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The main aim of our paper is to analyze and make proposals on the effective management of individual items that have a significant impact on profit or loss and the possibility of elimination of production risks. Attention is paid to the issue of management of production risks in the manufacturing plant in Slovakia. To obtain the necessary data, we draw information from internal materials. For management, it is important to know what risks it could negatively affect them. Identification, quantification of impacts a...

Compacting is an important technological operation when forming of earth fills and backfills, where appropriate earth stabilization and in the construction of highways and roads in the compaction of bituminous and other surfaces too. Compaction is technologies that occurs at the building during construction time. It should be optimally compress all of the individual layers of the respective construction works. The works must be carried out as precisely and as economically with the smallest number of crossings comp...

The continuous development of techniques related to agriculture information management and GIS, with a close connection to sustainable development, are factors which contribute to the dissemination of precision farming. Cape Verde and Mozambique have a strong dependence on agriculture, a lack of skilled professionals and extreme poverty rates in rural areas. There has been an increased acknowledgement of the need to develop new educational programs in developing countries focused on innovative crop and land manage...

Producing energy from renewable sources represents an essential component of energy policies at a national level and it leads to important savings of fossil fuel and primary energy. According to the targets established by the National Reform Programme, Romania intends to obtain a rate of 24% sources of renewable energy from the total consumption in 2020. On this foundation, the challenge of renewable energy goes beyond assessing its future role. This article investigates the development of renewable energy in term...

The digital transformation of actual economy is changing business models, demanding different skills including innovation and entrepreneurship, digital competences, and learning to learn, needed for enabling competitiveness. Within this sphere, the modernization of higher education institutions through embracing technological changes and new digital teaching and learning practices in the campus gains strategic relevance and acts as catalyzers for business and future job creation. The scope of the study is limited ...

Climate change, environment pollution, environmental pressures force all entrepreneurs to implement actions arising from the laws and take additional management initiatives to protect the environment. Environment management system according to ISO 14001 can be a useful tool in this field. Environment management system is a part of the whole enterprise management system that includes organizational structure, planning, distribution of responsibilities and resources needed to develop, implement and lead management t...

The aim of the article is to teach future petroleum engineers how to write a report as part of their English language course. The topic of a report will be assessing the immediate response of the relevant parties to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The methods will involve the analysis of the undergraduate curriculum for petroleum engineers, the study of literature on methods for writing professional documents; and the experimental teaching of writing a report in English. The findings are as follows: writing ...

The environmental investment programmes are targeted at the implementation of sustainable development activities, maintaining the quality of environment and biological diversity and ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources. In recent decade, Latvia has been one of the most active among the new EU Member States in the acquisition of the EU financial resources and other financial instruments for the implementation of the environmental policy targets in Latvia, especially in the spheres of environmental prot...

The Copenhagen process sets the basis for cooperation of European dedicated institutions and establishes a basis for defining the set of actions and attitudes for adopting the Vocational Education and Training methodology and implementing it into an individual formation. A set of priorities to be followed were established: European dimension of this approach; transparency, information and guidance; recognition of competences and qualifications; quality assurance. Implementation of Vocational Education and Training...

The aim of the article is to present a special model of emission changes compared to changes in the economic performance of EU countries. Because the expansion of international economic activity is associated with industrial structure and energy demands, governments must reexamine their policies that affect these urgent issues in the effort to achieve low air pollutants. The article deals with the relationship of GDP per capita and NOx emissions per capita. Within the examination of the growth or decline in NOx em...

The purpose of this article is describing a project of underground facility at the Technical University of Ko?ice. The idea of school?s mine established by the Technical University of Ko?ice started a few years ago as a result of needs to improve learning process in study programs related mining, tunneling and geotechnologies and improvement of practical education. We take as example mines or other underground facilities that are used in the learning process at our partner Universities in the Czech Republic and Po...

In central and western Poland in the rural areas there is a lot of lignite deposits, which utilization by building mining and power complexes could give impetus to development. The paper attempts to evaluate the impact of their construction by comparing socio-economic development indicators and quality of life conditions of residents in two regions. In the area of Belchatow, in which operates the largest lignite mine and the lignite fired power plant (commune Kleszczow) and commune around deposit Gubin-Brody with ...

The article emphasizes that the important features of sustainable development in its multifaceted nature. It refers to a number of sciences, including economics (including logistics and transport), social and natural. The idea of sustainable development is integrated at the stage of planning, implementing and controlling infrastructure projects. The basic purpose of infrastructure projects is to balance the fundamental elements of the system that shape the future of the human society on earth: the environment, soc...

