| HOME | THE THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT GROUP The Pacific Institute has extensive experience in many of the diverse aspects of Third World Development. In particular, work has focused on encouraging sustainable development by promotion of alternate energy technology and appropriate technology. The Institute has been involved in the development of passive solar energy concepts for high altitude regions such as the montains of Ecuador and Nepal, solar distillation for coastal desert areas, the generation of methane gas from animal wastes for community cooking in rural agricultural areas, the design and installation of low cost waste water treatment systems, the design of small scale hydroelectric and wind generators, the set up of national waste exchanges allowing countires to greatly reduce pollution, the application of specific bacteria for the clean-up of shrimp ponds, the reduction of deforestation and desertification by the construction of solar ovens and solar cooking ponds. |
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| MARGIN | The PIAS has formed strong linkages with a number of organizations in developing
countries such as the National Energy Institute of Ecuador in Quito. Examples of
some of the papers that have been published on the work that has been carried out
include: "Future Options for Ecuador in the 21st Century - A Network Model of National Development", Opinion Semanal, Jervis y Asociados, Vol. 1, No. 035, Jan 28, 1991. "Theory of a High Efficiency Phase Change Heat Storage Module", National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1991 "Passive Solar Heating and Cooling: New Ideas and Basic Design Guidelines", National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1991. "Design of a Simple, Inexpensive, Effective Solar Oven" National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1991 "Theoretical Considerations for the Development of a Solar Pond Network in Ecuador", National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1991 "Solar Engineering Methodology and Appropriate Technology" National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1991 "Biologically Produced Hydrocarbons and Integrated Energy Systems", National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1991 "Design of a Second Generation Passively Heated Solar House" M.Sc. Thesis, Queen's University - 1984 "Design of a Passive Solar Heated House for High Altitudes" National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1983 "Design of a Heat Storage Floor in a Passively Heated House" National Energy Institute of Ecuador - 1983
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