandro García-Pozo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27072
COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STUDY OF THREE WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 Three different winter wheat production systems for three European countries (United Kingdom, France and Italy), all with
different climatic conditions, soil management and input levels (e.g. tillage, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides) were analysed
from an environmental perspective. The intended applications were the analysis and comparison from a Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) perspective and the identification of the key parameters which have the greatest influence on final results. The ... Autori: Daniele Cambria ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27102
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM BIOGAS IN PALESTINE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 In Palestine, the energy situation is unique compared to other Middle Eastern Countries, as there are technical and political
challenges for transporting, storing, importing and exporting energy. Actually, energy import from Israel meets the major share
of Palestinian energy needs. Palestinian reliance on Israel concerning its energy supply is an issue due to the political situation.
Furthermore, from an environmental point of view, Israel predominantly relies on fossil fuels for its own elec... Autori: Jacopo Bacenetti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27120
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT IN THE PRODUCTION OF RECYCLED WOOL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 We computed the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) to identify the environmental performance of recycled wool by means
of data belonging to a real case study in Italy. First, we analyzed inventory data quality by computing the data quality rating
(DQR) index, according to the criteria provided by the PEF protocol. Quality of specific and generic data (selected from the
Ecoinvent database) was evaluated as excellent and good, respectively. We then quantified the impacts related to each rele... Autori: Silvia Bamonti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27121
CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ODOR ACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EMITTED FROM PERFUMES BY GC/MS-O
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 The selection of proper compounds to include in perfumes’ formulation is of particular interest for the perfume industry.
Essential oils and perfumes are subject to quality control as well as to chemical characterization; therefore, GC/MS-O
methodology can be considered a useful tool for research purposes and/or for improving industrial manufacturing processes. In
this study, GC/MS-O methodology was applied to a commercial brand perfume and a natural-derived one, both characterized by
... Autori: Antonella Amenduni ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27125
THE LUCAS 2012 TOPSOIL SURVEY AND DERIVED CROPLAND AND GRASSLAND SOIL PROPERTIES OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 As part of the 2012 Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS), topsoil samples were collected in Bulgaria and Romania using the same methodology as for other EU Member States in an equivalent survey carried out in 2009. In total, 664 Bulgarian and 1384 Romanian samples were collected which enabled a comparative assessment of topsoil properties under different land covers within, and between, these countries, as well as in a broader European context. The samples were analysed for basic soil p... Autori: Gergely Tóth ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27205
RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM) BASED OPTIMIZATION OF BIODIESEL-DIESEL BLENDS AND INVESTIGATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON DIESEL ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 In this study, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was applied to investigate both the effects of biodiesel percentage in fuel mixture and engine operating parameters (engine load and engine speed) on emission characteristics (unburned hydrocarbons (HC), CO and NOx) of a diesel engine. The optimization of biodiesel percentage in fuel mixture and engine operating parameters also was performed using the desirability approach of the response surface methodology for lower emission characteristics. Th... Autori: Alireza Shirneshan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27217
CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION OF DISTILLERY STILLAGE: A RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY APPROACH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 Stillage (distillery wastewater) is a major waste by-product from process of bioethanol production. It contains large amounts of organic matter and suspended solids, so it should not be disposed in the nature before previous treatment. This work studies the application of ceramic microfiltration membrane for stillage purification. Also, the influence of operating factors on permeate flux and removal efficiency was investigated using Response Surface Methodology. The factors considered for design... Autori: Vesna Vasić ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27218
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN CLUJ COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology that can be used to evaluate the environmental performance of municipal solid waste management systems (MSWMS). Despite of Waste Directive provisions, this methodology is insufficiently applied as a decision-support method able to identify the best option for the waste management in Romania. In this paper we applied LCA methodology to study of the municipal waste management system of Cluj County, supported by GaBi software. The aim of this study is to... Autori: Gabriela-Emilia Popiţa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27225
TECHNO-ECONOMICAL EVALUATION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM REMOVAL BY ELECTROCOAGULATION PROCESS WITH THE AID OF POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE AS COAGULANT: OPTIMIZATION THROUGH RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 In this research, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize five operating variables including initial pH, current, reaction time, initial hexavalent chromium concentration and dosage of polyaluminum chloride as a coagulant for the removal of hexavalent chromium and its relative operating cost by electrocoagulation process. Central Composite Design (CCD) was applied for the optimization process. The results showed that increase of polyaluminum chloride dosage was beneficial for... Autori: Sepideh Sadeghi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27230
KINETIC CONSTANTS DETERMINATION OF PETROLEUM REFINERY EFFLUENT TREATMENT IN A UASB REACTOR USING RSM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 In this study, an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) bioreactor at the mesophilic temperature (38ºC) was successfully used for the treatment of petroleum refinery effluents. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied for the design and analysis of experiments to predict the behavior of the initial COD and the hydraulic retention time (HRT) in the bioreactor. A statistical analysis indicated that the models adequately represented the experimental data. At the optimal conditions, the ... Autori: Seyed Omid Rastegar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27233
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A REVIEW
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Developing countries have seriously low adoption rates of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) and there is a need to understand why. This paper reviews 31 past studies focusing on the factors influencing the adoption of SAPs. Using a vote count methodology, SAPs adoption is revealed as a complex set of behaviors which depend on a range of socio-economic, agro-ecological, institutional, informational, psychological factors and perceived attributes. Identified within these six dimensions, ma... Autori: Yeong Sheng Tey ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27253
LOW-COST TREATMENT OF GREY WATER AND REUSE FOR IRRIGATION OF HOME GARDEN PLANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Reuse of grey water is an attractive option when available water supplies are limited, and can reduce demand on water supplies and provide additional water resource. This comparative research was conducted to assess the suitability and effects of reusing grey water, treated and untreated, as irrigation water for vegetables, compared with tap water. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plants were selected as examples. The collected grey water samples were treated ... Autori: Jehad Y. Al-Zou by ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27254
LAND PLANNING AS A SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF SLOVAK RURAL REGION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Current research details methodological framework for the land planning of the recreational activities based on ecologic approach. Human impacts on landscapes caused by touristic activities should be in accordance with sustainability level, i.e. without changing natural landscape elements, their function and processes, as well as environmental quality. Region of Štiavnické Bane in Slovakia represents a case study area that is completely under nature and landscape conservation. The ... Autori: Michal Klaučo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27264
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Analyzing and reducing the possible effects of air pollution on human health became important issues for improving the quality of life in urban areas. Particulate matters (PM) are air pollutants with a potential important impact on human health of vulnerable people (e.g., children, elderly) and non-vulnerable people as well. The level of PM air pollution is mainly influenced by the PM concentration and parameters such as meteorological conditions and synergic effects of other air pollutants. The... Autori: Mihaela Oprea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27286
