THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Slobodan M. Sokolović

,

Zoltan Z. Zavargo

,

Dunja S. Sokolović

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE FROM INDUSTRY

ABSTRACT
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.
KEYWORDS
sustainable development, clean technology, environmental knowledge 1. Introduction
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2012-01-30
PAPER REVISED: 2012-03-27
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2012-03-30
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI120130067S
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2012, VOLUME 16, ISSUE Supplement 1, PAGES [S131 - S139]
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