Tallinn University of Technology

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BUILT ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH GROUP

Research areas

  • built environment, urban and regional planning;
  • community development, economic revitalization, reuse and restoration, urban and rural settlement assessment;
  • heritage conservation in urban planning and historical landscapes and parks;
  • revitalization of brownfield’s;
  • examination of historical buildings;
  • construction materials, indoor climate, aspects of building physics and energy efficiency;
  • possibilities to produce  recycled aggregate concrete
  • cyber-physical systems for buildings and urban and regional planning.

 

Keywords:

Brownfields, town planning, shrinking cities, indoor climate, building materials, history of wooden architecture

 

Head of the resereach group

Associate professor Aime Ruus, e-mail aime.ruus@taltech.ee 

 

Projects

VFP21013 "eMOTIONAL Cities (1.03.2021−28.02.2025)"

MOBJD633 "Factors Influencing the Implementation of Age-Friendly Communities in Estonia. Applications in Urban Planning and Public Administration. (1.01.2021−31.12.2022)"

LETAE20061 "Valuable settlement structures in Valga municipality: determining milieu areas and the conditions for their use and protection (1.05.2020−1.05.2021)"

LEP19082 "Termbase of spatial planning (30.10.2019−11.01.2021)"

VEU19008 "CA17136 - INDoor AIR POLLution NETwork (2018−2022)", A.Ruus, leader of subgroup WG4f Sampling and instrumentation for monitoring surface transformations of indoor air pollutants

Selected publications from 2020

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A.; Kaplinski-Sauk, M. (2020). Eesti ajalooliste mõisaparkide ja metsade puistu liigilise koosseisu võrdluse meetod. Agraarteadus, 31 (1). DOI: 10.15159/jas.20.01.

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A. (2020). Moisture Buffer Value of Composite Material Made of Clay-Sand Plaster and Wastepaper. Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 27 (2), 108−115. DOI: 10.5755/j01.sace.27.2.25391.

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A., Nei, L. (2020). Adding waste paper to clay plaster to raise its ability to buffer moisture. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 69 (3), 179−185. DOI: 10.3176/proc.2020.3.01.

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A.; Nei, L.; Ruus, A. (2020). The Effects of Natural Paints on the Moisture Buffering Ability of Paper Plaster. Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 57 (5), 51−60. DOI: 10.2478/lpts-2020-0027.

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A. (2020). Suitability of the Weber-Gut risk assessment methodology used in Central Europe for determining invasive woody plant species in Estonian historical parks. Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused, 72 (1), 21−33. DOI: 10.2478/fsmu-2020-0003.

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A. (2020). The model of trees for the restoration of historical manor parks in Estonia. Landscape Architecture and Art, 16 [ilmumas].

Soolepp, M.; Ruus, A.; Nutt, N.; Raamets, J.; Kubjas, A. (2020). Hygrothermal performance of paper plaster: influence of different types of paper and production methods on moisture buffering. In: E3S Web of Conferences: 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020 (#14010). NSB2020 - 12TH NORDIC SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING PHYSICS, 6-9 Sept Tallinn. EDP Sciences. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202017214010.

Oras, Sven; Vlassov, Sergei; Vigonski, Simon; Polyakov, Boris; Antsov, Mikk; Zadin, Vahur; Lõhmus, Rünno; Mougin, Karine (2020). The effect of heat treatment on the morphology and mobility of Au nanoparticles. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 11, 61−67. DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.6.

Raamets, J.; Ruus, A.; Ivask, M.; Nei, L.; Muoni, K. (2020). Siseõhu kvaliteet põhu- ja pilliroopakkidest seintega elumajades [Indoor air quality in residential buildings with straw- and reed-bale walls]. Agraarteadus, XXXI (1), 84−95. DOI: 10.15159/jas.20.05.

Keskküla, Kadri; Aru, Tambet; Kiviste, Mihkel; Miljan, Martti-Jaan (2020). Hygrothermal Analysis of Masonry Wall with Reed Boards as Interior Insulation System. Energies, 13 (20). DOI: 10.3390/en13205252.

Salmistu, S.; Kotval-K, Z.; Kotval, Z. (2020). The Use of Contemporary Planning Labels in Professional Practice – A Michigan Example. Planning Practice and Research. DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2020.1746038.

Sustainable Technology Research Group

Research areas

  • The studies of energy and material flow, LCA, efficient use of resources based on the concept of the circular economy
  • Competent in the development and implementation of waste recycling technologies. (drug residues in sewage sludge and their degradation efficiency)
  • Development of methodologies for assessing the status of the environment, we use soil microbiological parameters and soil invertebrates’ parameters as bioindicators

Keywords:

Industrial ecology, environmental technology, ecosystem services, environmental microbiology and chemistry, circular economy

Head of the research group

Professor Lembit Nei, lembit.nei@taltech.ee

Projects

Selected publications from 2020

Raamets, J.; Ruus, A.; Ivask, M.; Nei, L.; Muoni, K. (2020). Siseõhu kvaliteet põhu- ja pilliroopakkidest seintega elumajades. Agraarteadus, XXXI (1), 84−95. (ETIS 1.1)