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS OF A NEARLY ZERO ENERGY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING - A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Environmental issues have received ascending attention in recent years due to the increase of their negative effects. Greenhouse gas emission levels have experienced an exponential increase in the last decades mainly on account of the development of the building sector. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings is a proper tool to analyse the full environmental impact during their designed lifespan. Inventory databases have a shortage of local parameters in some countries and need to be developed... Autori: Iosif Boros ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27289
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PILLAR ASSESSMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 The present paper focuses on the environmental pillar of a new and innovative framework for sustainability assessment of VET - Vocational Education and Training - providers. By employing case study methods on a research sample of 6 VET providers in the Mures County, Romania, we have determined the sustainable development challenges that VET providers face. The results are used to elaborate the core subjects of the framework in accordance with existing practices at VET providers. The framework is... Autori: Liviu Moldovan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27294
PREDICTION OF THE CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS WAVE IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT USING ROUGH SET THEORY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 A possible prediction methodology for the concentration of pollutants wave in aquatic environment using Rough Set Theory is presented. The issue is of increasingly importance especially for early pollution risk warning. The hydro-morphologic complex characteristics of surface water bodies should be taken into account when pollution dispersion models are designed. However, when more characteristics/multi-criteria are taken into account, including pollutants physical-chemical ones and their enviro... Autori: Georgeta Mădălina Aramă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27319
ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF FLUOXETINE IN WATER USING A SILVER MODIFIED ZEOLITE-CARBON NANOFIBER ELECTRODE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Pharmaceuticals contaminants in waters exhibit a significant threat on the human health and the ecosystem quality. This research demonstrates the utility of a silver-doped zeolite-modified carbon nanofiber-epoxy (AgZ-CNF) prepared by two-roll mill method in development of the fast methodology for the detection of fluoxetine (FXT) in the aqueous solution. The results showed the role of zeolite that improved the sensitivity and the limit of detection of FXT resulted to the possibility to propose a... Autori: Magdalena Ardelean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27328
INFLUENCE OF RECENT LAND USE CHANGE ON TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON STOCK IN HUMOR RIVER BASIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Inventory and monitoring of total organic carbon stock (TOC) it’s an issue of actuality in the context of breaking into the atmosphere an alarming quantity of CO2 result of human activities. Management and sustainable management of forest and agricultural ecosystems can have a positive influence on maintaining optimal stock of carbon sequestered. A case study achieved in the Humor catchment reveals that changing the land’s utility means important modifications in the quantity of the ... Autori: Eugen Rusu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27336
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. EEA PROGRAMME IN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Environmental education is an important field of study at the university level and also in the framework of adult education. Awareness about the environmental issues at global level is becoming increasingly important for the new society, representing one of the most significant factors for ensuring sustainability. In this respect, a number of European programs are addressed to the people willing to develop projects on this topic, aiming to stimulate the mobility of the involved staff, in order t... Autori: Madlena Nen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27345
NEW METHODOLOGY FOR ESTABLISHING THE OPTIMAL REUSE ALTERNATIVE OF DEGRADED LANDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Ecological restoration and reuse of degraded lands must contribute to the region's sustainable development. Therefore, in order to determine the post degradation land destination, a number of opportunities and restrictions should be taken into account. For this reason, it is necessary to develop a methodology for establishing the optimal reuse alternative, which should be based on
scientific principles, without neglecting economic issues and those related to population requirements. For thi... Autori: Maria Lazăr ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27357
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM SURFACE TEMPERATURE FOR EXPLOSION-PROOF LUMINAIRES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Explosion-proof equipment must be designed so that the ignition of the surrounding explosive atmosphere to be avoided. This is very important because an explosion can have particular implications over goods, life and not least over the environment. One of the ignition sources of an explosive atmosphere is represented by hot surfaces. Each equipment designed to operate in explosive atmospheres develops a maximum surface temperature. The specific standards used to assess explosion protection chara... Autori: Lucian Moldovan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27358
DEMULSIFICATION OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS BY A DEMULSIFYING Alcaligenes sp. STRAIN GROWTH ON N-ALKANE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 Environment-friendly demulsifying strains could be applied in breakup of emulsion produced in the petroleum industry. The demulsifying strain Alcaligenes sp. S-XJ-1 was found to be capable of utilizing paraffin or certain pure n-alkane as its sole carbon source, and exhibited a strong cell surface hydrophobicity above 70% and demulsifying ability above 80%. A maximum biomass of 6.27 g/L was obtained when the demulsifying strain was cultured using eicosane as carbon source. A positive correlation... Autori: Xiang-Feng Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27379
OPTIMIZATION OF SOLID STATE FERMENTATION PROCESS FOR PROTEIN ENRICHMENT OF POTATO STARCH RESIDUE WITH MIXED STRAINS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 This study was to optimize the fermentation process for protein enrichment of potato starch residue (PSR) by solid state fermentation with mixed strains. Three single-factor experiments were conducted to optimize the fermentation conditions, and a Plackett-Burman design followed by a central composite design of response surface methodology was investigated to optimize the medium constituents. The optimal fermentation conditions were fermentation temperature 28°C, fermentation period 72 h and... Autori: Heng Lei ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27380
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF TOXICITY POTENTIAL OF METALLIC ELEMENTS AND PROCESS STAGES IN ELECTRONICS: A CASE STUDY OF ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR LEADS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 The electronic waste (e-waste) is increasingly flooding Asia, especially in developing countries. E-waste could precipitate a growing volume of toxic input to the local environment if it was not handled properly. This brings the evaluation of environmental impact from electronics an essentially important task for the life cycle assessment (LCA) and the end-of-life management of electronic products. This case study presented a quantitative investigation on the environmental impact analysis on ele... Autori: Srivalli Chellvarajoo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27384
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 7
› › Nr. 4 • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
• CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND NICKEL IN TWO CONSUMED FISH SPECIES OF PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
• IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
• ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
• FINANCIAL DE... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27398
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 7
› › Nr. 4 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
• CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND NICKEL IN TWO CONSUMED FISH SPECIES OF PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
• IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
• ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
• FINANCIAL DEVELOPME... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27399
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SECOND-GENERATION SUGARS PRODUCTION FROM CARDOON RESIDUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 8 Biofuels and biochemicals are currently centre stage in the on-going scientific and political debate. The prevalent opinion is that
their use can significantly reduce the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and primary energy demand along their whole value
chain. This study aims at evaluating the environmental impact in terms of GHGs related to carbon dioxide (CO2) of secondgeneration
sugars (2GSs) production from cardoon residual biomass. Cardoon is a favourable crop in Mediterranean areas for... Autori: Maria Teresa Petrone ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27413
CARBON FOOTPRINT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION IN THE TREVISO AREA (ITALY)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 8 Carbon Footprint (CF) is an environmental indicator used in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that allows measuring the total amount of CO2 emissions caused directly or indirectly by an activity or accumulated through the life cycle stages of a product (ISO 14064-14067).
