PREFACE
The 1st International Scientific Conference on "Advances in Environmental Engineering" (AEE 2017) was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic from November 28 – 30, 2017. The Conference was organised by the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic and the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Technical University of Košice, Slovakia. The idea of founding new series of environmentally oriented conferences was based on a need of scientists and expert from praxis in V4 region to have a common platform for exchange of knowledge and expertise on various environmental topics.
The AEE 2017 offered an international platform for the dissemination of original research results, new ideas and practical development and discovered advances in the field of environmental engineering and related interdisciplinary topics.
The Conference assembled more than 80 delegates, from 5 countries, including PhD students' presentations. The papers presented involved a wide range of research fields: water and wastewater management, sediment pollution control and remediation, soil degradation, conservation and remediation, waste management, landscape management, air quality, environmental impacts of buildings and materials, durability of building materials, and use of alternative raw materials in building materials production. This issue provides an integrated view of the trends in the development of environmentally friendly materials and solving the problems associated with the achievement of sustainability.
List of Committees, Editors, Scientific Committee, Organising committee and Reviewers are available in this PDF.