Design and implementation of sustainable solutions in rural Mexico

Bc. Jan Mrzílek

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

In the community of Jaltepec, located in San Jose del Rincon in the State of Mexico, health complications are caused by poor cooking practices leading to dangerous levels of in-house air pollution. Women and children spend majority of their time cooking and collecting water and firewood due to lack of facilities in rural communities. Considerable time spent in cooking areas and carrying heavy loads result in respiratory and other health issues.These issues have been analysed and design tools used to develop potential solutions. This report describes the second part of phase two of an ongoing project to improve the living conditions of women in the community of Jaltepec. Firewood cooking stove design was taken further from the first part of the second phase. The design was amended following international chimney standards. The first part of the second phase was presented to women from the Jaltepec community, people from the Tlaloc Foundation, representatives of World Vision and partner university Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico. The prototype was built at the university campus in its actual sizeExperiments were designed and instructions were sent to the partner university. When the experiments will be conducted, the values will be compared to Mexican air quality standards to indicate stove safety. Stove efficiency will be compared to stoves in the Jaltepec community. The results of these experiments will dictate further approach. This could entail either change of the design of the stove or teaching people in the community how to build and use the stove.

Keywords

Design, Stove, Indoor air pollution

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 18. 4. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: doc. Peter Kumble, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Vojtěch Novotný

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta životního prostředí

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Krajinné inženýrství / Landscape Planning