Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Author "Maina, Samuel M."

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    • Adopting a new Eco-Ethical Philosophy of Living: 

      Maina, Samuel M.; Olima, Washington; Anyamba, Tom (2010)
      debate. Burning refuse, especially plastics and other hazardous waste that affect air quality has been a common practice. Authorities point to a well balanced environmental past. During those good old days, people used ...

    • Alleviating GaLa’s poly-mess; archetypal eco-ethical product design outlook 

      Maina, Samuel M. (School of the Arts & Design, University of Nairobi, 2011)
      The deplorable state of the environment has lately become a major issue nationally and internationally. A major contributor to this sorry state is polythene (plastics). Towards better understanding of this issue, this paper ...

    • Coconut Shell Flooring for Affordable Housing in Kenya 

      Nazir, Amreen; Maina, Samuel M.; Osanjo, Lilac (University of Nairobi, 2024)
      This study is based on the potential use of coconut shell waste for providing flooring solutions for the Affordable Housing Programme in Kenya. Research has shown that the husk takes eight years to decompose organically, ...

    • Development of Disgust, Effects of Delay in Re-delopment of Occupied Buildings : A Case Study of ADD Building 

      Maina, Samuel M. (University of Nairobi,Journal Built Environment, University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
      The purpose of architecture is simply to protect the human being from the elements and to some extent, from danger of attack by animals and possibly, other human beings. Any structures failure to do that depends on several ...