HEN603 Successful Environmental Projects II

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová
Timetable
Fri 10:00–11:40 U42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to acquainte students with the examples of successful environmental enterprises. Students will study their business plans, everyday activities and problems, economic situation, and perspectives. At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand and explain the development possibilites of environmentally oriented enterprises;
work with information on economic situation of a real enteprise;
make reasoned decisions about their own possible environmental economic activity.
Syllabus
  • The following environmental enterprises will be visited during the course:;
  • 1. The VERONICA Centre Hostětín:
  • a passive house with educational and accomodation purposes. Fruit juice produce using local variates and traditional fruit varieties conservation programme.
  • Traditional wooden fruit drying facility - local use of material for building, heating and drying. Contributing also to the development of social capital.
  • Municipal biomass heating plant - local use of heating material, joint implementation project of reduction of the CO2 emmisions.
  • Waste water treatment by reed beds - established in 1997, this environmentally friendly facility contributes substantially to the village development possibilities.
  • 2. Pitín - small private enteprise, organic fruit orchards with the production of dried fruits.
Literature
  • SVOBODOVÁ, Jindřiška. Metodické listy pro vzdělávací akce Centra Veronica Hostětín. Brno: Veronica, 2008, 50 pp. info
  • SVOBODOVÁ, Jindřiška. Velmi rozumné rozhodnutí -- pasivní dům (Reasonable decision - passive building). ENERGIE KOLEM NÁS. R.Smieja-SPAR, 2008, vol. 2008, No 4, p. 40-43. ISSN 1214-5998. URL URL info
  • SVOBODOVÁ, Jindiška. Pasivní dům - realizace a první zkušenosti. In Energie kolen nás. Karviná: Smieja-SPAR, 2005, p. 25-27. Vol.5. ISSN 1214 ~599. info
  • BROTÁNEK, Aleš. Pasivní dům : zkušenosti z Rakouska a české začátky. Edited by Ludvík Trnka, Translated by Kateřina Gančarčíková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Veronica, 2004, 40 s. ISBN 8023930486. info
Assessment methods
Exkursion, written report, project proposal.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007.
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