Sustainable technology research group
TalTech priority area
Research classification (Frascati)
Head of the research group
Research group member
Doctoral students
Keyword
ecosystem services
environmental microbiology and -chemistry
industrial ecology
Overview
The main competences of the group are: The studies of energy and material flow,LCA, efficiency in using resources. Development and implementation of wasterecycling technologies (drug residues insewage sludge and their degradation efficiency). Development of methodologies for assessing the status of the environment. Inassessing the status of the environment,soil microbiological parameters and theparameters of soil invertebrates are usedas bioindicators.
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- Kaplinski-Sauk, M., Nutt, N., Kotval, Z. How Estonian village structures have evolved: a study into the morphological form of the villages of Paduvere and Vaimastvere from the 1700s to the present day // Journal of baltic studies (2023) vol. 54, 2, p. 309-333.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2022.2100432 - Sutri, M., Shanskiy, M., Ivask, M., Reintam, E. The assessment of soil quality in contrasting land-use and tillage systems on farm fields with stagnic luvisol soil in Estonia // Agriculture (2022) vol. 12, 12, art. 2149.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122149 - Mihucz, V.G., Ruus, A., Raamets, J., Wimmerová, L., Vera, T., Bossi, R., Huttunen, K. A review of microbial and chemical assessment of indoor surfaces // Applied Spectroscopy Reviews (2022) vol. 57, 9-10, p. 817-889.
https://doi.org/10.1080/05704928.2021.1995870 - Nutt, N., Kotval, Z., Mets, K., Salmistu, S. The manifestation of social representation theory and social capital in a gentrified neighbourhood in a post-socialist country, Estonia // Trames (2021) vol. 25, 2, p. 151-171 : phot.
https://doi.org/10.3176/tr.2021.2.01 - Phillips, H. R. P., Bach, E. M., Bartz, M. L. C., Bennett, J. M., Beugnon, R., Briones, M. J. I., Brown, G. G., Ferlian, O., Gongalsky, K. B., Ivask, M. et al. Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties // Scientific data (2021) vol. 8, 1, art. 136.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z - Vares, M.-L., Ruus, A., Nutt, N., Kubjas, A., Raamets, J. Determination of paper plaster hygrothermal performance: influence of different types of paper on sorption and moisture buffering // Journal of building engineering (2021) vol. 33, art. 101830, 8 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101830 - Nutt, N., Kubjas, A., Nei, L. Adding waste paper to clay plaster to raise its ability to buffer moisture // Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (2020) vol. 69, 3, p. 179–185 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.3176/proc.2020.3.01 https://kirj.ee/public/proceedings_pdf/2020/issue_3/proc-2020-3-179-185.pdf - Nutt, N., Kubjas, A. 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 (2020) Vol. 72, p. 21-33 : map.
https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2020-0003 - Nutt, N., Kubjas, A. Moisture buffer value of composite material made of clay-sand plaster and wastepaper // Journal of sustainable architecture and civil engineering (2020) vol. 27, 2, p. 108−115.
https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.sace.27.2.25391 - Soolepp, M., Ruus, A., Nutt, N., Raamets, J., Kubjas, A. Hygrothermal performance of paper plaster: influence of different types of paper and production methods on moisture buffering // E3S Web of Conferences : 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020) : Tallinn, Estonia, September 6-9, 2020. [S.l.] : EDP Sciences, 2020. art. 14010, 6 p. (E3S Web of Conferences ; 172).