The impact of climate change on agricultural sector has grown in the last decades from local to macro-regional scales. Based on 14 indicators, a comprehensive image regarding the interrelationships between socioeconomic and climatic factors was obtained for characterizing the agricultural sector from Teleorman County, Romania during 6 years. An analysis of available time series was performed to obtain descriptive, associative, and comparative statistics of the data set. Pearson correlation was used to estimate the...

The article deals with a basic economic image of the inland company Severo?esk? doly a.s. from 2010 until 2014. It is a company producing most brown coal in the Czech Republic. An economic insight into the company reveals important information for investors, but also for employees themselves, eventually it provides suppliers and customers with many useful data. The article presents basic economic indicators within a chosen period, their development and overall evaluation. It is indeed the economic analysis of the ...

Considering that the EU?s long-term environmental sustainability objective is among the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, this article examines how European horizontal legislation promotes products with a low environmental impact throughout their lifecycle and the provision to consumers of accurate, non-misleading and scientifically accurate information on their environmental impact. The article aims to present the legal instruments developed at European Union level to promote high-performance environme...

The following article is devoted to ecological education in Russia. Moreover the following article describes ecological problems in education, culture and language. We try to underline the role of ecological culture and education in school and higher education. The relevance of this research is the increased interest in the process of environmental problems. 2017 year is the year of ecology in Russia, so all scientists; teachers and other specialists have not avoided this subject in their researches and developmen...

The article presents practical problems related to mines liquidation. This process is the last stage of mining activity. As a result the reduce of negative environmental impact should be obtained. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the complexity of this investment process. The last mentioned is not limited to environmental problems and also applies to the economic and legal issues. There is no doubt that the activity of extracting minerals from deposits is a source of a whole series of adverse environmental ...

The article presents a novel approach to the evaluation of the economic potential of grasslands. The economic potential of grasslands is evaluated by assessing the heat energy potential of grass (both in energy and monetary terms), based on two products ? methane (biogas) and grass pellets. This approach provides an alternative to the assessment of the economic potential of grasslands, and it is specially intended for situations when grasslands are unmanaged due to low demand for grass biomass as a fodder. The est...

An important factor influencing the level of economic development of countries and regions is the transport infrastructure. The transport infrastructure in the Slovak Republic lags behind the needs. The motorway network as an important element in transport infrastructure is significantly undersized and unevenly distributed. The paper is focused on the tunnels, which are an important part of the mountainous country highways. Their construction is economically, technically challenging and time consuming and the aim ...

When aiming to study pro-environmental behavior (PEB) developments at the local municipal level in Latvia, there were two complementary studies employed: 1- main local stakeholder groups interviewing in two town municipalities to study their existing PEB practice, especially obstacles and related municipal governance instruments; 2- questionnaire for about 100 Eco-schools (EcoS) coordinators in Latvia to study schools existing PEB practice within school grounds, but especially their orientation towards and collabo...

The aim of the article is to evaluate the Six Sigma method as a tool changing the way energy industry has been managed. It has been based on facts, data and results of statistical analysis. The method?s task is streamline and continuous development of new, increasingly sophisticated solutions of all processes in a company, particularly concerning the protection of the environment. The philosophy was found to act by a clear identification of a value for a customer as part of a long-term strategy regarding variabili...

The performance of investment projects and their impact on the beneficiaries represents a real challenge to the public and private entities, from the perspective of all resources involved and expected results, on all fields. The economic efficiency of investment projects, initially considered, by many others, as one of the main criterion in evaluating projects process, cannot be a real guarantee of performance projects. At present is a need completing the process analysis and with other characteristics such as the...

Outsourcing and innovations are very sensitive matters for people dealing with agriculture, especially in the case of farmsteads, which are producing safe food. Food should be same and manageable at the same time. There are currently various definitions of safe food, especially in the case of organic food. In order to fulfil this condition, there is a need for closer co-operation between the farmsteads and the entities in the agricultural sector. As consequence of this approach, the notion of outsourcing is beginn...

The article deals with the cost-benefit analysis of Short Rotation Woody Crops plantations (SRC) for local supply chains and heat use. There are analysed benefits and costs (expenditure) from the positions of farmers (land operators). The cost-benefit analysis has been carried out by applying the method of discounted cash flow as this method allows assessing the entire life cycle of the plantations including initial establishment of the plantation and several rotation cycles. There are assessed the plantations in ...

