Private cars are turning electric, with a global increase of 50% between 2013 and 2014. Additionally, Ecuador stands to greatly benefit from a move away from fossil fuels to electric transport. Transport makes up 49% of ...

Private cars are turning electric the world over. Additionally, Ecuador stands to benefit by moving away from fossil fuels to electric transport. Transport makes up 46% of the national annual energy demand, the fuel for ...

El presente estudio muestra el rendimiento de un prototipo de jardín vertical activo “CMMC” como unidad de enfriamiento y filtro para mejorar la calidad del aire interior y exterior. El comportamiento de jardines verticales ...

Los diseñadores y planificadores urbanos —en general todos los que están a cargo de la gestión y organización de los asentamientos humanos— son conscientes de que las áreas urbanas en este momento histórico están jugando ...

Over the last decades, a number of new environmental policies have been designed to improve waste management. Among them, extended producer responsibility (EPR) has introduced a mechanism to shift the environmental and ...

Quito is an Andean city with 2.7 million inhabitants that regularly exceeds the WHO air quality guidelines for O 3 , SO 2 , PM 2.5 , and PM 10 . Within the historic center in an area of 920.000 m ² , only 4% is green space. ...

El propósito de este trabajo es estudiar el impacto del cambio de vehículos privados en las tres principales ciudades de Ecuador, y evaluar si la demanda de electricidad creada podría ser satisfecha por energías renovables ...

Noise can become uncomfortable for us in many situations both indoors and outdoors. External noise consists of activities (airplanes flying overhead, traffic on the road, etc.) that are either loud enough to be considered ...

The purpose of this paper is show a novel methodology to implementreal condition tests for electric vehicles and to assess the performance of electricvehicles in reality in Quito, to compare this to the results from the ...