In this article CF was used to analyse and assess the environmental impacts of the resources used for the collection of municipal solid waste by the company Contarina S.p.A. Contarina oversees waste management for part of the Treviso... Autori: Alex Zabeo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27415
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LAND-USE TYPES WITH RESPECT TO MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 A significant part of each risk informed land-use planning methodology, applied in the surroundings of Seveso installations, is
the assessment of the vulnerability of all possible potential human and environmental targets. This paper focuses on the
enhancement of the transparency of these methodologies, through the application of ELECTRE TRI, which is a well known and
structured multi-criteria methodology. A broad set of multiple and conflicting criteria is considered, ranging from population... Autori: Ioannis D. Mitsopoulos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27428
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF COPPER BIOSORPTION BY IMMOBILIZED NANOSCALE Lentinus edodes
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 An experimental design methodology was applied to study the copper removal from aqueous solutions by immobilized nanoscale
Lentinus edodes. The effect of the various variables (biomass loading, initial metal ions concentration, PH, contact time, agitation
speed and temperature) were studied in the batch experiment. The results showed that pH, contact time and agitation speed were
the most significant variables on biosorption of copper ions determined by Minimum Run Equireplicated Res V Design... Autori: Rong Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27487
OPTIMIZATION OF BIOMASS AND ENDO-Β-1,4-GLUCANASE BY WHITE ROT FUNGI NATIVE FROM ARGENTINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 A large number of microorganisms are capable of producing cellulases; however, fungi are considered among the most active
enzymes producers. Different strains of white rot fungi (WRF) were reported to have a great potential for biotechnological
applications and cellulase enzymes is much involved in this effect, especially for bioethanol production. Misiones is included in a
forest region characterized by a vast biodiversity, and within this environment, a large number of microorganisms can be... Autori: Ernesto M. Giorgio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27489
PHENOL TOLERANCE AND BIODEGRADATION OPTIMIZATION OF Serratia marcescens NSO9-1 USING PLACKETT-BURMAN AND BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 The phenol degradation capacity of Serratia marcescens NSO9-1 isolated from olive mill wastewater was evaluated and optimized in this study. Plackett-Burman design coupled with Box-Behnken methodology was used to evaluate the effects of medium components and significant parameters on phenol degradation by this relevant strain. According to Plackett-Burman-based statistical screening, seven of the eleven components of the medium had a significant effect on the metabolism of phenol degradation. Th... Autori: Nurdan Saraç ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27495
APPLYING IO AND AHP TO LOCATE COASTAL TOURISM SITES USING GIS: A CASE STUDY OF MAZANDARAN PROVINCE, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 Increase in tourism demand in the coastal areas of Mazandaran Province, Iran, as one of the major tourist attractions near Tehran,
has led to tourism development and consequently adverse environmental impacts. However, given the tourism potential within
the region, tourism managers and planners seek to follow sustainable development principles. In this regard, determining sites
capable of tourism development and finding an optimal site among the alternatives are two main challenges that they ... Autori: Jafar Nouri ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27503
OPTIMIZATION OF IMPORTANT PROCESS PARAMETERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF Cr(VI) BY A MODIFIED WASTE MATERIAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 This paper highlights the utility of rice husk ash for the adsorption of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions. Rice husk ash (RHA) is produced when rice husk is burnt for various purposes. Application of Treated Rice Husk Ash (TRHA) as an adsorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions has been investigated. For this purpose, RHA was thermally treated. RHA and treated RHA (TRHA) were characterized by XRD, SEM and FTIR to investigate the effect of treatment on the nature and surface char... Autori: Varsha Srivastava ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27504
INCREASING ROLE OF MICROORGANISM WITH UBIQUINONE-9 IN DENITRIFYING PAO SLUDGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 1 An anaerobic-aerobic (An-Ox) sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was operated for the growth of phosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs), while an anaerobic-anoxic (An-Ax) SBR was used for the growth of denitrifying PAOs (dPAOs). Both
reactors exhibited successful enhanced biological phosphorous removal (EBPR) performance. The sludge P contents in the two reactors increased from approximately 2% at the beginning of the operation to 9.1% (An-Ox SBR) and 7.3% (An-Ax SBR) after 140 d. The results of the... Autori: Hansaem Lee ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27525
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR PHENOLATION OF SPENT SULFITE LIQUOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 In this study major factors affecting the phenolation process of lignosulfonate (LS) waste liquor (recovered from pulp and paper industry) were optimized in order to improve LS substitution for replacing petroleum-based phenols during phenolic resin manufacturing. Four different parameters, namely phenol/lignosulfonate ratio, time, temperature and lignosulfonate waste liquor concentration, were varied in an experimental program having as response function the reaction yield. Response Surface Met... Autori: Andrei Ionuţ Simion ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27551
INFLUENCE OF FARMING SYSTEM ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WITHIN CEREAL CULTIVATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 The emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from anthropogenic activities have still been a topical and much-discussed issue. In farming, room for reducing GHG emissions may also be available in crop farming. The measures aimed at the mitigation of GHG emissions may include a change in the farming system or partial switch to more extensive farming methods, including organic farming. The life cycle of oat, rye, wheat and spelt wheat cultivation in conventional and organic farming systems in the condi... Autori: Jan Moudrý Jr. ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27564
INDICATORS SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING THE ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION PROCESS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 In recent years the organizations’ has gone from resource-based economy to a knowledge based economy. Likewise the organizations’ success in this turbulent environment depends on its sustainable orientation which implies integration of various management practices. Such a management practices considered to be a driving force to sustainable development are environmental management system (EMS) and knowledge acquisition. In this context, it’s required to measure the organizationa... Autori: Daniela Geanina Luca Cososchi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27567
ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION OF MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN THE KOŠICE REGION OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 This work focuses on the analysis of material composition of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW) in the city of Košice, the second largest city in Slovakia, and in the village of Poproč, which is representative of the region. The paper describes the characteristics of the monitored localities, the methodology and the original evaluation procedure. The analysis of the mixed MSW composition in Poproč was performed in 2009-2010, and in Košice in 2011. In both cases, the analys... Autori: Takáčová Zita ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27570
BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM CORN BIOETHANOL WHOLE STILLAGE: EVALUATION OF TWO DIFFERENT INOCULA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 According to EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Lithuania obligates to ensure sustainable growth, gain and maintain good condition of marine environment until 2020. In accordance with the sustainability approach, every potential cost and energy cutting as well as social sustainability measure for wastewater treatment should be explored. Nonetheless, Lithuania wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the sustainability context have never been evaluated before. A comprehensive set of 30 sustainab... Autori: László Gyenge ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27578
