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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...