Essays about: "low cost housing in ethiopia"

Found 5 essays containing the words low cost housing in ethiopia.

  1. 1. Housing innovations in rural Ethiopia : A case study of how to make innovations accepted and sustainable

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Signe Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : housing; rural; construction; innovation; diffusion; implementation; success factors; Ethiopia; low-cost housing;

    Abstract : A good product does not guarantee its successful adoption. This can be seen in a project in rural Ethiopia, in which a new type of house provides great advantages over current housing alternatives. READ MORE

  3. 2. Adobe - Technology of Everybody : Low Cost Housing in Ethiopia

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Emma Allerbo; Hanna Waldemarsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Adobe; adobe block technology; Alem Maya; Asella; block; construction; construction technology; Ethiopia; mud block; low cost housing;

    Abstract : The traditional building techniques in Ethiopia today contain a lot of wood. Because ofdeforestation the forest cover in the country has been decreased. A part of a solution would bethe exclusion of wood in construction and then the adobe technology is a good alternative. READ MORE

  4. 3. Feasibility & design of PV-T polymer solar collector for real estate households in Addis Ababa

    University essay from KTH/Tillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik

    Author : Seyfe Hagos; [2011]
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    Abstract : A combined application of PV and polymer thermal solar collector (PVT) of solar energy for residential electricity and thermal demand can be harnessed sustainably with effective means at a time where long sun duration and most consistent solar irradiation throughout the year is available, in place like Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Due to frequent power shedding though out the country which Addis Ababa is part of problem, because of the energy demand in the country is increasing and a source of electricity is merely dependent on hydro power of rain which droughts are occurring frequently affecting the generation of the grid. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sustainable Low-Cost Housing in Ethiopia : A Study of CSSB-Technology

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Arash Afkari; [2010]
    Keywords : low-cost housing; low cost housing; ethiopia; cement stabilised soil block; CSSB; sustainable; sustainable housing; construction engineering; affordable houses; lågkostnadshus;

    Abstract : This degree project is about sustainable low-cost housing in Ethiopia with a focus on CSSB-technology, which is one method of constructing houses. The project allowed me to visit Ethiopia during seven weeks in 2010, to observe, gather information and to perform tests regarding the specific subject. READ MORE

  6. 5. Low-Cost Housing for the Kambaata Region, Ethiopia - A demonstration project for dwelling houses

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Johansson; Raffi Wartanian; [2008]
    Keywords : Adobe Technology; Sustainable Low-Cost Housing;

    Abstract : Low-Cost Housing Projects is an essential part in the line of developing sustainable solutions for the provision of shelter for ordinary people in the third world. In poor countries severe problems like population growth, uncontrolled urbanisation processes, deforestation and erosion are present as a result of misuse of all different kinds of resources; this is the fact also in Ethiopia. READ MORE