doc. dr. Drago Papler, mag.gosp.inž.

Dr Drago Papler's educational background is interdisciplinary: doctor of science, master of economic engineering, bachelor of economics, bachelor of economic engineering, bachelor of electrical engineering, and agricultural and landscape engineer. He worked for 20 years in Elektru Gorenjska in the field of work preparation and technical commercial investment. After the opening of the electricity market, he worked in marketing and sales. From 2006 he was Head of the Investment and Development Department at Gorenjske elektrarne, from 2011 to 2014 Head of the Investments, Development and Design Unit, and from 2015 Advisor to the Director for Research and Development. In 2014 he successfully completed a project to introduce the ISO 9001:2008 quality management system into the company, and in 2016 he implemented the ISO 50001:2011 standard for energy management into the company's quality management system. In Gorenjske elektrarne, he has been the management representative for quality management systems and risk management since 2014, and for energy management systems since 2016. He has implemented the new versions of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 50001:2018.
Alongside the regular maintenance of existing power plants, his aim was to build new renewable energy generation plants. He has received several awards for his successful and efficient research, development, education and promotion projects: Srečko Kosovel Award of the University of Primorska (2007), Energy Manager Award (2008) for the first-winning sustainable project of 2008, Trim Research Award for his master's thesis Comparison of the Development Effects of Renewable Energy Sources (2009), State Award for Contribution to Sustainable Development of Society (2009), a special award for the development and promotion of environmentally friendly electricity production (2010), and a commendation for a successfully implemented project or activities in the work of the Slovenian electricity association CIGRE-CIRED (2013) and the May Day award for "Achievements that Drive" of the Gorenjska Trade Union Council (2017).
Since 2021, he has been the head of the Inter-enterprise Training Centre of the Naklo Biotechnical Centre.
His research interests are: interdisciplinary studies, economics, management, entrepreneurship, quality, energy, renewable energy, agroeconomics, tourism.
As an assistant professor of economics and lecturer in energy and production systems, renewable energy and energy efficiency, he is involved in the teaching work of higher education programmes. He participates in professional associations and as a lecturer at conferences, leads sustainable development projects and participates in scientific research projects.
His bibliography includes 40 original scientific articles, 210 conference papers, six scientific monographs, eight technical books in the field of electricity, renewable energy and sustainable development, eleven historical home science books and collections, and a collection of poetry.

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