TY - JOUR
TI - Sustainable development, clean technology and knowledge from industry
AU - Sokolović Slobodan M
AU - Zavargo Zoltan Z
AU - Sokolović Dunja S
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 11
SP - 131
EP - 139
PT - Article
AB - Clean technology or clean production is the most important factor for the  economic growth of a society and it will play the main role not only in the  area of cleaner production, but also in sustainable development. The  development of clean technology will be the main factor of the company’s  strategy in the future. Each company, which wants to reach the competitive  position at the market and wants to be environmentally friendly, has to  accept the new approach in corporate management and the strategy of new clean  technology. The main principles of clean technology are based on the concept  of maximum resource and energy productivity and virtually no waste. This  approach may be limited by human resources and the level of their  environmental knowledge. Companies are committed to the development of the  workers’ skills, and thus to the improvement of the company for the full  implementation of the environmental legislation and clean production concept.  Based on this commitment, one of Tempus projects is designed to improve the  university-enterprise cooperation in the process of creating sustainable  industry in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic  of Macedonia. To achieve this goal, partner universities will create special  courses on sustainable industry and thus enhance the lifelong learning  process and cooperation between industry and universities in the Western  Balkan countries.