Raamets, J.; Ruus, A.; Ivask, M.; Nei, L. (2020). Air quality microbiological studies in straw bale and reed houses. European Biotechnology Congress 2020. Journal of Biotechnology [forthcoming] (ETIS 5.1)

Nei, L.; Haiba, E.; Lillenberg, M. (2020). Minireview: Pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge and their degradation during composting – recent studies in Estonia. Agraarteadus, 31 (1), 47−52 (ETIS 1.1)

Henning, H. E.; Putna-Nīmane, I.; Kalinowski, R.; Perkola, N.; Bogusz, A.; Kublina, A.; Haiba, E.; Bārda, I.; Karkovska, I.; Schütz, J.; Mehtonen, J.; Siimes, K.; Nyhlén, K.; Dzintare, L.; Äystö, L.; Siņics, L.; Laht, M.; Lehtonen, M.; Stapf, M.; Stridh, P.; Leisk, Ü. (2020). Pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea Region – emissions, consumption and environmental risks. 2020:28, 1−345. (ETIS 2.5)

Nyhlén, K.; Spjuth, S.; Jakobsson, T.; Äystö, L.; Mehtonen, J.; Lehtinen, T.; Bregendahl, J.; Leisk, U.; Haiba, E.; Schüt, J.; Stapf, M.; Kublina, A.; Szumska, M.; Bogusz, A.; Kalinowski, R. (2020). Recommendations for efficient dissemination of environmental information regarding pharmaceuticals. 2020:27, 1−29. (ETIS 2.5)

Nei, L.; Haiba, E.; Nei, S. V. (2020). On the degradation of some widely used pharmaceuticals during sewage sludge composting. Journal of Biotechnology: European Biotechnology Congress 2020. Journal of Biotechnology [forthcoming]. (ETIS 5.1)

Nei, L.; Haiba, E.; Nei, S. V. (2020). Biodegradability studies of some widely used pharmaceutical during sewage sludge composting. SETAC Abstract Book: SETAC Europe annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland (3-7 May 2020). Dublin: SETAC. (ETIS 5.2)

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A., Nei, L. (2020). Adding waste paper to clay plaster to raise its ability to buffer moisture. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 69 (3), 179−185. (ETIS 1.1)

Eklund, J.; Nei, L. (2020). Richard Compton: Thought Leader, Educator and Bon Viveur. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 872 (Article 114279), 1−3. (ETIS 1.1)

Nutt, N.; Kubjas, A.; Nei, L.; Ruus, A. (2020). The Effects of Natural Paints on the Moisture Buffering Ability of Paper Plaster. Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 57 (5), 51−60. (ETIS 1.1)

Ivask M., Kiiker R., Loit K., Põldmets M., Raamets J., Shanskiy M. 2020. Vihmaussikoosluste struktuur ja mulla mikroobikoosluse aktiivsus suvinisu mahe- ja tavatootmispõldudel. Agronoomia 2020, lk.18 – 24 (ETIS 3.5)

Ivask M. 2020. Ökoloogilise tasakaalu vähetuntud kindlustajad. Sinu Mets 2, 22-23 (ETIS 6.3)

Soolepp, M.; Ruus, A.; Nutt, N.; Raamets, J.; Kubjas, A. (2020). Hygrothermal performance of paper plaster: influence of different types of paper and production methods on moisture buffering. In: E3S Web of Conferences: 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020 (#14010). NSB2020 - 12TH NORDIC SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING PHYSICS, 6-9 Sept Tallinn. EDP Sciences. (ETIS 3.1)

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Publications

Our publications in Estonian Research Information System

ERIS

Defended thesis in last years

Jane Raamets, 2020, (sup) Aime Ruus; Mari Ivask; Lembit Nei, Indoor air microbiological quality in reed-bale and straw-bale houses in Estonia 

Jiri Tintera, 2019, (sup) Aime Ruus; Zenia Kotval, Urban Regeneration Strategies for Shrinking Post-Soviet European Communities: A Case Study of Valga, Estonia 

Jüri Järvis, 2018, (sup) Mari Ivask; Lembit Nei, Novel Technology for Utilization of Solid Organic Waste in Recultivation of Abandoned Mining Areas 

Egge Haiba, 2017, (sup) Lembit Nei; Merike Lillenberg, Optimization of sewage sludge composting: problems and solutions

Nele Nutt, 2017, (sup) Zenia Kotval, The Restoration of Nationally Protected Estonian Manor Parks in the Light of the Florence Charter 

Our foreign partners

  • Michigan State University, USA
  • University of South Florida St Petersburg, USA
  • Sumy State University, Ukraine
  • Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
  • Swedish University of Agriculture 
  • Latvian Agricultural University
  • K.H.Kempen University College, Belgium
  • Universidade Tecnica Lisboa, Portugal
  • Wageningen Agricultural University, Holland
  • Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
  • Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Belarus
  • Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
  • Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany
  • University of Hohenheim, Germany
  • University of Hannover, Germany
  • Exeter University, Camborne School of Mines, UK
  • University of Greenwich, UK
  • University of Brighton, UK
  • University of Oxford, UK
  • University of Washington, USA
  • https://sphera.com   
  • Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland