In economics discourse with the use of models in the free market, to explain the origin of capitalist profit without considering the scale of production involved, sales volume, structure and organization of the production ...

The increasing complexity of manufacturing processes, its distributed nature and use of information and smart technologies, determines that we should raise new tools with bio-inspired character for attempt to reconnect ...

The Norma Granada is a method to value ornamental trees widely used in Spain. The 2006 edition meant a profound transformation of the methodology of the previous edition (1999). In previous editions very high values were ...

In Peru, most of the projects are carried out using public funds, being the Government the main developer. A high percentage of these projects go through a public procurement process in order to be built. During this ...

Nowadays, there is a trend toward to preservation of architectural heritage. This initiative has been jointed to others factors such as social awareness, interest from the institutions promoted by the National Plan of ...

Every day, reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are retired from seawater desalination plants when the effluent produced does not meet the water quality demands required and then become membrane waste. Attending to the forecast, ...

Sustainable development is one of the challenges of our time. In order to survive, companies need to make changes and find ways to incorporate sustainability into all their activities, including Project Management (PM). ...

Environmental awareness of consumers along with the concern about the environmental impact of their purchasing behaviour, are nowadays remarkable in the society. Ecodesign is one of the most common methodologies to reduce ...

The aim of this paper is to show a tool of planning activities for the execution of building projects based on the occupation of physical space and resource availability. The tool was developed to prove a new view of the ...

Start-up protocols in process engineering applications using high-pressure steam impose the gradual preheating of components of the facility. This is oriented to prevent sudden expansion of the materials, that might induce ...