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Energy is one of the sectors directly affecting the economic growth and forming a significant part of overall expenses in several industry branches, especially in manufacturing. The development of the energy sector requires significant investments which can only be attracted in a stable and predictable investment environment. Therefore, Latvian energy sector is being planned in a long-term both globally...
With the global shift in economics the demand for the highly trained specialists is continuing to grow. Thus the next 50 years have the potential to become the golden age of higher education: more and more people are going to broaden their knowledge in different branches of their specialties and develop complex social skills in order to sustain cultural diversity and leadership. In the paper an overview...
The process of globalization poses new challenges for the government in the field of education system regulation. The growing importance of the need for a qualitative assessment of the state of the educational process contributed to the development of one of the new scientific directions — the issue of quality management of higher education. Despite the fact that a lot of publications have appeared...
The main negative factors of urbanization are both, environmental problems (pollution of the urban environment, increase of building density, decrease of the green area, etc.), and the destructive influence of the big city on human health (emotional discomfort and stress among inhabitants, mental overloads leading people to alienation from the urban environment, etc.). In the article a new hybrid...
Due to the advances in photovoltaic material research and solar panel price reduction over last years, the usage of this alternative energy source in northern countries seems more attractive. Usage of energy storage devices can help use the solar power more efficiently and smarter. This paper deals with the optimization of proposed solar panel array of renovated office building's communal lighting...
Considering that there is a demand to increase the efficiency of indoor lighting power consumption, an effective light design must be developed that can be applied as well as in old buildings as in new projects. To achieve a lower total building energy consumption without sacrificing lighting quality, there is a need for effective lighting modeling, which gives reliable, in real life prospective results...
The paper is devoted to the question of the course quality testing and analysis in the field of engineering higher education. The opportunity to develop a testing approach and method for further lifelong improvement of the courses, its activities and its teaching/learning methodologies is considered on the basis of well-known taxonomy of educational objectives. The idea is that the objectives could...
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