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION: A CASE STUDY IN LITHUANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 According to EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Lithuania has to ensure sustainable growth, gain and maintain good condition of marine environment until 2020. In accordance with the sustainability approach, every potential cost and energy cutting as well as social sustainability measure for wastewater treatment should be explored. Nonetheless, Lithuania wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the sustainability context have never been evaluated before. A comprehensive set of 30 sustainable dev... Autori: Jolanta Dvarionienė ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27583
CHOICE OF SITE AND RANKING ELEMENTARY WATERSHED FOR HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT USED FOR IRRIGATION APPLICATIONS TO THE TERRITORY OF WILAYA OF MOSTAGANEM ALGERIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 The selection of the favourite elementary watershed for a hill reservoir needs the association of all the essential criteria and all the interested decision makers. A geographical information system (GIS) is a strong tool for studying spatial data but it does not offer an appropriate decision making methodology. Due to their spatial aggregation functions, Multicriteria Analysis (MCA) methods can simplify decision making in situations where various solutions are available, and when several criter... Autori: Mohamed Zaoui ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27594
SELECTION AND USE OF EMAS III INDICATORS AND AHP METHODOLOGY IN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 The paper presents a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology to analyze environmental performance indicators of an organization designed according to Eco-Management and Audit Scheme III - Regulation (EMAS III). The newly proposed indicators are intended to achieve Best Environmental Management Practice (BEMP) to facilitate and harmonize the way the environmental performance is reported and analyzed periodically within the Environmental Management System (EMS) of the organization. Dur... Autori: Georgeta Madalina Arama ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27598
MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF DANUBE RIVER WATER QUALITY AT GALATI, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 This paper presents the research on the temporal variability of water quality parameters for the most important river system in Romania and Europe – Danube River. The data on the river water quality had been obtained during ten years. The investigation was systematic and complex. Using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and traditional statistical methods based on correlation matrix - Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Factor Analysis (FA), and ANOVA all the samples data sets were classified... Autori: Paula Popa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27601
IMPROVING RUNWAY STRIP PERFORMANCE TO FULFILL INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THROUGH ECO-EFFICIENT SOIL TREATMENTS: CASE STUDY OF A MAJOR ITALIAN AIRPORT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 The paper presents a case study of a significant intervention conducted on a major Italian airport for improving the structural and functional properties of the runway safety STRIP in order to fulfill specific national and international standards.
The STRIP had to accomplish strict requirements in terms of the maximum longitudinal and transversal terrain slope and minimum values of bearing capacity; in particular, soil bearing capacity was identified as the main lack and thus the most urgent ac... Autori: Maurizio Crispino ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27603
OPTIMIZATION OF WASTEWATER BASED MEDIA FOR BIOPOLYMERS PRODUCTION BY Rhizobium leguminosarum
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 The present work aimed to optimize a new economic medium for biopolymers production by Rhizobium leguminosarum. Biopolymers were poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and exopolysaccharide (EPS and PHB). They were extensively used in various industrial sectors. Statistical experimental designs and Response Surface Methodology were employed to optimize the medium components. A central composite design was applied to increase the production yield and predict the optimal values of the selected factors. An op... Autori: Mohamed Sellami ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27609
KINETIC AND ENZYME RECYCLING STUDIES OF IMMOBILIZED β-GLUCOSIDASE FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS HYDROLYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 β-glucosidases are very important in the improvement of cellulose degradation rates by diminishing the inhibition of end products. Although, cellulase cost has reduced significantly in last decade but still the high costs of biomass saccharification is one of the main challenges for the commercialization of ethanol from LC biomass. In this work, β-glucosidase immobilization in calcium alginate was optimized using response surface methodology. 89% immobilization efficiency was achieved ... Autori: Ruchi Agrawal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27614
EXPRESS-CAR-HIRE – A NEW CONCEPT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE HIRING WITHIN AIRPORT TERMINALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 While trying to reduce the air pollution caused by traditional traffic means like planes and conventional cars, new concepts of car sharing (either conventional or electric) emerged. Although many such concepts are daring and innovative, they're not implemented on a large enough scale; to help reducing air pollution, the acceptance (and hence implementation) of these concepts needs to systematically increase. This paper introduces a design methodology for such a concept - based on competitiv... Autori: Laszlo Bartha ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27632
A NEW SIMPLE INDEX FOR THE ESTIMATION OF ENERGY IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 A new methodology is presented for relating the generation and/or the consumption of heat and electrical energy to the rate of CO2, NO2, and SO2 emissions to the environment. Two indices are provided for the precise determination of emissions of these gases to the atmosphere and are of help in the analysis and comparison of the quality and efficiency of energy options. The indices have no linear dependency on energy consumptions (unlike EIA and EPA methodologies) and can be applied to any indust... Autori: Mohammad Hossein Ordouei ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27640
EVALUATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE BY MEANS OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT: CASE STUDY IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN REGION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NORTE DE SANTANDER, COLOMBIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 The main objective of this research was to evaluate the environmental impact generated by municipal solid waste during its
collection, transportation, treatment and processing in the south-west region of the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia,
by means of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Three strategies for waste management were considered: the current baseline situation,
wherein 100% solid waste was taken to the landfill; plus, an optimistic and a pessimistic scenario in which solid was... Autori: Oscar Orlando Ortiz-Rodriguez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27665
MANAGEMENT PLANNING METHOD FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION FROM FOREST BIOMASS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND CASE STUDY FOR A FINNISH ENERGY PLANT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 In this study, we consider a potential Finnish solution to sustainable energy production to satisfy the European Union's forestrelated
energy policies related to climate change. Conventional energy production includes a number of fossil fuel, peat, and
renewable fuel procurement chains that supply a combined heat and power (CHP) plant during different periods of the year. In
Finland, peat is commonly used as fuel by energy plants. However, it is not environmentally friendly because it is ... Autori: Teijo Sakari Palander ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27672
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SAJOR-CAJU MUSHROOM PRODUCTION BASED ON FARM SIZES IN THAILAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 Unlike other vegetables, mushroom production requires several substrate ingredients, energy to sterilize the substrate, water to humidify the fruiting house and waste management of the spent substrate and used materials. This work studied the environmental impacts and eco-efficiency of sajor-caju mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Sing.) production in terms of climate change potential, acidification potential, water depletion potential and fossil fuel depletion potential, using life cycle asse... Autori: Siriprapa Ueawiwatsakul ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27685
ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE BOTTLED WATER IN POLAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 Bottled water (commonly called mineral) makes an important source of minerals for humans. Its consumption has been systematically rising in the highly industrialized countries, even though not every water type has appropriate health properties. As a result, drinking bottled water ought to be supported with understanding its qualities and physicochemical content.
