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Estrategias para certificar la operación y mantenimiento del edificio administrativo de la Municipalidad de Heredia mediante el sistema de evaluación LEED O+M: EB versión 4”
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2015)The construction of buildings for urban development generates negative environmental impacts at all stages of the life cycle of the building, as they are responsible for a high amount of emissions of greenhouse gases and ... -
Evaluación de la oferta y demanda del recurso hídrico - propuesta de mejoras para el sistema de acueducto de San Isidro de El Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The Aqueduct Administration Association (ASADA, according to initials in Spanish) in San Isidro, El Guarco, has shown problems with the administration, operation and maintenance of the aqueduct, which have not allowed it ... -
Análisis del Ciclo de Vida del proceso de recuperación de un panel fotovoltaico de silicio policristalino en Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Within the last years, solar photovoltaic industry has grown considerably and currently Costa Rica does not have a waste management plan for photovoltaic panels. For this reason, the environmental profile of recovering ... -
Evaluación físico-química, biológica e hidrodinámica del funcionamiento de sistemas de tratamiento prefabricados para el tratamiento de aguas residuales domiciliarias
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)In Costa Rica, 70,9% of the population uses septic tank as a system of individual treatment for domestic wastewater; This percentage represents approximately 800 000 Costa Rican households. (FOCARD-APS, 2013). However, ... -
Evaluación de la capacidad hidráulica de la red de distribución del acueducto de San Francisco de León Cortés
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Today, increasing demand on water supply services requires service providers to assess the hydraulic capacity in order to determine the feasibility of adopting new water services. However, this assessment requires technical ... -
Trazabilidad de la Varilla de Acero para Construcción #3 como base para la elaboración de la Declaratoria Ambiental del Producto en ArcelorMittal Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The construction industry aims to transform raw materials into semi-finished or finished products. Within this is the steel industry to which major environmental impacts are attributed due to the intensity of use of resources ... -
Desarrollo de una herramienta de modelado con tiempo en alta resolución para simular la demanda energética y la producción de energía fotovoltaica in situ: Aplicaciones en Costa Rica.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Nowadays strategies towards more energy-efficient systems imply the integration and application of urban energy analysis tools, in order to support the sustainable energy systems. In intermittent solar power systems, the ... -
Evaluación del Desempeño Ambiental del Edificio de Residencias Estudiantiles del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica en las Etapas de Producción de Materias Primas, Construcción y Ocupación
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The Life Cycle Assessment is a useful methodology to quantify the environmental impacts of processes, products and services. In this case, it was used to determine the environmental performance of the student residences ... -
Diagnóstico de los requerimientos para la carga ventral en los camiones cisterna de producto limpio y modelación de las emisiones fugitivas generadas en el patio de carga del plantel RECOPE El Alto
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Nowadays Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) generated in the load of tank trucks in the Refinería Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE) are released into the atmosphere without pretreatment causing concerns about the harmful ... -
Diagnóstico y propuesta de mejoras de la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la Municipalidad de La Unión, en la comunidad de Monserrat en Concepción, Cartago
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Urbanization causes a high impact on water resources due to the large volumes of contaminated water that must be treated. Wastewater treatment is a major challenge for Costa Rica, where coverage of sewerage with adequate ... -
Inventario de Gases de Efecto Invernadero del Centro de Servicio de Recursos Geotérmicos, Guanacaste
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Global warming is an effect caused by the increasing of concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Costa Rica is an example to the world on environmental protection, this is why the country was proposed ... -
Diseño del sistema de gestión para demostrar la carbono neutralidad del Centro de Acopio la Sylvia
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The climate change that the planet has suffered generates serious consequences for the environment, society and economy; that is why companies must control and reduce their emissions. As a contribution to the solution of ... -
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 ... -
Estudio del biocompuesto Ácido poliláctico-fibra de hoja de piña
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)There is an important production of pineapple in Costa Rica, approximately 40 thousand hectares, which produce 70 tons of biomass after harvesting the fruit. One of the products that can be extracted from this waste is the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evaluación y modelado de la aplicación de piedra pómez recubierta de hidróxido de hierro (III) como material adsorbente para sistemas de tratamiento de arsénico de pequeña escala
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In Costa Rica, groundwater contaminated with arsenic (up to 200 μg / L) was detected in the North Pacific and Northern regions in 2008. A possible local solution for its removal is the use of pumice stone coated with iron ... -
Diagnóstico y diseño de un plan de mejoras del sistema de abastecimiento de agua potable de la ASADA de San Antonio de León Cortés” de San Antonio de León Cortés
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In Costa Rica, part of the population is supplied by communal or rural aqueducts; however, many operate under vulnerable conditions. For this reason, this research was proposed in order to evaluate and design an improvement ...