Essays about: "Santo Domingo"

Found 4 essays containing the words Santo Domingo.

  1. 1. Energy Management in Buildings

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Victor Liang; Paulo Monsalve; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This report is the result of a minor field study (MFS) performed in the Dominican Republic. The country strongly relies on energy sources from adjacent countries, currently the nation depends on fossil fuel for 86 % of its electricity generation and in 2011, 8.6 % of its GDP was spent on fossil fuel imports. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does the technology mercury retort have a potential to be adopted by artisanal gold miners in Chontales, Nicaragua?

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Linda Grinell; [2014]
    Keywords : mercury retort; artisanal gold mining; nicaragua; mercury; gold amalgam;

    Abstract : Emissions of mercury is a global problem and the sector artisanal and small scale gold mining is the major mercury emission source. This study has been made within the artisanal gold mining in Santo Domingo, Nicaragua. The focus has been on the burning process in the artisanal gold extraction. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Study of Building Procedure in the Dominican Republic : How to develop a sustainable building process. -Are there applicable models and techniques from Sweden?

    University essay from JTH, Byggnadsteknik

    Author : Kristina Myrberg; Caroline Knutsson; [2009]
    Keywords : Building techniques; Building materials; Working environment; Building ecology; Housing; Developing country; The Dominican Republic; Santo Domingo; Environmental objectives; Byggnadsteknik; Byggnadsmaterial; Arbetsmiljö; Byggekologi; Husbyggnad; U-land; Dominikanska Republiken; Santo Domingo; Miljömål;

    Abstract : This report is the final thesis and the conclusion of the final project that was done during the spring semester of 2009, in the city of Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic, West Indies by Caroline Knutsson and Kristina Myrberg. The project is based on the field studies that are done in the investigation together with the information from interviews from the construction sites and the collected information from the research. READ MORE

  5. 4. Spatial distribution of hydraulic conductivity in the Rio Sucio drainage basin, Nicaragua : a minor field study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Magnus Eckeskog; [2006]
    Keywords : saturated hydraulic conductivity; physical geography; geography; geologi; geomorfologi; hydrologi; hydrogeologi; constant compact head permeameter; interpolering; geostatistik; mättad hydraulisk konduktivitet; GIS; geografi; naturgeografi; geostatistics; interpolation; hydrogeology; hydrology; geomorphology; geology; soil; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Vattendragen i Nicaraguas centrala bergsområden är utsatta för hög miljöpåverkan. I över hundra år har kvicksilver använts för att utvinna guld i dessa områden, vilket förorenat vattenresurserna. Det har gjorts få undersökningar av områdets vattenkvalité, vilket främst beror på avsaknaden av infrastruktur. READ MORE