Jozef VIGLASKY

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June 12th, 2005 Warsaw, Poland Future Energy
Technologies for Enlarged EUKick-off Meeting

• Jozef VIGLASKY Ingrid KRISSAK

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THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
ZVOLEN
Area 49,036 sq. km Population 5
356 207 inhabitants
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H i s t o r y of the TUZVO ... really rich!

• 1770 Mining Academy of Banská tiavnica
• 1807 Forestry Institute establishment
• 1846 Mining and Forestry Academy foundation
• 1904 - Mining and Forestry College
• 1952 - Forestry and Wood Technology College in
  Zvolen
• 1991 - Faculty of Ecology and Environmental
• Sciences first of its kind in
  Slovakia
• 1992 - Technical University in Zvolen
• 1996 - Faculty of Environmental and
  Manufacturing
• Technology

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FROM THE HISTORY of the TUZVO
1762 Banská tiavnica
1952 Zvolen
Mining Academy
University of Forestry and Wood Technology
2005 Zvolen
Technical University in Zvolen (from 1991)
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Technická univerzita vo ZvoleneTechnical
University in Zvolen (TUZVO)
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F A C U L T I E S

• Faculty of Forestry
• Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology
• Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
• Faculty of Environmental and Manufacturing
  Technology

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My teaching activities at the FEVTHeat
EngineeringHVAC Heating, Ventilation Air
ConditioningAlternative Energy
SourcesTechnologies used for RES
ExploatationBio-Energy Enginiering Ph.D. -
students

• Faculty of Environmental and Manufacturing
  Technology
• (FEVT)

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International Profile of the TUZVO

• Member of significant international non-govern
  institutions (IUFRO, IAWA, AEBIOM, IAWS, SWST,
  PRO SILVA, EFI, Alliance, CIOFF,)
• Active participation in the international EU
  programmes (SOCRATES/Erasmus, Leonardo, DAAD,
  Action Austria-Slovakia, etc.)
• ERA European Research Area
• (projects within 5thFP, 6thFP, COST,
  structural funds utilization)
• Co-operation on the bilateral-agreements
• basis (36 valid agreements) common projects,
  publications, professional growth, exchanges...

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AEBIOM members
1. Association for extension of biomass in Spain
- ADABE
2. Austrian Biomass Association - ABA
3. Bulgarian Biomass Association - BBA
27. South Tyrol Biomass Association - STBA
26. Russian Biofuel Association - RBA
4. British Biogen
25. Valorisation of Biomass ValBiom (Belgium)
5. CARMEN (Germany)
24. Ukrainian Bioenergy Association - UBA
6. Czech Biomass Association - CZBIOM
23. Swiss Farmers Union - SBV
7. Danish Biomass Association - DANBIO
22. Latvian Bioenergy Association - LATBIO
8. Estonian Biofuels Association - EBA
21. Slovak Biomass Association SK-BIOM
9. Finnish Bioenergy Association - FINBIO
20. Swedish Bioenergy Association - SVEBIO
10. European Wood Energy Technical Institute
ITEBE (France)
19. Slovenian Biomass Association - SLOBIOM
11. German Bioenergy Association - BBE
18. Polish Biomass Association - POLBIOM
12. Greek Biomass Association - HELLABIOM
17. Norwegian Biomass Association - NOBIO
13. Hungarian Biomass Association - HBA
16. Netherlands Bioenergy Association NL-BEA
14. Irish Bioenergy Association - IrBEA
15. Italian Biomass Association - ITABIA
Connection to 1000 companies and 3000 other
institutions/persons
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6th Framework Programme EUC

• the Technical University
• in Zvolen is Slovakian
• Coordinator of the 6th
• thematic priority of 6th FP
• Sustainable Development,
• Global Change and Ecosystems
• Representatives in the Programme Committe
  (ECOTECH delegate), as well as in the NCP system
  (National Contact Point)

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• Selected Projects (1)
• J. Viglasky Demonstration project Replacement
  of brown coal fired boilers by a biomass fired
  boiler (Capacity 605 kWth) at the School Forest
  Enterprise of the Technical University in
  Zvolen PSO 98/SK/2/16, Duration 1 January - 30
  June 2001, project completed.
• J. Viglasky "Financing Mechanisms for
  Sustainable Regional Energy Development in the
  Slovak Republic" VROM Project DGM / IMZ /
  200003715 Financed by The Dutch Government
  Duration April - December 2000.
• J. Viglasky "Amaranth phytomass for energy",
  this sub-project was carried out within the main
  project "Adaptability of Amaranth Growing and
  Utilisation in Slovakia", which was carried out
  at the Slovak Agriculture University in Nitra
  during years 1994-1997