Starting to elaborate complex activities as projects or recurrent work requires taking into consideration the relationship between effort and benefits which may gain different forms depending on the field of intervention. The most widely used and measurable context is referring to the effort, qualified as costs, and the benefits, viewed as added value gained by stakeholders regardless of the form: tangible and/or intangible elements. The analysis of efforts and benefits calls for a holistic approach for evaluating...

Food safety is all necessary to meet conditions and actions that must be taken during all stages of food production and food trade, to ensure the life and health of people. Many people do not think about where the food they buy come from, where it was produced, if in safe conditions. A large part of consumers do not read the labels to see what taste improvers or preservatives are included. And food that we eat affects our health, life. Food that does not meet the requirements, can cause a variety of diseases, incl...

Contribution follows the issues included in the contribution ?Influence of a possibility to emplace a building and a type of a building being placed on the value of the land? published in the conference proceedings SGEM 2016. The authors of the contribution focused on issues related to the conditions for the building placement on the land. They will examine what conditions must be met to place a building, in response to various forms of placement permits. The conditions of the building placement determine the type...

The article is devoted to the study of the polycentric city structure. The large area of the city combined with territorial-functional differentiation, growing interest of the population in recreation, leisure time, family rest, and the desire to attract tourists are all components of the emerging polycentricity of city life. Polycentricity of city structure assumes the formation of not one but several local centers on the basis of socio-ecological functions in combination with economic activities of a post-indust...

Today, sustainable development is related not only to sustainable production issues but also to a sustainable consumption. In the planning document ?Sustainable Development Strategy of Latvia until 2030?, special attention is focused on enhancement of ecologically certified and healthy products, thus shaping the image of Latvia as a ?green? country by promotion of sustainable eating habits and cultural heritage. To position Latvia as one of the ?greenest? countries of the EU, the consumers, food producers and cate...

The paper demonstrates the necessity for Russia to review its development strategy for energy markets and ensure phased transition to energy efficient technologies. Although the Paris Climate Agreement only outlines certain guidelines, implementing its provisions will have an impact on the Russian economy. The reason is that many countries have already embarked on a journey to carbon-free solutions and prevent products that do not meet their standards from accessing their domestic markets. Applying the Paris Agree...

The rural space in the Baltic Sea East Coast States ? Latvia, Lithuania and Poland ? comprises a significant part of the territories of these states. It occupies more than half of each state?s territory and employs more than a third of labour market participants. For these reasons, the future prospects of the rural space in each of the states is an important issue in designing their smart growth strategies. Smart growth is determined not only by objective circumstances but also by local authorities, the activity o...

Passage form the idea to market is a long journey, which if it is appropriately planned, may bring satisfaction and success. On the other hand, implementation new technology on the market give a risk of grave errors committing at the stage of planning. The procedure of transfer may end with fiasco, even though the concepts were really innovative and interesting. In this paper determinants of geothermal water deironing technology commercialization has been presented. The developed technology has been not breakthrou...

The aim of this study is certainly not to include and introduce various types of civic amenity buildings in terms of functionality and hierarchy, nor to investigate in detail particular types of civic amenity buildings. The aim of this study is rather to focus on the current trends in building types within the new public facilities, which are based on current problems, namely the lack of services and facilities which are being either supplemented with new ones or are completely replacing the existing, nowadays unu...

The authors? previous research showed that in the development of competences of labour protection specialists in adult education programmes, self-assessment is essential to improving knowledge, skills, and a positive attitude. The aim of the study was to evaluate the dynamics of the development of the specialists? labour protection competence in the learning process. The methodological basis of the study included studies, analyses and evaluation of the relevant publications in the context of the competence of the ...

The article states that the important purpose of the specialists with industry-specific economic education is to ensure efficient and smooth operation of mining enterprises. Technical and economic features of mining industry have been characterized. Specific features of oil and gas companies have been of a special focus. It has been determined that studying of mining industry economy, analysis and operational effectiveness assessment of its enterprises is impossible without considering industry-specific operationa...

The aim of this article is to demonstrate the effectiveness of employing case study analysis in English in order to educate future oil and gas engineers on environmental accountability. The case study will comprise of the activity of the company Beyond Petroleum (BP) and its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. The research methodology includes: analysis of literature on environmental ethics, the case study and ways of teaching it; study of the educational requirements for oil and gas engineers. Exper...

