Environmental Engineering
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Research Institute of Environmental Protection
About institute
About institute
Research Institute of Environmental Protection
Research Institute of Environmental Protection performs high-level international researches on the development of environmental technologies. In order to improve the qualifications of scientists to disseminate research results, they participate in international scientific conferences.
With the development of environmental technologies, cooperation with partners from Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Switzerland, France, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and other countries of the world is being further developed. The Institute has a goal and a vision to restore and preserve a healthy natural environment for present and future generations and ensure high quality and excellence in the development of scientific production by designing new generations of technological equipment, performing environmental expert examinations and audits, taking a leading position among such institutions in Lithuania and abroad.
For the developed biofilter of a plate structure, with a capillary boot irrigation system, the scientists of the Research Institute of Environmental Protection, the first at the VGTU, received the patent of the European Patent Office. Improved biotechnology will help regulate the amount of specific gaseous emissions from industry and tackle the most pressing global challenge of mitigating climate change.
In 2017, scientists of the Research Institute of Environmental Protection received 4 Lithuanian patents "Multi-channel cyclone separator – a filter for separation of particulate matter from aggressive gas", "Bioreactors and biogas production method", "Catalytic polluted gas purification plant and method" and "Biocharcoal modification with H2O2 aqueous solution equipment and method"
Two out of four VGTU researchers winning scientific groups projects in 2017 (call VII) where carried out by environmental researchers: "Research and development of a small bioreactor plant with three-phase system for biogas production and its treatment" (supervisor – prof. habil. dr. Pranas Baltrenas) and "The influence of elemental singenicity in lignocellulosic raw material on biocharcoal adsorption properties" (supervisor – prof. dr. Edita Baltrenaite).
Actively cooperating with the companies: Fortum Heat Lietuva, Ltd., Enerstena, Ltd., Vilniaus silumos tinklai, Ltd., Smart Continent, Ltd., Nukem technologies, Atlieku tvarkymo centras, Ltd., Citus construction, Ltd. and others. Together with Lorensa, Ltd. and Ekologines statybos centras, Ltd., at the department the MITA technological development project was performed "Research and development of innovative acoustically effective elements with rubber granules in noise suppressing structures" (supervisor – assoc. prof. Raimondas Grubliauskas).
In order not only to preserve but also to improve the state of the environment, in 2017, a plan for the Air Quality Control management measures was started developing for Siauliai City Municipality.
Also cooperating with Kaisiadorys, Kazlu Ruda, Kedainiai, Raseiniai, Siauliai, Utena, Visaginas and other district municipalities in which territories performing monitoring programs – observing air quality, surface and groundwater, soil and noise pollution.
With the development of environmental technologies, cooperation with partners from Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Switzerland, France, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and other countries of the world is being further developed. The Institute has a goal and a vision to restore and preserve a healthy natural environment for present and future generations and ensure high quality and excellence in the development of scientific production by designing new generations of technological equipment, performing environmental expert examinations and audits, taking a leading position among such institutions in Lithuania and abroad.
For the developed biofilter of a plate structure, with a capillary boot irrigation system, the scientists of the Research Institute of Environmental Protection, the first at the VGTU, received the patent of the European Patent Office. Improved biotechnology will help regulate the amount of specific gaseous emissions from industry and tackle the most pressing global challenge of mitigating climate change.
In 2017, scientists of the Research Institute of Environmental Protection received 4 Lithuanian patents "Multi-channel cyclone separator – a filter for separation of particulate matter from aggressive gas", "Bioreactors and biogas production method", "Catalytic polluted gas purification plant and method" and "Biocharcoal modification with H2O2 aqueous solution equipment and method"
Two out of four VGTU researchers winning scientific groups projects in 2017 (call VII) where carried out by environmental researchers: "Research and development of a small bioreactor plant with three-phase system for biogas production and its treatment" (supervisor – prof. habil. dr. Pranas Baltrenas) and "The influence of elemental singenicity in lignocellulosic raw material on biocharcoal adsorption properties" (supervisor – prof. dr. Edita Baltrenaite).
Actively cooperating with the companies: Fortum Heat Lietuva, Ltd., Enerstena, Ltd., Vilniaus silumos tinklai, Ltd., Smart Continent, Ltd., Nukem technologies, Atlieku tvarkymo centras, Ltd., Citus construction, Ltd. and others. Together with Lorensa, Ltd. and Ekologines statybos centras, Ltd., at the department the MITA technological development project was performed "Research and development of innovative acoustically effective elements with rubber granules in noise suppressing structures" (supervisor – assoc. prof. Raimondas Grubliauskas).
