Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Efficient use of natural resources and development with low greenhouse gas emission (17.ZD052)

Native organizations units: Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health

Type of studies	Title
Doctoral Academic Studies	Environmental Engineering (Year: 2, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Environment Protection Engineering
ECTS	10

Educational objective: Understanding the exploitation of natural resources (renewable and nonrenewable) in a sustainable manner, as well as improving the ecological footprint.

The practical application of key principles: renewable resources must not exceed the rate of their renewal / regeneration; the use of non-renewable resources must not exceed the rate at which are developed substitutes for these resources (use should be limited to the extent at which they can be replaced physically or functionally equivalent renewable resources, or where consumption can be compensated by increasing the productivity of renewable and non-renewable resources ); amount of substances released into the environment (pollution) must not exceed capacity of transforming pollutants into harmless or less harmful to wildlife in the design process, strategic planning, financial, legislative and institutional organization.

1. Contents/subject structure: The structure of the subject consists of two interconnected parts: the efficient use of resources and "low-carbon" technologies and development (based on low emissions of greenhouse gases). Course content consists of contemporary settings of efficient use of resources, sustainable production and consumption, integrated pollution prevention and control, green procurement and supply chain, the method of calculating the ecological footprint, measures of economic and fiscal policy, measures for the economy with low consumption of carbon, Innovation for a Green Economy and sustainable development as well as education for sustainable development and the green economy. The main script will be comparatively analyzed (based on available data and indicators): business as usual scenario (BAU) and a set of green economy scenarios that reduce energy intensity, increasing the use of renewable energy sources and support the adoption of sustainable development of agriculture, tourism, transport, etc. . In the context of scenarios will be associated emissions of greenhouse gases with future climatic changes.

Methods of teaching: lectures, consultations, research, public presentation of research (with the possibility of presentation outside the Faculty) with the possibility of public debate, research work prepared for publication in a journal or publication selected, the final check of the outcome.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Grupa autora	Waste and Climate Change	2010	UNEP	English
Mihajlov A.	A Treaty for a Southeast European Energy Community , p.73-78, u: Stephen Stec, Besnik Baraj, Edited: Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security	2008	Springer	English