The following article presents the results of the research into pH levels, electrical conductivity, selected inorganic anions (F-, Cl-... Autori: Rajmund Michalski ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27693
APPLICATION OF RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM) FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ZINC EXTRACTION FROM ANAEROBIC SEWAGE SLUDGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 The reuse of sewage sludge will be increasing in the future, with expansion of sewerage works and advanced sewage treatments. During anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants the humification of organic matter will have an important effect on the physico-chemical forms of heavy metals. The aim of our paper was to investigate mobility of zinc from dried anaerobic sludge (DANS) from municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) via single step (simultaneous) extraction pr... Autori: Vladimír Frišták ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27695
STATISTICAL EVALUATION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF BIOTREATMENT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN A BIOREACTOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 Application of a biological treatment system using white rot fungi is an interesting alternative for treatment of water and wastewater contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). A packed bed bioreactor using the white rot fungi, Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium) was evaluated for degradation of pyrene and phenanthrene in polluted wastewater. White rot fungi have significant potential to metabolize organic pollutants such as PAHs... Autori: Mahsa Baniasadi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27767
RECYCLING TEXTILE RESIDUES INTO CEMENT COMPOSITES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 Changing wastes into raw materials is one of the most favored options for waste management, as it diverts wastes from landfill and saves resources. Fibers, either vegetable (cellulosic) or synthetic, may be added to cement pastes in order improve the properties of concrete or mortar by reinforcement. At the same time, if the source of fibers is wastes, then such processes make ways for recycling. In the work described here we studied the compatibility of residues from the nonwoven textile indust... Autori: Hugo Monteiro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27766
HEALTH DAMAGES FROM INDOOR AIR POLLUTION QUANTIFIED USING A NOVEL OFFICE BUILDING DIAGNOSIS METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 This study applied a novel receptor design to the development of an indoor air quality diagnosis (IAQD) system. Indoor air pollutants were converted into simple air quality and health damage indices to evaluate the health risks associated with renovated and unrenovated offices. The outcomes of the IAQD methodology presented R2 values of 0.705 and 0.700 for renovated and unrenovated offices, respectively. These values indicate moderate level of prediction accuracy. IAQD results related to typical... Autori: Huang-Chin Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27735
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF EO DATA AND GIS FOR ECOSYSTEM HEALTH MODELING IN RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY IN CENTRAL GREECE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 In this study, the development of a suitable methodology for establishing and monitoring indicators of Ecosystem Health (EH) and its responses to wildfire using Earth Observation (EO) data synergistically with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is investigated. The proposed methodology combined GIS and Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data to assess ecosystem characteristics, including its vigor, organization and resilience, for a case study in Central Gr... Autori: Aaron Evans ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27745
MEASURING METABOLIC RATE TO IMPROVE COMFORT MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 Indoor environment significantly affects occupants’ health and productivity. However, in smart buildings and cities, it can be improved thanks to the implementation of innovative ICT systems and services. Thermal comfort is one of the most complex aspects to be considered to enhance occupants’ well-being, because of the relevant role played by subjective parameters (physiological, psychological and cultural) in its evaluation. This challenge can be tackled by integrating wearable dev... Autori: Andrea Calvaresi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27783
APPLICATION OF LCA METHODOLOGY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF A PYROLYSIS PROCESS FOR TYRES RECYCLING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 According to recent estimations, the total yearly amount of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) arising in Europe exceeds 3 million tons; more than 95% are managed through mechanical and thermal treatments because ELTs represent a useful resource both of materials and energy. For this purpose, the goal of the present work is the assessment of the environmental impacts of a novel pyrolysis process and the comparison with alternative ELTs valorisation or disposal scenarios. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodol... Autori: Esmeralda Neri ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27798
INFLUENCE OF STIRRING SPEED AND GAS-TO-LIQUID RATIO ON ACTIVATED SLUDGE PERFORMANCE IN CARBAMAZEPINE ELIMINATION USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 Activated sludge (AS) is the mainly used biological process in water treatment; therefore, assessing the influence of various operating conditions on this process is relevant. This study aimed to evaluate at laboratory-scale the influence of the gas-to-liquid volume ratio (RG/L) and the stirring speed (SS) on the biodegradation of carbamazepine (CBZ) by activated sludge. For this purpose, a central composite design (CCD) was used in association with response surface methodology (RSM). Batch cult... Autori: Samer Semrany ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27869
ECO-INDICATOR 99, ReCiPe AND ANOVA FOR EVALUATING BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES UNDER LCA UNCERTAINTIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 The Eco-Indicator 99 (EI99) method and the ReCiPe method are used to determine the fundamental uncertainties in the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) model through the configurations of the following six methodological options: egalitarian/egalitarian (e/e), egalitarian/average (e/a), hierarchist/hierarchist (h/h), hierarchist/average (h/a), individualist/individualist (i/i), and individualist/average (i/a). In this study, the aforementioned options were presented as (i) a set of methodologica... Autori: Oleg Verbitsky ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27839
LIFE CYCLE ENERGY USAGE AND GHG EMISSIONS STUDY OF A SUGAR MILL IN INDIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 Day by day, energy resources are diminishing and the concentration of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions are increasing in the
world. So, analysis and waste utilization of industries has a great concern for the society. Sugar mill plays an important role in the
context of Indian market. Sugar industry mainly consist of three plants i.e., sugar mill, cogeneration plant and distillery unit. These
units i.e. cogeneration and distillery are basic industries for power and chemical sectors which is hav... Autori: Manish Kumar Chauhan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27881
OPTIMIZATION OF ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACETAMIPRID FROM WASTEWATER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 Advanced oxidation process is getting tremendous importance in the treatment techniques for the removal of nonbiodegradable
organics from wastewater due to its ability to completely mineralize the pollutants. It uses different methods to produce hydroxyl
radicals which are responsible for oxidation of pollutants. In this work, studies on Fenton, ultraviolet radiation (UV) and UVhydrogen
peroxide processes for removing acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide from aqueous solution are carried ... Autori: Puthenkattil Abdukunji Fasnabi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27895
