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Validación de la Guía de manejo eficiente de materiales de construcción
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Costa Rica generates high amounts of construction waste. This country has enough legislation and tools for sustainable waste management but lacks of good mechanisms to monitor and improve construction materials management ... -
Estudio de pre-factibilidad de la transformación de residuos orgánicos municipales en energía
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Energy generation from renewable energy sources is an alternative to the effects of climate change caused by the use of fossil fuels. In this case, the use of garden waste from the Municipality of Escazú for the generation ... -
Residuos peligrosos de la construcción en Costa Rica y sus impactos al ambiente
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Historically the construction sector has been one of the most important contributors in the economy, since it generates many jobs during and after the work, thus creating significant income and progress for the local economy ... -
Selección de un sistema de saneamiento para el manejo de aguas residuales en el asentamiento informal Bajo Los Anonos
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Poor sanitation is a problem in informal settlements. Although some efforts have been done in Costa Rica to improve the quality of wastewater, these areas still have a lack of actual solutions. This research presents a ... -
Gestión Energética en procesos de elaboración y producción como estrategia de eficiencia operativa para una planta de bebidas
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Costa Rica's energy matrix has shown serious problems of sustainability in recent decades. While progress has been made regarding the efficient use of energy, there is still a long way to go to improve this trend (State ... -
Sistema para la Gestión de los Gases de Efecto Invernadero en el Banco Central de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In order to define a system for managing greenhouse gas emissions at the Central Bank of Costa Rica, its GHG emissions were quantified through the construction of an inventory based on the guidelines of ISO 14064:2016 for ... -
Proceso de coagulación-floculación de aguas residuales de sodas- comedor del Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Sede Central
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In wastewaters of three restaurants from the Costa Rican Institute of Technology, Central Campus, high concentrations of detergents have been found, exceeding the guideline of 5 mg/L, established by the Reglamento de ... -
Evaluación del sistema de riego por aspersión de cultivo de piña (ananas comosus) en Banacol, sección Finca Sardinal, Puntarenas
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)This paper’s central theme was the evaluation of the sprinkler irrigation system, to determine the overall efficiency of the hydraulic network, because in the past years the company has presented a decrease in the quality ... -
Evaluación de la metodología de tratamiento por adsorción con piedra pómez para un contaminante orgánico emergente en aguas residuales
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In Costa Rica, atenolol, a β-blocker drug, has been identified like an organic emerging compound of high incidence in urban wastewater. Due to its continue discharge, its potential chronic effect on exposed aquatic organisms ... -
Impactos de la implementación de biodigestores en asentamientos rurales, caso El Porvenir de Limón
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)The production of biogas by means of low-cost biodigesters allows families in agricultural rural areas to contribute to their economic conditions by having their own energy source to cover basic needs, as well as a ... -
Inventario de gases efecto invernadero de diez instalaciones de una institución pública costarricense
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)The climate change is a worldwide problem caused primarily by the anthropogenic activities as burning of fossil fuels, and whose consequences generate a negative impact on all living beings in general. In Costa Rica ... -
Evaluación de Collect Earth como herramienta para estimar datos de activiada para el sistema de medición, reporte y verificación del programa de REDD+ en Costa Rica.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)This study examines the capacity of the software Collect Earth to generate activity data as required by Costa Rica’s REDD+ MRV system. Thereby, consistency of Collect Earth data obtained for the 2013-2015 period in Costa ... -
Propuesta para establecer criterios para el manejo ambiental enfocados en conservar la calidad del agua superficial en la subcuenca del Río Rincón dentro de La Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce en La Península de Osa
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)Watersheds in Costa Rica show a deterioration in their water quality, associated to the lack of an urban development planning to define the uses for each area. This planning absence leads to inadequate uses in areas of ... -
Evaluación general del sistema de agua potable y aspectos básicos de saneamiento de la ASADA Agrimaga, ubicada en el cantón de Guácimo, en Limón, influenciado por el Acuífero Guácimo-Pococí.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)Within the framework of the project "Strengthening water management in rural aqueducts in the areas of influence and connectivity of the Aquifers of Guácimo-Pococí, Prioritized Area Tortuguero", the ASADA of Agrimaga, ... -
Saneamiento y disposición de biosólidos provenientes de lodos sépticos residuales
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)In Costa Rica, the septic tank is the single largest treatment for domestic wastewater, and its use grows every year. The generation of residual sludge derived from the purging of the tanks, their treatment and final ... -
Elaboración de una declaración ambiental de producto para un Tablamel Premium de Maderas Cultivadas de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)The implementation of policies for the mitigation of climate change promotes the use of environmental strategies to obtain products with greater sustainability. In the case of the European Union (EU), by 2020 it is required ... -
Herramientas para la toma de decisiones en la gestión de la flota vehicular de la Unidad de Transportes de la Sede Central del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)The inventory of gases prepared in 2017 by the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (ITCR), identified that, of the total carbon dioxide generated using fuel in its Headquarters, the Transportation Unit issued 74%. In ... -
Sistema de gestión para la certificación carbono neutralidad en el Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)El Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica debido a su compromiso con el ambiente y queriendo alinearse a las metas del País en materia de cambio climático decide buscar la obtención de la certificación carbono neutral para ... -
Evaluación de optimizaciones de sistemas individuales de tratamiento de aguas residuales
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)In Costa Rica, 76.9% of the Costa Rican population uses septic tanks as the primary method of domestic wastewater treatment (Twenty-Second State of the Nation, 2016). Despite the wide coverage of treatment of this type of ... -
Centros municipales de recuperación de residuos sólidos valorizables en Costa Rica: situación actual y guía de buenas prácticas
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)The promotion of Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) is part of the country strategy to increase the percentage of recovered waste. However, there is a knowledge gap on the management and production processes of the MRF ...