Schoebitz, Lars; Bischoff, Fabian; Lohri, Christian Riuji; Niwagaba, Charles B.; Siber, Rosi; Strande, Linda(MDPI AG, 2017-01)
The majority of residents in low- and middle-income countries are served by onsite
sanitation. Equitable access to sanitation, including emptying, collection, and transport services for
the accumulation of faecal sludge ...
Materials and architecture have a big effect on the energy consumption of buildings. Poor architecture and material selection has led to an increase in energy demand for buildings hence Energy efficiency has become the key ...
This study explores the use of sculpture, developed through research into the lives and experiences of Ugandan women living with HIV/AIDS, as a tool for raising awareness about the illness. It demonstrates how the research ...
The government of Uganda and other development partners are making a lot of investments in form of building infrastructure with the aim of improving the quality of social services like education, medical care and general ...
Biogas is a renewable energy resource comprising of mainly methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulphide. Its range of uses can be increased by removing hydrogen sulphide and enhancing methane content by removal of carbon ...
World over, small-scale CHP systems are undergoing rapid development, and are emerging on the market with promising prospects for the near future. The choice of a suitable CHP system is driven by the need and local conditions ...
In the National Industrial Policy (2008), the government of Uganda advocates at promoting the establishment of technology based incubators. The driving force behind this has been to foster innovation and enterprise creation. ...
Using faecal sludge (FS) as a fuel to provide energy for industry could help to solve both the
sanitation challenge and reliance on unsustainable or expensive fossil fuels. This research
aimed at testing the viability ...
The study of reliability is a wide discipline. Therefore, the major purpose of the study was to analyze and document the critical factors which affect the operational and functional reliability of commercial buildings in ...
Kinobe, J. R.; Gebresenbet, G.; Niwagaba, C. B.; Vinnerås, B.(Elsevier, 2015-04)
The rapid growing population and high urbanisation rates in Sub-Saharan Africa has caused enormous pressure on collection services of the generated waste in the urban areas. This has put a burden on land-filling, which is ...
This dissertation reports on the performance characterisation of a 32 kWe gasification power plant connected to an isolated electric grid in Tribogo Village, Muduuma Parish in Mpigi District. The system was installed as a ...
In the current liberalized Ugandan economy, energy intensive SMEs are under unprecedented pressure to improve their competitiveness for their survival and growth. Energy cost is noted as one of the largest costs that SMEs ...
Otukei, John Richard; Blaschke, Thomas; Collins, Michael(Elsevier, 2015)
TerraSAR-X satellite acquires very high spatial resolution data with potential for detailed land cover mapping. A known problem with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is the lack of spectral information.Fusion of SAR and ...
Mbarara Regional Feeder Roads Mechanical Workshop, also referred to as the “Workshops” in this report because it comprises of individual specialized shops-car, auto electrical, engine, heavy plant, service and tyre repair ...
Lack of timely information on the condition of fleet coupled with an inefficient process for maintenance planning and poor control of fleet that need maintenance, contribute to increased fleet downtime thereby increasing ...
This dissertation presents the methods and findings of a study on utilization of municipal organic waste in an integrated energy recovery system. The scheme for this study was a derivative of a realization that due to the ...
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in a drive to provide wide water supply coverage and to maximise profits has increased the number of customer connections through a massive network expansion. At the same ...
The Kampala Structure Plan (KSP) of 1994 was developed as part of the Kampala Urban Study as a local land use plan. It was prepared as a guideline for the implementation of physical structures in Kampala, geared at developing, ...
The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of urban physical planning and development control on the infrastructure developments in the planning areas of Nakasero IV parish and undeclared planning areas ...
Despite the great effort put in by several scholars like Mathias Muwonge- Kyazze (1985), Richard Kabiito (1997), Leslie Robertson (2007) and Catherine Gombe (2007) to examine the history, beauty and functions of the Ganda ...