Month: March 2019

  • Energy Storage Solution for power management on smart grid

    ESS – Energy Storage Solution for power management on smart grid While energy storage technologies do not represent energy sources, they provide valuable added benefits to improve stability power quality, and reliability of supply. One solution for different applications PV plants Manage the intermittence of renewable energy production. The device ensures the production profile of…

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  • Land for Sale. Tiekunu, Limuru. 1/8th acre. kes 1.4m

    Land for Sale. Tiekunu, Limuru. 1/8th acre. kes 1.4m Near StepJoy Boys School. 2 km from Dagrotetti-Gikambura-Thogoto tarmac road. 40km to Nairobi CBD via Waiyaki way. See map below [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d718.0750045541506!2d36.61500882912266!3d-1.1482416591118514!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zMcKwMDgnNTMuNyJTIDM2wrAzNic1Ni4wIkU!5e1!3m2!1sen!2ske!4v1553682603735&w=600&h=450] Call 0721410684 to view. Architect Francis Gichuh kamau.

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  • Earthbag House. Windows and plaster

    <strong>house and the features it comes with.</strong> The earthbag house is made up of soil stacked up in onion net type bags and walls plastered with cement. There is a dome shape which requires no roof and the vertical walls which have the normal type of roof with iron sheet roofs on timber trusses. <strong>How…

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  • Protected: Earthbag House. Windows and external finishes

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  • Earthquake effect on Buildings in Kenya.

    Earthquake effect on Buildings. Earthquake strength is measured according to the Richter scale, from 1 to 10. Scale 1 to 5 usually dont cause any damage to buildings except for a few wall plaster chip offs, a few window glasses cracked. Its mostly felt in the upper floors of a building. Scale 5 earthquake will…

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  • Environmental Impact Assessments on Petrol Stations

    Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) belong to a very heteroge-neous group of chemicals characterized by their relatively highvapor pressures. Exposure to these compounds can bring abouta variety of adverse health effects, including asthma, headaches,mucosal symptoms (Steinemann, 2008) and, in some cases(e.g. benzene), an increased risk of cancer (Ott et al., 1978; Lyngeet al., 1997). In Europe,…

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  • Fire Prevention in Buildings

    Prevention of fires in buildings can be dome using a variety of methods. Building Materials. During Architectural design, the architect can deliberately specify building materials that are fire proof. Oil based paints in walls can be flammable and can cause a lot of damage during fires. Same to pvc floor , wall and ceiling finishes.…

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