https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017214010 - Raamets, J., Lokko, L., Ruus, A., Kalamees, T., Muoni, K. Assessment of moisture and mould of hempcrete and straw panels // Journal of physics : conference series (2021) vol. 2069, art. 012194, p. 1-3.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012194 - Nutt, N., Kubjas, A. The model of trees for the restoration of historical manor parks in Estonia // Landscape architecture and art (2020) vol. 17, 17, p. 22-29 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2020.17.03 - Eklund, J., Nei, L. Richard Compton: Thought leader, educator and Bon Viveur // Journal of electroanalytical chemistry (2020) vol. 872, art. 114279, p. 1−3.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114279 - Nutt, N., Salmistu, S., Meitl, C., Karu, K. Case study in experiential learning - from chaos to order: sensemaking with the interactive timeline tool in architecture and civil engineering studies // Educating Engineers for Future Industrial Revolutions : Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2020). Volume 1. Cham : Springer, 2021. p. 1300-1311. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ; 1328).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68198-2_8 - Sammet, K., Orgusaar, G., Ivask, M., Kurina, O. An overview of Estonian woodlice (Isopoda, Oniscidea) // ZooKeys (2021) 1067, p. 1-17 : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1067.68105 - Salmistu, S., Kotval-Karamchandani, Z., Kotval, Z. The Use of contemporary planning labels in professional practice - a Michigan example // Planning, practice & research (2020) vol. 35, 3, p. 342-348.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2020.1746038 - Nutt, N., Kubjas, A., Nei, L., Ruus, A. The Effects of Natural Paint on the Moisture Buffering Ability of Paper Plaster // Latvian journal of physics and technical sciences (2020) vol. 57, 5, p. 51-60 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2020-0027 - Vacht, P., Kuu, A., Puusepp, L., Koff, T., Kutti, S., Raamets, J., Küttim, L. Diatom and microarthropod communities of three airfields in Estonia – their differences and similarities and possible linkages to airfield properties [Online resource] // European journal of ecology (2018) vol. 4, 2, P. 1-14 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.2478/eje-2018-0008 - Ivask, M., Kuu, A., Meriste, M., Kutti, S., Raamets, J., Palo, A. Chilopoda and Diplopoda of semi natural flooded meadows in Matsalu, Estonia // Pedobiologia (2019) vol. 74, p. 24-33 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2019.02.002 - Sammet, K., Ivask, M., Kurina, O. A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna (Myriapoda : Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda) // ZooKeys (2018) 793, p. 63-96 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.793.28050 - Vacht, P., Niglas, H., Kuu, A., Koff, T., Kutti, S., Raamets, J. Oribatid mite (Acari : Oribatida) communities of urban brownfields in Tallinn, Estonia, and their potential as bioindicators of wasteland successional stage // Acarologia (2019) vol. 59, 1, p. 26-32 : tab.
https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20194310 - Ivask, M., Kuu, A., Meriste, M., Kutti, S., Palo, A., Raamets, J., Kilki, S. Springtails of flooded meadows along Matsalu Bay and the Kasari River, Estonia // Pedobiologia (2018) vol. 66, p. 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.12.001 - Haiba, E., Nei, L., Herodes, K., Ivask, M., Lillenberg, M. On the degradation of metformin and carbamazepine residues in sewage sludge compost // Agronomy research (2018) vol. 16, 3, p. 696-707.
https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.18.123 - Melts, I., Ivask, M., Geetha, M. et al. Combining bioenergy and nature conservation: An example in wetlands // Renewable and sustainable energy reviews (2019) vol. 111, p. 293-302.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.05.028 - Potapov, A.,M., Guerra, C.A., van den Hoogen, J., Babenko, A., Bellini, B.C., Berg, M.P., Chown, S.L., Deharveng, L., Ivask, M., Kuu, A. et al. Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails // Nature communications (2023) vol. 14, 1, art. 674, 13 p. : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6 - Prangel, E., Kasari‐Toussaint, L., Neuenkamp, L., Noreika, N., Karise, R., Marja, R., Ingerpuu, N., Kupper, T., Keerberg, L., Ivask, M. et al. Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem services and functions // Journal of Applied Ecology (2023) vol. 60, 5, 12 p.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14375 - Kuu, A., Ivask, M., Sutri, M., Põldmets, M., Shanskiy, M. Humaatidega rikastatud mullaparandaja mõju mullaelustikule ja saagile // Agronoomia 2023 = Agronomy 2023. Tartu : Eesti Maaülikool, 2023. Lk. 33-43.
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