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Diseño de participación comunitaria para proyectos de energía fotovoltaica
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, 2020-01-20) Criollo Álvarez, Nancy Paulina; Maks Davis, Michael; Rodríguez, Andrea
This study took place in Llano Chico, a peri-urban parish in the Metropolitan District of Quito, in Ecuador. Photovoltaic energy was chosen, given the location of the site on the Equator with optimal solar conditions. The objective was to develop participatory methodology to determine the spatial configuration of a possible photovoltaic project. Community participation was key. Qualitative research methods were based on observation, snowball techniques, semi-structured interviews and a participatory workshop. The results open the doors to the possibility of having community photovoltaic energy for the installation of public lighting in informal residential areas that suffer from security issues. This could fill a void of services, due to public companies not being able to carry out operations in informal urban areas. The academic sector through strategies of community participation can bring about compelling opportunities that foster development.
Más allá del petróleo: Una mirada al impacto de los autos eléctricos en las tres principales ciudades de Ecuador
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, 2017-05-11) Maks Davis, Michael
The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of changing private vehicles in Ecuador’s three main cities from combustion engines to their electric counterparts, and to assess whether the newly created electricity demand could be met by renewable energies located within the city boundaries. The work studies Ecuador’s three main cities: Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca. It was found that in theory and in the extreme case, if there were a sudden change where all the cars and SUVs of Quito were to be replaced by electric vehicles, an electricity demand would be created that could be satisfied through roof installed solar PV within the city boundaries. It would not be feasible however, to do this through wind power. Overall, it was recognised that in reality the changeover to electric vehicles is not likely to be sudden, plus that a transition to electric cars and SUVs only works towards partially solving the problem of fossil fuel demands from the transport sector, but has little impact on the issue of congestion and space requirements. As such, mass transit, multi-modal, electric transport systems have an important role to play in this context for the next stage of research.