Costs constitute the basic economic indicator that affects the business activities of mining companies. Cost optimization in the mining company is a key factor of business and the goal to successful growth and profit formation. The costs of the mining company are high and costs affect negatively corporate profit. We will search costs in mining companies in Slovakia in area of small, medium and large companies. The goal of this paper is to find out the development costs in the mining companies in Slovakia relative ...

The article analyzes the necessity of forming a model of environmentally sustainable development. It is determined that the solution of this problem is extremely necessary for Russia. The characteristic of the basic concepts of solving global environmental problems is given. It is determined that the solution of this problem is extremely necessary for Russia. The characteristic of the basic concepts of solving global environmental problems is given. The need is formulated to consider nature as an economic category...

Food safety is all necessary to meet conditions and actions that must be taken during all stages of food production and food trade, to ensure the life and health of people. Many people do not think about where the food they buy come from, where it was produced, if in safe conditions. A large part of consumers do not read the labels to see what taste improvers or preservatives are included. And food that we eat affects our health, life. Food that does not meet the requirements, can cause a variety of diseases, incl...

In 2016, the Faculty of Geodesy aimed incumbent on goals of the Strategic Plan of the Technical University of Civil Engineering for the period 2016-2020. In light of the strategy developed by University management, the Faculty of Geodesy has identified several proposals to increase academic performance through education. One of the major concerns was reducing the students? drop-out rate within their first years of study. We tried to identify appropriate ways of helping and stimulating the students towards continui...

This paper reviews the main transborder issues on the territory of Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) of principally associated with natural and human induced hazards involving waste contamination from extractive industries. The Soviet Union included 15 states that had unified political and economic system. In 1991, after the collapse of the USSR, on the territory of the previously united country, were formed 15 independent states, respectively new boundaries were shaped, and existing environmental p...

This article presents results of an interdisciplinary literature analysis in the field of the smart city environmental management information system. A survey is made of main environmental issues related to urban development processes. The required range of the system information and functionality is verified. It is also checked to what extent state-of-the-art ICT tools can assist in environmental management in smart cities. The analysis takes account of the latest pillars of development, such as the knowledge tra...

There are several factors affecting governance efficiency and inhabitant satisfaction with the actions of the local government in the regional level. Efficiency of the local governance is also strongly linked with the development of the particular region and can be facilitating for attraction of funding for the development of infrastructure, promoting entrepreneurship and increase the overall life quality in the region. Jet there are several risks associated with the actions of local governance and an assessment o...

The calculation program EnergoCost V.1 [8] was developed in order to choose a heating system that would generate minimal costs both in terms of initial investment and energy consumption over time. Thus, it is possible to determine the evolution in time of the energy costs for heating the building, using different energy sources and thermal devices. The results are displayed numerically but also graphically, being very intuitive, and any user of this program can easily interpret these results, choosing the final op...

Over the last few years, science has advanced unprecedentedly in explaining phenomena and facts with a high impact on society: earthquakes for example. On the other hand, new technologies are transforming the way (seismological) information is collected and transmitted to public and other various stakeholders categories. From interactive multimedia content to immersive experiences, difficult concepts become easier to be transmitted and understood by a wide variety of audience, starting with children, a most import...

Costs in mining and extractive enterprises is a critical factor for competitiveness. The reason is enormously expensive equipment and technology associated with this type of business. It is therefore necessary to identify the so-called critical cost type, not only in enterprise but also in the entire industry of the country. Slovak Republic, calculated on an area, belong to one of the world's mining superpowers and take leading positions in mining of selected types of raw materials [6]. Mineral resources are the b...

The paper deals with the topics related to the construction of buildings and facilities in the selected mining areas and protected areas of mineral deposits which purpose both relates or does not relate to the mining activities. Buildings and facilities are within the territory of the Slovak Republic. The initial part of the article will briefly describe the issues connected with building industry challenges in such areas but the major objective is the analysis of opportunities for construction of similar faciliti...

This paper discusses the issue of changes in average transaction prices of undeveloped land and real properties designated for agricultural and forestry purposes in Poland. The studies cover the period starting from the accession of Poland into the European Union structures in 2004. Another aim of the study is also to present the differences between average transaction prices of undeveloped real properties designated in years 2009-2015 among others, residential land, industrial land, other building land, agricultu...

The air traffic in the European Union and operation of individual airports, including service provisions, belong among the most unregulated industries. Free market economies result in keen airport competition, and especially those airports are affected that compete for customers of the same catchment area. Passengers prioritize airports not only because of the quality of the services offered and provided but passengers? priorities also reflect presentation strategies of airports, as well as their communication abi...