Learn about the best environmental technologies for a sustainable development and how they are managed in various settings around the world. This course gives you an opportunity to learn about global trends that influence our environment and the living conditions and how different management systems and approaches that are used around the world to manage the environment. This includes current environmental technologies built for the environment and technologies for sustainable soil management, groundwater protection methods and integrated Water resources management.
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WEEK/MODULE 4: Technologies for the Built Environment
In week 4 we look at some of the current environmental technologies that are particularly effective in carrying out their purpose and in an environmental friendly way. We look at how we choose among different technologies and study storm water technologies, urban water supply and solid waste handling.
Associate Professor Department of Environmental Engineering
In Greenland surface water is used as a drinking water resource.
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Each settlement has its own separate supply of drinking In Greenland surface water is used as
a drinking water resource.
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Each settlement has its own separate supply of drinking
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water. In some places, there is an abundance of water, but in many places
Each settlement has its own separate supply of drinking
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water. In some places, there is an abundance of water, but in many places
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there is a severe scarcity. This is particularly in the settlements placed on
water. In some places, there is an
abundance of water, but in many places
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there is a severe scarcity. This is particularly in the settlements placed on
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small island and in the settlements placed in the High North, where the
there is a severe scarcity. This is
particularly in the settlements placed on
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small island and in the settlements placed in the High North, where the
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water is frozen in a large part of the year. In those places, technologies such
small island and in the settlements
placed in the High North, where the
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water is frozen in a large part of the year. In those places, technologies such
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as reverse osmosis is sometimes used to extract sea water for drinking water.
water is frozen in a large part of the
year. In those places, technologies such
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as reverse osmosis is sometimes used to extract sea water for drinking water.
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Also, in some places, ice's being thawed for drinking water during the winter.
as reverse osmosis is sometimes used to
extract sea water for drinking water.
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Also, in some places, ice's being thawed for drinking water during the winter.
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Both processes are very energy consuming and expensive. The drinking water is Also, in some places, ice's being thawed
for drinking water during the winter.
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Both processes are very energy consuming and expensive. The drinking water is
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piped in many places. Piping in Greenland is difficult due to the temperature and
Both processes are very energy consuming and expensive. The drinking water is
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piped in many places. Piping in Greenland is difficult due to the temperature and
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the climate, so heating is necessary to keep the drinking water fluent in the
piped in many places. Piping in Greenland
is difficult due to the temperature and
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the climate, so heating is necessary to keep the drinking water fluent in the
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pipes. In the places where there is an abundance of drinking water also
the climate, so heating is necessary to
keep the drinking water fluent in the
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pipes. In the places where there is an abundance of drinking water also
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sometimes the water is just pumped at a high speed through the pipes to keep it
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flowing, instead of heating. That is more energy efficient. In the small
sometimes the water is just pumped at a
high speed through the pipes to keep it
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flowing, instead of heating. That is more energy efficient. In the small
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settlements, self-hauling from central houses is
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common. The drinking water is being treated, usually by chlorination. In the
settlements, self-hauling from central
houses is
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common. The drinking water is being treated, usually by chlorination. In the
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places where fish factories are active, UV treatment is also implemented to
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meet the high international standard of food production industries.
places where fish factories are active,
UV treatment is also implemented to
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meet the high international standard of food production industries.