Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Environmetnal impact assessment process (legal and institutional aspects, procedures and methodologies)
(Department of Architecture and Building Science, University of Nairobi, 2003)The EIA process is carried out in relatively well known and documented procedures but the approach to and emphasis on these procedures tend to vary from country to country and amongst development agencies. The most ... -
Envisioning Sustainable Architecture In Africa In The Horizon Dat Journal Of Architecture Tradition In Africa
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Equipment Maintenance -
(2003)In this paper, equipment maintenance is defined as an art, a practical enterprise. The paper will not deal with the important and supportive policy framework on equipment maintenance, rather the actual exercise. The ... -
The era of the glass skyscraper: Is it an option for the Eastern Africa Climates?
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Error Patterns In Correlators With Four-Level Quantisation
(University of Nairobi, 1984-02)In the evaluation of the analogue correlation from the digital correlation of coarsely quantised Gaussian signals, it is necessary to know the threshold levels used in the quantisation. The formulas used in the evaluation ... -
Establishing teaching staff requirements for university academic programmes
(1999)Describes a computational method used to predict faculty needs and distribution at the University of Nairobi (Kenya). The model is a function of the number of students taught, the hours taught, the manner in which students ... -
"Establishment of a Design and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at KIRDI" Consultancy report submitted to UNIDO/UNDP (1988).
(University of Nairobi,College of Architecture and Engineering, 1988) -
Establishment of a pro poor Land Information Management System
(2012)While the world's attention focuses on the monumental reforms underway in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China has been systematically restructuring its socialist economy, gradually ... -
Estimation of Infiltration Parameters at the Steepland Research Station, Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya
(1997)This study proposes a method for the estimation of lag time of forested mountainous watersheds. Hydrological flood-flow design methods require a time parameter, such as lag time or time of concentration, to estimate peak ... -
Ethanol Fuel substitution Through Fumigation
(1996)The effects of ethanol fumigation (i.e. the addition of ethanol to the intake air manifold) and ethanol–diesel fuel blends on the performance and emissions of a single cylinder diesel engine have been investigated ... -
Ethical Considerations in Building Regulations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Building regulations provide guidance and create a restrain in the actions that are required to create living environments. The search for shelter is a primordial human activity which is a form of expression of the ... -
Eu3 + as a luminescent probe for the local structure of trivalent dopant ions in barium zirconate-based proton conductors
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)The luminescence spectra and decay kinetics of dry and hydrated samples of BaZr0.9Y0.099Eu0.001O2.95 have been measured at room temperature. The spectra of the dry sample evidence two 5D0 → 7F0 bands clearly indicating ... -
Evaluating Community/Self-help Water Management Systems In Arid And Semi-Arid Districts In Kenya
(1991)Given the squeeze on national budgets and the need for priorities over investment choices in education, many governments have turned to communities in the search for alternative sources of revenue. In Kenya, there is a ... -
Evaluating Development in Small Sub-National Areas of Developing Countries
(1991)This paper focuses on problems of measuring and evaluating development for small subnational areas in a developing country. It has been stressed that the core of the problem is a lack of suitable tools to do the job, due ... -
Evaluation of fundamental parameters method for biological materials and soil analysis by energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry
(1987)Two methods of determination of trace elements in plant materials, viz. the fundamental parameters method (FPM) and the empirical method with the use of standard samples, were compared. Hay CRM and fresh tea leaves were ... -
Evaluation of housing statistics in Kenya
(University of NairobiHousing and Building Research Institute, 2006-03)This paper reviews published official statistics in Kenya. It begins with a theoretical study of statistics in general and housing statistics in particular. From here it undertakes a comparative study of housing statistics ...