EMISSION FACTORS FOR LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER BASED ON MICRO-REACTOR STUDIES: A PROPOSAL FOR AMMONIA, NITROUS OXIDE AND MOLECULAR HYDROGEN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 In this work, we report a methodology to provide emission factors based on micro-reactor studies. We propose emission factors for
ammonia (NH3, 158 mg/km), nitrous oxide (N2O, 322 mg/km) and molecular hydrogen (H2, 72 mg/km) for vehicles equipped with
three-way catalytic converter (TWC). Our experimental conditions were similar to those prevailing on vehicles during catalyst
light-off and transient urban driving cycle. NH3 and H2 emission factors reported in this work are quantitatively simil... Autori: Gustavo Ariel Fuentes ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27899
OPTIMIZATION OF PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF Mg/ZnO NANOPARTICLES IN THE REMOVAL OF A MODEL CONTAMINANT USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 In this study, Mg-doped ZnO nanoparticles with 2% Mg content were synthesized by sol-gel method. The structure and morphology
of the nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, BET and UV-Vis absorbance techniques. From TEM image, it was found out that
the nanoparticles had uniform size and uniform distribution. BET analysis revealed that in comparison with pure ZnO, Mg 2%/ZnO
nanoparticles had a higher specific surface area. Based on UV-Vis absorbance analysis, Mg 2%/ZnO nanoparticles shifted t... Autori: Nahide Zarei ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27909
ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ECO-EFFICIENCY BASED ON MFA-LCA-MFCA METHODS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 The objective of this paper is to investigate eco-efficiency in a durable goods manufacturing system. It is intended to apply a method
used in a company producing heating devices within the boiler sector. A hybrid methodology is used to assess the eco-efficiency of
manufacturing processes, based on combining Material Flow Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment, and Material Flow Cost Accounting.
This provides an effective approach to evaluate environmental and economic performance in the context of ... Autori: Aldona Kluczek ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27918
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT: A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT PERSPECTIVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 Drinking water treatment aims to avoid or minimize some risks to human health and to provide adequate water quality by removing
physical, chemical and biological contaminants. However, treatment processes require increasing efforts in terms of technology,
chemicals and energy inputs, which generate increased secondary environmental impacts and added water production costs. The
objective of this study is to evaluate the drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) in Iasi City (Romania) by life cycle... Autori: George Barjoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27922
SEMI-DISTRIBUTED NEURAL NETWORK MODELS FOR STREAMFLOW PREDICTION IN A SMALL CATCHMENT PINANG
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 This paper applied an artificial intelligence methodology for streamflow prediction in a flash flood in Pinang catchment based on
TOPMODEL input and output data sets. TOPMODEL is a semi-distributed rainfall runoff model widely used in numerous water
resource applications. However, literature has indicated relative weakness in TOPMODEL performances in streamflow prediction.
Thus, radial basis function neural network (RBF-NN) has been employed to improve the accuracy of streamflow prediction an... Autori: Ali H. Ahmed Suliman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27924
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS IN SMALL MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES OF IRON FURNITURE MANUFACTURING UNITS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 This study was planned to identify factors which affect workers health and their safe working in unregistered and partially registered
small iron units preparing 90- 95 % iron furniture under sheds. Focused group discussions (FGD) were conducted among workers
of iron furniture manufacturing units (IFMU) employing a cross sectional, descriptive, analytic and time limited study. Personal
interviews methodology was adopted to assess workers for their exposure to occupational risks, protective eq... Autori: Saima Aslam Bharwana ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27925
PARTICULATE MATTERS GENERATED BY CAPRISOARA TAILING POND AND THEIR IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Analyzing and reducing the possible effects of air pollution on human health became important issues for improving the quality of
life in urban areas. Particulate matters (PM) are air pollutants with a potential important impact on the health of vulnerable people
(e.g., children, elderly) and non-vulnerable people as well. The level of PM air pollution is mainly influenced by the PM
concentration and by parameters such as the meteorological conditions and the synergic effects of other air pol... Autori: Adrian Florea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27951
BEHAVIOR OF WATER PHASE FROM NATURAL GAS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 The paper presents a methodology for determining the conditions in which the liquid phase occurs in the transported natural gas. This methodology allows fast and accurate determination of the phase in which water can be found in natural gas transmission pipelines and also the possibility to highlight the points in the transmission system in which water is in liquid state. A complex function which can describe the phase behavior of water from natural gas has been defined by processing the phase e... Autori: Sorin Neacşu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27970
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION IN FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 This study evaluates the environmental impacts of four types of frozen food packages throughout their lifecycle and suggests strategies for reducing their related environmental impacts. The four most widely used frozen food packaging materials were chosen for this study: (1) pouches composed of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film; (2) pouches composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and LDPE film laminate; (3) cardboard boxes coated with LDPE; and (4) multipackage composed of cardboard boxe... Autori: Daina Kliaugaite ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27979
DEVELOPING FLOOD INDEX FROM PAST FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS AND USING IT AS A TOOL TO CHARACTERIZE FLOOD SEVERITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 The paper presents the development of a Flood Index (FI) based on the flood hydrograph characteristics, namely flood magnitude
ratio, rising curve gradient and time to peak. These characteristic values are normalized to their respective values corresponding to
a 100-year flood. The methodology developed to compute FI is applied to three case studies; Kentucky in USA, Oc-gok in the
Republic of Korea and Haor in Bangladesh. The obtained results show advantages of the presented methodology over ... Autori: Biswa Bhattacharya ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27992
HARMONIZED INTERNET SYSTEM FOR LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT: EXPERT SYSTEMS APPROACH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 6 The extent of the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) is not sufficient for the alternatives assessments performed in the
industry in general and for the ecolabelling of the products/services. Given that the LCA is a widely-accepted methodology, the
driving question behind this study was: “Is it possible to ecolabel each existing product/service in a case specific manner by using
LCA results, so that the consumers would be able to know the extensive environmental impact of their ... Autori: Semih Oguzcan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28016
CARBON FOOTPRINT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA IN THE CONTEXT OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 6 The shift from a linear economy to the circular economy emerges as a solution to save natural resources and to decrease the effects
