CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Do Environment-related technologies strengthen the competitiveness of local systems?
De Noni I., Ganzaroli A., (Corresponding) Orsi L.
Topic:
Enviornmental data analysis and modelling
Environmental innovation is considered one of the key drivers of sustainable development and economic growth. However, we still know very little about the organizational factors underling the development of this category of innovations and their relative competitive effect. In this paper, we focus...Read more
Keywords:
Environment-related technologies, Environmental innovation, Green innovation, Clean technologies, Productivity, Competitiveness.
Currently, the priority in the EU countries is the subject of unemployment due to the economic and social situation in Greece and unemployment in Spain. Although unemployment in Poland has dropped, it is still quite high. The new economic models based on heterodox economics point to many new...Read more
Sustainable purification of greywater with green walls
(Corresponding) Boano F., Caruso A., Costamagna E., Fiore S., Demichelis F., Ridolfi L., Galvão A., Pisoeiro J., Rizzo A., Masi F.
Topic:
Water and wastewater reuse
In this study, we describe a sustainable system for treatment and reuse of grey wastewater in urban areas through vertical green walls constructed on unused surfaces of buildings. The system integrates the benefits linked to the introduction of green spaces in urban areas with the advantages...Read more
Keywords:
domestic wastewater, green walls, greywater treatment, nature-based solutions, sustainable water management
Strategic Spatial Planning for Green Infrastructure. The case of the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki
Sagovits S., (Corresponding) Pozoukidou G.
Topic:
Environmental management and policies
Intense and varying environmental challenges have become one of the most pressuring goals that contemporary cities struggle to meet. Climate change, excessive urbanization and fragmentation of space are just some of the issues that contemporary cities are called to respond to. Thus, finding an...Read more
Keywords:
Green Infrastructure, strategic spatial planning, metropolitan resilience
Assesment Of Green Campuses For Sustaınable Cities And Society With UI Green Metrics: A Case Study Of Duzce University
(Corresponding) Gültekin P., Canik G.
Topic:
Environmental management and policies
Sustainability is a very important subject for universities.This situation concerning with size of area that they have, number of students, academicians, administrative staff, their excessive consumption of energy and materials. Related to these conditions, Universities have big impacts on...Read more
Challenges for the development of green organizations
(Corresponding) Grudziński A., (Corresponding) Sulich A.
Topic:
Circular economy and industrial symbiosis
The ecological nature of the organization is one of the important topics discussed in the field of the theory of durable and sustainable development and CSR practices. What is more, being a "green organization" has become not only fashionable but also beneficial. Ecological issues are...Read more
Keywords:
green jobs, green management, qualitative analysis
The green projects as a source of proecological transformation
Grudziński A.
Topic:
Circular economy and industrial symbiosis
Green projects are unique, complex, one-time and intertwined activities that serve to preserve and protect the natural environment. The implementation of green projects may affect the greening of some enterprises. At the same time, so-called "brown" enterprises will have the chance to...Read more
Keywords:
green and lean processes, green organisation, green economy
A study of alkali-activated concrete mixes in seawater environments
Mengasini L., (Corresponding) Mavroulidou M., Gunn M.
Topic:
Marine environment and coastal management
This paper assesses the performance in seawater environment of concrete mixes based on alkali-activated (AA) cements; these are proposed as an alternative to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) to address environmental footprint of cement production and to find new uses for waste materials. The proposed...Read more
Keywords:
alkali activated cement concrete, seawater environment, durability, green construction materials, solid waste management
Thermal swing adsorption for post-combustion carbon dioxide capture
(Corresponding) Boycheva S., Zgureva D., Miteva S., Marinov I., Lazarova H., Popova M.
Topic:
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
The advantages of post-combustion capture of CO2 based on physical adsorption have been extensively studied in the last years regarding to the economy, environmental compatibility, and process’ efficiency. The industrialization of the process involves the construction of adsorption columns in which...Read more
Keywords:
Green house gasses, Coal combustion, Carbon capture technologies, Thermal swing adsorption
Evaluation of soil loaded with green iron nanoparticles for hexavalent chromium reduction
(Corresponding) Mystrioti C., Mpouras A., Papassiopi N., Dermatas D.
Topic:
Nanomaterials in the environmnents applications and effects
Chromate is a pollutant often found in groundwater and considered a serious threat for humans and ecosystem. Iron nanoparticles produced by green tea polyphenols (GT-nZVI) is a powerful reductant, appropriate for the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). GT-nZVI suspension was initially conceived ideal...Read more
Keywords:
hexavalent chromium, soil loaded nZVI, green nano-iron, calcareous soils
