Licenciatura en Ingeniería Ambiental: Envíos recientes
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Análisis de la movilidad de estudiantes y funcionarios hacia y en el campus central del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Proper transportation planning is one of the biggest challenges that cities are facing today. In Costa Rica, the lack of transportation planning has caused a series of environmental, social and economic challenges. The ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Diseño de una herramienta para la toma de decisiones en la construcción de sistemas de tratamiento de aguas residuales en urbanizaciones y condominios
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2011)El objetivo del presente trabajo fue generar una herramienta dirigida a ingenieros responsables de proyectos urbanísticos que les sirva de guía para la elección y el diseño del mejor arreglo sanitario que debe ser construido ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Identificación de aspectos ambientales significativos del área de Perforación Profunda del Centro Servicio Recursos Geotérmicos del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2015)The activities that allow the operation of the Deep Drilling Geothermal Resources Service Center Area inevitably generate; environmental aspects (EA), as well as, significant environmental aspects (SEA); which produce ... -
Buenas prácticas para optimizar la gestión de los materiales de la construcción para proyectos menores a 1000m2
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2015)In Costa Rica, the construction sector is in constant growth. Despite the existing regulation for projects with areas greater than 1000m2, there is no accompaniment for small constructions. This study will generate good ... -
Estrategias para lograr ahorro energético en el Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2012)This project has been executed in the San Rafael of Alajuela Hospital in response of the necessity of the medical center as well as of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social to save the resources available and to promote ... -
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 ... -
Metodología para la inclusión de criterios ambientales en las compras públicas: Caso de estudio Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)The public sector is the main consumer of the country; therefore, it has the capacity to drive markets towards sustainable production models. Costa Rica has initiatives to promote green and sustainable public procurement. ... -
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 ...