of the climate change on the environment. Understanding the role of the waste as secondary resource and recovering it can reduce
the consumption of non-renewable primary resources, the consumption of energy in the production processes and can also lower
the CO2 emissions. The study aims at evaluating the environmental impact when applying the principles of the ci... Autori: Mihaela Berechet ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28017
CARBON FOOTPRINTS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM BIOMASS SYNGAS AND DIESEL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 The limited availability of fossil fuels, as well as the already proven effects of global warming, highlight the need for alternative,
environmentally-friendly energy generation. Consideration of primary energy inputs from new and renewable energy resources and
technologies represent a major scientific challenge, and a major innovation if realized. This will open up new opportunities for
benefit and realized value, in the form of lower costs of energy supply, through the utilization of indige... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28027
INTEGRATION OF GIS TECHNOLOGY IN THE URBAN PLANNING TO EXTEND THE CITY OF ZAMORA, SPAIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 The present study has established a methodology to determine the most environmentally sustainable area for the expansion of a city
center using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. This technology permits the graphical information associated with
a municipality to be manipulated, integrated, analyzed and represented in a simple way that is cost effective during the early decision
making steps, which analyze the various options regarding the urbanistic planning prior to taking final... Autori: Marco Criado ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28028
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ECO-EFFICIENCY: THE CASE OF A FILLING-STATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 Assessment of eco-efficiency for environmental costs is specific in that majority of the costs provide social rather financial benefit,
and only some of the costs could be viewed from both social and financial perspectives. The model for assessment of environmental
costs of a filling-station and the methodology for its application developed, with the methodology verified by analysis of analytical
data of an actual enterprise is presented in this research. Application of the model to filling-s... Autori: Neringa Stončiuvienė ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28029
APPROACH FOR COMPREHENSIVE SUPERVISION OF THE WORKPLACE EXPOSURE TO LEAD AND ITS COMPOUNDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 This paper presents an interdisciplinary methodology for handling the exposure of workers to lead and its compounds in a systematic
way by connecting different disciplines, and thus enabling the comprehensive supervision of the workplace exposure.
The exposure of workers to lead and its compounds was studied in the Republic of Slovenia. The research comprised 1079 employers
being exposed to the lead concentrations between 0.01 and 0.9 mg/m3, which exceeded the limit value by 9 times. Workers ... Autori: Lidija Korat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28032
A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC WATER QUALITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEAST NIGERIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 9 This study is a comparative assessment of domestic water quality collected from 35 sampling points in seven typical rural communities in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria. Physicochemical parameters such as pH, conductivity, turbidity and bacteriological parameters such as plate count and total coliform were analysed in the laboratory using standard World Health Organization (WHO) methodology. Results indicate that there are significant variations (p<0.05) in the physicochemical parameters of the... Autori: Oliver O. Odikamnoro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28054
EARTHWORMS FOR FEED PRODUCTION FROM VEGETABLE WASTE: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 In the European Union, 88 million tons of food is wasted annually, 30% of which comes from the production and processing sectors. Among the different food waste, vegetable ones represent a remarkable share and their management is complicated by the usually high-water content and the difficult storage. In this context, the earthworms are an interesting solution because transform vegetable waste into valuable products: the vermicompost, that can be sold as organic fertilizer, and the earthworms th... Autori: Cecilia Conti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28073
DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF BIOPLASTICS FROM Hermetia illucens prepupae PROTEINS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Proteins from Hermetia illucens (or Black Soldier Fly, BSF) have been employed in this study as possible source for bioplastic formulation. This type of bioplastic can replace the actual materials employed in agriculture, avoiding the critical issues concerning the soil pollution due to conventional plastic end-life. Different plasticizing agents (glycerol and polyethylene glycol) have been tested and the ability to generate a homogenous film, through wet casting, has been evaluated. Characteriz... Autori: Silvia Barbi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28074
OPTIMIZING BIOREMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SOIL BY LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) APPROACH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 In the former Carbochimica site of Fidenza, a bioremediation approach was developed using the technique of biodegradation of pollutants thanks to a selected autochthonous bacterial-fungal consortium. The soil was heavily polluted up to values of total hydrocarbon equal to 1800 mg/kg. The consortium was selected from the microorganism living in the Fidenza soil, bioaugmented and finally reinoculated in the bio-pile for soil treatment. The approach is absolutely innovative, due to the presence not... Autori: Giuliana D’Imporzano ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28077
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF TWO DIGESTATE TREATMENTS: A COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Digestate derived from the anaerobic digestion of biowaste is a nutrient-rich substance whose direct use on land is not permitted by the Italian Legislation. The possibility of recovering its nutrients can be given by the processes of stabilisation and sanitation required by the Italian Legislation. Among these processes, composting and calcium hydrolysis with neutralization (CHN) permit to obtain useful soil improvers like compost and defecation gypsum (DG). In this paper a gate-to-gate Life Cy... Autori: Sofia Spagnolo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28080
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF SEDIMENTARY RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY OF THE EGADI PROJECT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Multiple activities carried out on coastal areas expose marine sediments to contamination and their management has a great socio-economic importance with a high impact on economic development of coastal areas. However, there is an increasing shift towards the use of more sustainable approaches for managing ‘contaminated’ sediments. Using a case study of the Favignana Habour in Italy, this paper evaluates three approaches for the management of these sediments. The results of simulatio... Autori: Sergio Cappucci ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28082
MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION OF RENEWABLE-BASED POLYGENERATION SYSTEM FOR TERTIARY SECTOR BUILDINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 11 This manuscript presents the bicriteria optimization of a polygeneration system to be installed in a tertiary sector building, considering economic and environmental objective functions. Electricity, hot water, steam, and cooling demands were considered. The bicriteria problem considered the annual costs and the annual carbon footprint. Updated environmental information was obtained through the application of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology and implemented within a Mixed Integer Linear