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• Selected Projects (2)
• J. Viglasky "Strategy for Agricultural and Rural
  Adjustment in the Slovak Republic",
• carried out in the framework of the FAO project
  "European Agricultural Policy". Responsible for
  the studies on "Solar Energy" and "Wind Energy ,
  1996.
• J. Viglasky EU Biotech Accompanying Measure to
  Encourage Biomass Uptake and Assist Technology
  Transfer of EU Biomass/Waste Utilization
  Technologies to China, and Central and Eastern
  Europe, 2000-2002
• Ongoing Project within 6th Frame Work Programme
  EUC
• J. Viglasky BIOeTRAIN The Implementation of an
  eLearning
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  University for BioEnergy
• J. Viglasky BIOPROS Solutions for the safe
  application of wastewater
• and
  sludge for high efficient biomass production
• in
  Short-Rotation-Plantations
• J. Viglasky NEBEC the Network of Bio-energy
  Centres of
• Excellence
  Finland, Poland, Estonia and Slovakia
• J. Viglasky MULTICROPS Sustainable crops for
  new markets

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• Main activities at the Technical University in
  Zvolen within bio-energy and environmental sector
  include
• Experimental research focused on environment
  protection of bio-energy systems
• To support biomass energy activities
• To organise conferences, seminars and workshops
  for local, regional and national government
  officials, manufacturers, investors and energy
  sector managers
• To carry out feasibility and market studies in
  energy sectors
• To develop new biomass energy investment
  projects
• Promotion and dissemination of bio-energy
  technologies and systems by way of publications,
  brochures and leaflets
• Preparation of information for Slovak media
• Organisation of media campaigns with the aim to
  increase public awareness in the area of energy
  savings

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Thank you for your attention
Contact Prof. Jozef VIGLASKY Vice
Rector of the TU in Zvolen T.G.
Masaryka 24 960 53 Zvolen
The Slovak Republic E-mail
viglasky_at_vsld.tuzvo.sk Phone
fax [phone] www.tuzvo.sk
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Laboratory of Geoinformatics
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• HARDWARE and SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT
• 1 workstation SUN Ultra 1 operating system
  Solaris 5.2, full system ARC/Info, ver. 7.4 of
  ESRI, EASI/PACE of PCI
• 2 personal computers Pentium 100 MHz, 32 MB RAM,
  2.1 GB HDD, 4MB VRAM, 20' Monitor operating
  system Windows NT 4.0,Microsoft Office 2000,
  Idrisi 32, CartaLinx, ArcView 8, Spatial
  Analyst, 3D Analyst, Koke for Windows ver. 6.13,
  Microstation 95 with extension Groma
• 1 workstation Pentium 2.2 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 120 GB
  HDD, 19' monitor (server)operating system
  Windows 2000 Professional,Microsoft Office 2000,
  Idrisi Kilimanjaro, CartaLinx, ArcGIS 8 Desktop,
  Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, ArcInfo Workstation,
  eCognition 3.0, Geomatica 8 PCI
• 1 workstation Pentium 2.2 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 120 GB
  HDD, 19' monitor operating system Windows 2000
  Professional,Microsoft Office 2000, full system
  Image Station Intergraph

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Computer room for Geoinformatics
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Computer room for Geoinformatics
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• SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT for 19 COMPUTERS
• Operating system Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Office 2000
• Idrisi for Windows ver. 2.0, CartaLinx
• GIS Tutor, GeoCube, data sets for exercises
• ArcView 3 and 8, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst
• Kokes for Windows ver. 6.13
• Microstation 95 a with extension Groma
• Roadpac

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Projects based on Laboratory of Geoinformatics
(actual situation)

• ITM (Dr. Durský, Ing. Fabrika)
• Implementing Tree Growth Models as Forest
  Management Tools
• (2002 - 2004)
• WARM (Doc. Holécy)
• Wildland-Urban Area Fire Risk Management
• (2002 - 2004)
• GL 1021 (Prof. ihlavník)
• Metódy na zistovanie a spracovanie informácií o
  stave lesa pre lesnícke mapovanie a tvorbu
  digitálnych databáz
• (2003 - 2004)
• APVT 51 037 902 (Doc. Tucek)
• Modelovanie a simulácia poiarov / Modelling
  simultion of fires
• (2004 2006)