The Costa Rican government set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2021. To achieve this goal, they must mitigate all CO2 emissions. Each year there are 1,000 structural fires in Costa Rica that contribute to these emissions. Tracking the emissions from structural fires is a step towards achieving carbon neutrality. This project created two models in the form of a Java application to calculate emissions from fires in warehouses and industrial buildings. SHPI Ingeniería, our sponsor, will share the models with organizations to monitor and raise awareness about structural fire emissions. These organizations include Estado de la Nación, Carbono Neutral and the Bomberos. Future recommendations focus on creating an accurate model for hospital buildings.

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Creator

• Fortin, Kyle Paul
• Duarte, Devin Joshua
• Llodra, Taylor Marie
• Banou, Stella

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Well-Being
• Computing
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050615-161553

Keyword

• Application software--Development
• Carbon dioxide mitigation
• Fire protection engineering

Advisor

• Madan, Aarti Smith
• Madan, Ryan Smith

Year

• 2015

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

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

Date created

• 2015-05-06

Location

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-07