Pr... Autori: Bruno Campos Teixeira de Carvalho ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28103
LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY. A WASTE-TO-ENERGY APPROACH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 12 The purpose of this paper was to sum up the most appropriate pretreatment methods for destabilizing the oil waste emulsions coming from metal surface processing operations. A three steps oil waste management pretreatment methodology was proposed considering the application of the waste hierarchy and end-of waste criteria in the spirit of circular economic concept. Our main objective was to valorize the high energy content of oil waste flows using low cost pretreatment methods. The obtained phase... Autori: Lidia Kim ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28122
ZINC HYDROXIDE NANOPARTICLES-MODIFIED CLAY FOR ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED REMOVAL OF METHYLENE BLUE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 The objective of the present work was to introduce a novel adsorbent with high adsorption potential toward methylene blue by decorating montmorillonite clay (MMT clay) with Zn(OH)2–nanoparticles (Zn(OH)2–NPs). The adsorbent was characterized structurally by FE-SEM and FTIR techniques. Central composite design–response surface methodology was applied to optimize experimental variables including adsorbent dosage, pH, initial MB concentration, NaCl concentration, and sonication ti... Autori: Adel Valipour ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28173
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF DRAINAGE DITCH BACKFILL WITH A LIME ADDITIVE IN CLAY SOILS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 The efficiency of drainage installed in clay soils using ditch backfill of soil mixed with lime is presented in this paper. The drainage
ditch backfill was mixed with lime where 0.6% of soil matter consists of active CaO. The paper proposes a methodology that
determines an optimal amount of lime. The experimental site was set in Kalnujai, Raseiniai district, Lithuania. The measurement of
filtration in drainage trench, the arable layer and the soil between drains was performed using a double r... Autori: Mindaugas Klimašauskas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28177
APPLICATION OF ALCALIGENES FAECALIS NO. 4 FOR TREATMENT OF HIGH-STRENGTH AMMONIUM WASTEWATER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 4 Biological ammonium removal from wastewater requires coupling of nitrification and denitrification processes in respective aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This difference in environmental requirements pose a big challenge in the design of systems intended to effect both nitrification and denitrification processes. Alcaligenes faecalis strain No. 4, however, has both heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification abilities in aerobic conditions, eliminating the need to provide anaerobi... Autori: Hung-Soo Joo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28186
BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING APPLICATION FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE STRUCTURES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 Globally the researchers are identifying the new ways for better urban sustainability. One major issue in the current world is the lack of fresh water availability in cities due to rapid increase in the population. To meet water requirement, scientist are exploring different ways to enhance the groundwater recharge capacity. One such solution is the use of building information modelling (BIM)
technology to identify multiple structures that can be constructed to provide the potential recharge. T... Autori: Ahsen Maqsoom ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28218
IMPROVING USERS’ SATISFACTION BY IMPLEMENTING THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 This paper develops investigations in the field of analytic hierarchy techniques that could be applied in public transportation systems. The study focuses particularly on the public transport bus services in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The research aims to investigate the methodological feasibility of the analytic hierarchy process to analyze and measure the perceptions and needs of the Romanian public transportation users. Towards this objective, the study presents the current state of t... Autori: Ruxandra Dinulescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28220
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-CONFINEMENT AND PASTURE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR DAIRY COWS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 Two dairy farms (one a semi-confinement system and the other a pasture-based system) in the same region of Spain were chosen for comparison from a life cycle assessment perspective. In both cases, cattle feeding was found to be the main contributor to environmental impact in most categories. Additionally, cow emissions to air were the principal contribution to the global warming,
fine particulate matter formation and terrestrial acidification categories. Although cow productivity in the pasture... Autori: Amanda Laca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28243
A METHODOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING EXPLORATORY RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF GEO-LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES IN SPATIO-TEMPORAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 The paper brings a methodological contribution useful for supporting the development of predictive models of phenomena and human behaviours in the area of environmental protection with respect for history, geo-location, environment boundaries and considering further applications in defining corresponding stimulating policies by decision makers and management teams. It
proposes a handy and easy-to-use technique of deriving spatial variables (e.g. aerial distances to a custom border and belonging... Autori: Daniel Homocianu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28244
INFLUENCE OF SOLAR ACTIVITIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 The solar energy received by the atmosphere of the Earth is universally distributed, which constitutes the atmospheric dynamics.
The changes observed in the climate of the Earth are due to solar output variations. Some detailed reviews have accounted for the
influence of solar activities on the climate using sunspot number derived from peak Sun hours, but has gaps in analyzing critical
statistical background information, seasonal, latitudinal and solar activity year validation. A number of st... Autori: Chukwuma Moses Anoruo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28260
DEVELOPMENT OF A SELECTION SYSTEM BASED ON HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING FOR PLASTIC WASTE WITH BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are used in different types of products such as plastic, textiles and electronic circuits with the aim to increase fire resistance and to avoid or to delay the propagation of accidental combustion. However, high concentrations of
bromine in waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) hinder the possibility of their use as secondary raw materials. Furthermore, the possibility that BFRs can be released during mechanical recycling processes, imposes the... Autori: Giuseppe Bonifazi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28296
THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROBLEMS OF FORMATION OF THE UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKET IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 This article presents the existing problems of formation and further functioning agricultural land market with current trends in greening agricultural production and changes in the strategic reorientation of undertakings in agricultural markets. In this regard,
there were suggested the best marketing strategies for businesses depending on their pricing strategy and evaluated problematic aspects of land reform in Ukraine. Attention is paid to the problems of further European integration of Ukrai... Autori: Oksana Drebo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28327 |