In order not only to preserve but also to improve the state of the environment, in 2017, a plan for the Air Quality Control management measures was started developing for Siauliai City Municipality.
Also cooperating with Kaisiadorys, Kazlu Ruda, Kedainiai, Raseiniai, Siauliai, Utena, Visaginas and other district municipalities in which territories performing monitoring programs – observing air quality, surface and groundwater, soil and noise pollution.
The Institute for Environmental Protection for the period of 2002-2015 was led by prof. Habil dr Pranas Baltrėnas, since 2015 - Assoc. dr Raimondas Grubliauskas.
Employees of the Environmental Protection Institute in 2016
1 raw: prof. dr. Saulius Vasarevičius, prof. habil. dr. Pranas Baltrėnas, doc. dr. Raimondas Grubliauskas (Head of Environmental protection Institute), dr. Alvydas Zagorskis (Head of Laboratory of Environmental and Workplaces Conditions)
2 raw: Aleksandras Chlebnikovas, dr. Mantas Pranskevičius, doc. dr. Edita Baltrėnaitė, dr. Eglė Marčiulaitienė, dr. Jolita Bradulienė (quality manager of Laboratory of Environmental and Workplaces Conditions), dokt. Valeriia Chemerys, dr. Tomas Januševičius, doc. dr. Dainius Paliulis, Tomas Astrauskas
3 raw: Nerijus Graužas, Mantas Zemleris, Stanislovas Blėdis, Vaidotas Danila, Andrej Naimušin, mag. Vitalij Kolodynskij
Directions of activities:
- Environmental investigations and evaluation
- Environmental education and training
- Development of new technologies
- Organising scientific meetings, seminars, workshops.
Researchers of the Institute of Environmental Protection...
...perform:
- tests and control of air, water and soil pollution sources
- research of workplace conditions (noise, vibration, microclimate, ect.)
- environmental research
- development and improvement of environmental technologies
- proposals for IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)
- reports of environmental impact assessment
- environmental monitoring programs
- bills of environmental legislations
- refresher courses for environmentalists
- training courses on environmental protection
- scientific seminars and conferences.
You can find us:
Saulėtekio ave. 11, Vilnius
Faculty of Environmental Engineering
SRK-II, 211
phone: +37052744726
fax: +37052744726
2013 m.
- Edita Baltrenaite won an award given a young researcher of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences for work Evaluating the Stability of Heavy Metals in Biochar.
- Alvydas Zagorskis won an award given a young researcher of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences for work Research on the Efficiency of Removing Gaseous Pollutants from the Air Using a Droplet Biofilter.
2014 m.
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alvydas Zagorskis was awarded by Prof. Janis Gravitis from the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (Riga, Latvia) for cooperation investigating wood shavings as a packing material for the biofilter
2015 m.
- For the merits of environmental protection in Vilnius city, the Statue of St. Christopher was presented to Dr. Habil. Prof. Pranas Baltrenas from the Environmental Protection Institute of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. The professor is a pioneer of creating technologies for pollution control and reduction and was the head of the Public Environmental Protection Commission of Vilnius City Council for over 20 years.
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Grubliauskas, the Head of the Environmental Protection Institute, was awarded by the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania for cooperation in the project The Sustainable Management of Energy and Environmental Quality at the Local Level.
2016 m.
- Pranas Baltrėnas was assigned a foreign member diploma by the Building Academy of Ukraine.
- Prof. Dr. Saulius Vasarevicius was awarded an acknowledgement by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM for organizing the seminar Sustainability Assessment for City and Industry.
2017 m.
- The study The Sustainable Role of the Tree in Environmental Protection Technologies by Edita Baltrenaite, Pranas Baltrėnas and Arvydas Lietuvninkas was issued at the international Springer Publishing Company and won the 3rd place at the contest held at VGTU.
- For the merits of Vilnius city and nation, Pranas Baltrėnas was awarded a 2nd degree medal. The chairman of the awards committee Tomas Sernas. Vilnius 2017.
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raimondas Grubliauskas was awarded by ECM Space Technologies GmbH (Germany) for the merits of environmental protection.
