As part of Costa Rica’s goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2021, all carbon emission sources must be inventoried. Each year there are about 1000 structure fires in Costa Rica. The Structure Fire Gas Emissions project calculates the carbon emissions from structure fires in Costa Rica. Four detailed models were created to calculate emissions from residential, hospital, warehouse and industrial buildings. A fifth model collects information in aggregate from the other models in order to provide a summary of total carbon emissions from structure fires across Costa Rica. Our sponsor SHP Ingenieria, in conjunction with the Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Costa Rica, and the Estado de Nación will use the models in order to monitor carbon emissions and make future policy recommendations.

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Creator

• Stone, Tyler James
• Walker, Kristina Erica
• Hardin, Alexandra Nicole
• Schattschneider, Eric Scott

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Sustainability
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050714-002624

Palabra Clave

• Fire protection engineering
• Carbon dioxide mitigation

Advisor

• Ault, Holly Keyes
• Ludwig, Reinhold

Year

• 2014

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Seguridad Humana y Protección contra Incendios Ingeniería (SHPI) S.A.

Date created

• 2014-05-07

Ubicación

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificación

• 2021-02-03