CO2 emisiju samazinājuma mehānismu analīze sadedzināšanas iekārtām Latvijā

Lai gan Latvijai nebūs grūtību izpildīt savas saistības attiecībā pret Kioto protokolu 2008.-2012.gadā, jo SEG emisiju daudzums kopš 1990.gada dažādu iemeslu dēļ ir samazinājies vairāk nekā 2 reizes, Latvija ir ierindota starp tām ES valstīm, kurām ir liels tehniskais potenciāls palielināt energoefektivitāti un samazināt SEG emisijas. Galvenais promocijas darba mērķis ir analizēt divu ekonomisko mehānismu - Eiropas Savienības emisiju tirdzniecību un CO2 nodokļa - ietekmi uz CO2 emisiju samazinājumu Latvijā

Energy Planning Model in Small Size Municipalities

Energy action plan is an integral part of the regional development planning documents. It includes simultaneous development of separate energy system elements. Energy action plan is like guidelines that outlines the path for future development

Review of energy efficiency policy and measures for industries in Latvia

The intention of this paper is to review and evaluate energy use and performance as well as existing energy efficiency policy and measures in the Latvian industrial sector, in order to highlight possible scenarios for energy efficiency improvements in the future

Promoting the Development of Industrial Symbiosis in Latvia

Within the context of industrial symbiosis, a sub-field of industrial ecology, the links between industrial companies are compared to natural ecosystems as if information, energy and resource flows between industrial companies would be organized in an effort to imitate the resource and material flows in the nature.Considering the positive effects that industrial symbiosis can provide, such strategy should be nationally promoted. Several recommendations for the promotion of industrial symbiosis in Latvia are given

Vides neformālās izglītības projekts Ventspils skolās. Projekta pieredze

Analizēts reāls projekts, kurš tika orientēts uz vidusskolēnu ģimeņu elektroenerģijas patēriņa analīzi un īstenots Ventspils skolās. Praktisks vides apziņas veidošanas projekts, kurš ir mērķēts uz rezultātu.Dalībnieku anketēšana ļāva izprast ne tikai ieguvumus, bet arī to, kā īstenot līdzīgus projektus nākotnē

Energoserviss. 1.gr.: Energoefektivitāte

Grāmatā izklāstītas energoefektivitātes idejas. Tajā aplūkotas energoefektīvas energoresursu izmantošanas tehnoloģiskās, ekonomiskās un ekoloģiskās problēmas. Tā ir pirmā grāmata sērijā, kas veltīta vides klimata tehnoloģijām. Grāmata domāta gan kā mācību līdzeklis inženierzinātņu studentiem, gan arī speciālistiem pašvaldībās un ražošanas uzņēmumos

Sustainable Development of Environmental Science in Latvia

Environmental science is one of the branches of science in Latvia and has a specific role in sustainable development because the environmental research is presented in two ways: as a dependent branch of science and as an integrated in any other science branch. The problems with sustainable development of environmental science in Latvia start with management of the science in Latvia. 134 project proposals were submitted for Europe Social Fund activity 1.1.1.2 ''Involvement of Human Resources to the Science'', 64 of which were submitted in the field of environmental science. This allows thinking of popularity growth of the environmental science in Latvia. Still, this fact was not considered in the Latvian Council of Science when making decision on the State budget financing for the scientific grants. As the results, only one grant was approved and received financing of 16 000 Lats in the field of environmental science

A Decision Support Method for Development of Industrial Synergies: Case Studies of Latvian Brewery and Wood-Processing Industries

Industrial synergies – be they, the single by-product exchanges between two companies or the comprehensive industrial symbiosis networks involving numerous industrial synergies – have been recognized for their potential to improve industrial resource efficiency and provide simultaneous economic benefits. With increasing research on maximizing the implementation of industrial symbiosis initiatives per se, the notion of quality of these implemented exchanges has been disregarded. Nevertheless the quality and consideration of whole production life cycle impacts of industrial symbiosis initiatives are important to ensure harmonic and sustainable development. To develop and promote a strategy for advancement of new and qualitative industrial synergies the analysis and evaluation of existing examples of collaboration is necessary. To provide a means for evaluation and comparison of the quality of industrial synergies, a qualitative evaluation method is developed. An illustration of the evaluation method is presented through two case studies of industrial synergies identified in the brewery industry and the wood processing industry in Latvia. The results of these case studies provide valuable information for decision makers in Latvia and industrial symbiosis practitioners worldwide. Case study results show that only few of the considered self-organized industrial synergies are beneficial regarding all three – environmental quality, economic quality and geographic proximity – evaluation categories. This leads to the conclusion that these three aspects create a three-layer filter for development of qualitative industrial synergies and the quality of each category should be considered before the planning stage of such collaborations

Policy Instruments to Support Biofuels in the European Union

Future development of transport sector plays important role towards achieving European Union’s energy and climate policy goals. A wide range of policy instruments are used in Member States to reduce GHG emissions in transport sector. Hitherto support mechanisms mainly focused on promotion of first generation biofuels. This is going to change after Commission’s proposal to limit the use of first generation biofuels comes into force

Emission Benchmarks for Energy Installations in Latvia

2005.gada 1.janvārī uzsākais pirmais Eiropas Savienības emisijas tirdzniecības posms. Emisijas kvotu piešķiršanai pirmajā periodā ES dalībvalstis izmantoja dažādas metodikas, kā piemēram, vēsturisko pieeju, prognozes, izsoles un līmeņatzīmes. Galvenais emisijas tirdzniecības mērķis ir samazināt siltumnīcefekta gāzu (SEG) emisijas (CO2 emisijas) ekonomiski visizdevīgākajā veidā. Līmeņatzīmes un izsoles ir atzītas par visefektīvākajām metodēm emisijas kvotu piešķiršanā. Šis raksts sniedz īsu ievadu par emisiju tirdzniecību Eiropā, sniedzot aprakstu par dažādu kvotu piešķiršanu metodēm. Pēc tam rakstā ir sniegtas iespējamās līmeņatzīmju vērtības Latvijas sadedzināšanas iekārtām