Participation in the work of the working groups or commissions organized by the state administration institutions, state and municipal institutions and organizations, business entities
- Pranas Baltrėnas. The chairman of the 36th technical committee of the Lithuanian standartisation department, https://eshop.lsd.lt/public#/committee/info/6009
- Pranas Baltrėnas. The chairman of social commission monitored by Vilnius municipality Environment and Energy committee, http://www.vilnius.lt/index.php?3461772456
- Agnė Kazlauskienė. The second assistant of the chairman of the Environment protection committee, the association of Lithuanian municipalities, http://www.lsa.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komitetai-ir-darbo-grupes/aplinkos-apsaugos-komitetas-aak/
- Aušra Zigmontienė. The head of the Lithuanian municipality utilities association, www.skia.lt/kontaktai/
- Saulius Vasarevičius. The Chairman of the Certification Committee of the National Accreditation Bureau, www.nab.lt/Files/SERTIFIKAVIMO%20%20KOMITETO%20SUDĖTIS%202014.pdf
- Pranas Baltrėnas, Edita Baltrėnaitė, Raimondas Grubliauskas, Alvydas Zagorskis. The members of social commission monitored by Vilnius municipality Environment and Energy committee, http://www.vilnius.lt/index.php?3461772456
- Agnė Kazlauskienė. The counsellor for environment and energy issues, the association of Lithuanian municipalities, http://www.lsa.lt/struktura-irkontaktai/administracija/ , http://www.lsa.lt/en/contacts/
- Raimondas Grubliauskas. The member of the Noise Prevention Council, https://eseimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/505f3481ef6911e6be918a531b2126ab?positionInSearchResults=2&searchModelUUID=e45c2e09-8e6f-4986-9ede-35635af43b06
Member of Editorial Board
- Pranas Baltrėnas. Member of Editorial Board Scientific-Technical Journal “Energy Saving and Water Treatment” (Publisher: OOO“ENIV”), member of the editorial board. Energosbereženie i Vodopodgotovka. ISSN 1992-4658. https://enivpress.jimdo.com/редколлегия/ (from 1998 till now)
- Pranas Baltrėnas. Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of environmental engineering and landscape management”, ISSN 1648-6897, http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JEELM/editorialboard (from 1995 till now)
- Edita Baltrėnaitė. Member of Editorial Board “Journal of Environmental Engineering & Ecological Science”, ISSN 2050–1323 (Publisher: Herbert Publications), http://www.hoajonline.com/jeees/editorialboard (from 2012 till now)
- Pranas Baltrėnas. Member of Editorial Board “Polish Journal of Environmental studies”, ISSN 1080-3548 (Publisher: Olsztyn: HARD Publishing Company), ISSN 1230-1485, http://www.pjoes.com/editorial-board.html (from 2012 till now)
- Saulius Vasarevičius. Member of Editorial Board “Environmental Engineering and Management Journal”, ISSN 2050–1323 (Publisher: Gheorghe Asachi, Technical University of Ias), ISSN 1582-9596, http://www.eemj.icpm.tuiasi.ro/ed_board.htm (from 2011 till now)
- Edita Baltrėnaitė, Member of Editorial Board “Annals of the Academy of romanian scientists”, ISSN PRINT 2067 – 2160 ISSN ONLINE 2067 – 9564 http://aos.ro/editura/analeleaosr/annals-on-physics-and-chemistry/editorial-board (from 2014 till now)
- Pranas Baltrėnas, Member of Editorial Board “Annals of the Academy of romanian scientists”, ISSN PRINT 2067 – 2160 ISSN ONLINE 2067 – 9564 http://aos.ro/editura/analeleaosr/annals-on-physics-and-chemistry/editorial-board (from 2014 till now)
Membership in international working groups, associations, international expert groups
- Saulius Vasarevicius. Memeber of application assessment committee in Georgian Shota Rustaveli National Research Fund
- Aušra Zigmontienė. The Member of Management Committee of COST Action ES0805 Earth System Science and Environmental Management, http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/essem/the_terrestrial_biosphere?management
- Edita Baltrėnaitė. Member of Management Committee of COST FA0905 “Mineral-improved crop production for healthy food and feed“; http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/FA0905manual?management (from 2010 till 2014)
- Pranas Baltrėnas. Member of Management Committee of COST MP0806 „Particles in turbulence“; http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/mpns/MP0806?management (from 2008 till 2013)
- Saulius Vasarevičius. Member of International waste working group IWWG, from 2015
- Raimondas Grubliauskas. Member of Management Committee of COST TD15125 Designs for Noise Reducing Materials and Structures (DENORMS); http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15125?management (from 2016/04 – 2020/03)
- Pranas Baltrėnas. Member of Management Committee of COST TD1107 Biochar as option for sustainable resource management; http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15125?management (from 2012/03 – 2016/03)
- Saulius Vasarevičius. Member of Management Committee of COST CA15115 Mining the European Anthroposphere (MINEA); http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15115?management (from 2016/05 – till now);
- Diploma of a foreign member of the Building Academy of Ukraine assigned Pranas Baltrėnas
- Aušra Zigmontienė. Member of Policy Committee of Municipal Waste Europe (MWE) the European umbrella association representing public responsibility for waste
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