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April 2020
BIOM
Quito, Ecuador
Thanks for the post Elements Group !
#BIOM
April 2020
Annual General Assembly Yes with Nobatek
France - Ecuador
ONLINE general assembly this year para Nobatek/inef4! It is a pleasure to return to see many of our ex-colleagues and to follow the permanent progress of the center.
YES Innovation is a partner of this French Technological Center specialized in sustainable construction and innovation since 2016 and the transformation of the center into a non-profit cooperative society. Present at the Social Interest Housing Conversation in Ecuador, organized bytheAFD in which we talk about Urban Integration as a sustainability tool for low-income housing.
April 2020
Metropolitan Corridor of Quito
Barcelona - Spain
American Planning Associates gave the 2020 APA International Division Planning Excellent Award: Special Award for Public Involvement to the Quito Metropolitan Corridor, despite the problems_cc7581-bb3b3b3b1-bb3b3b9090 -136bad5cf58d_current. Very happy for this recognition.
For more information click on the following link: https://www.cerolatitud.ec/corredor-metropolitano-de-quito-gano-otro-premio-internacional/?fbclid=IwAR03oXBZ6wIcf5uH3fdEc7uzocw-uRRu4Fmh7S5fFOwCC1vKWk0X6lrjDrw
March 2020
Discussion Sustainable Social Interest Housing in Ecuador
French Alliance - Quito
Present at the Social Interest Housing Discussion in Ecuador, organized bytheAFD in which we talk about Urban Integration as a sustainability tool for low-income housing
#Terao, #GIZ, #AECID, #INBAR , #AVSF, #Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, #casaparatodos.
February 2020
Conversatorio Corredor Metropolitano de Quito
FADA - Quito
We are honored to receive the cordial invitation from Dean Christine Van Sluys of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Quito (FADA - PUCE) to the Conversation on the Metropolitan Corridor of Quito in which we had the opportunity to work on it both teachers and students de this university. Thank you for the welcome and that spaces continue to be opened to publicize the future changes that are wanted for the city.
February 2020
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito Fase Anteproyecto
Quito
You can find the complete transmission of the CMQ award ceremony at this link, thanks to the Facebook page of the Municipality of Quito:https://www.facebook.com/MunicipioQuito/videos/2576177455997550/?t=1069
February 2020
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito Fase Anteproyecto
Quito
Teleamazoncovering the Quito Metropolitan Corridor award event
February 2020
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito Fase Anteproyecto
Quito
February 2020
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito Fase Anteproyecto
Quito
These are the sheets of our winning proposal for the final phase of the Contest for the Quito Metropolitan Corridor.
February 2020
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito Fase Anteproyecto
Quito
Our winning proposal for the final phase of the Contest for the Quito Metropolitan Corridor, on video.
In diffusion now in the Museum of the City
Video de Josia Cazar
#CorredorMetropolitanoQuito
February 2020
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito Fase Anteproyecto
Quito
WE WON!!! Yesterday we received the first prize in the second phase of the Quito Metropolitan Corridor Contest!
Immense work by a multidisciplinary team committed to the city, which we had the pleasure of coordinating from Yes Innovation conGrace yepezresponsible for the proposal.
The pictures of the three finalist proposals of this second phase are exposed in the Museum of the City. Now begins the hard work of implementing the proposed transition plan, for a better Quito.
Thanks to the participating companies:
Yes Innovation Root Study BRANCH study Central University of Ecuador GMG Design and Construction ZIETTE DESIGN Urbana Data
To the contest organizers:
Quito Municipality Fernando Carrión Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing Quito Ecuador
And to the entire team that made the proposal for this second phase:
Grace Yepez / YES Innovation
Nicolas Salmon / YES Innovation
Micaela Duque / YES Innovation
Jose Luis Barros / YES Innovation
Maria Isabel Vásconez / YES Innovation - Diem Consulting
Sheika Aragundi / YES Innovation
Paul Jimenez / YES Innovation
Luis Vallejo / YES Innovation
Juan Esteban Benalcazar / YES Innovation
Omar Toapanta / YES Innovation
Monica Yepez / YES Innovation
Daniela Amoroso / YES Innovation
Diego Morales / YES Innovation
Luz Maria Aguirre / YES Innovation
José Burbano / Raíz Estudio
Israel Mendoza / Raíz Studio
Darío Imbaquingo / Raíz Studio
Roberto Farinango / Root Studio
David Tenezaca / Raíz Studio
José Loyo / Raíz Studio
Jordano Garcia / Raíz Studio
Carolina Rodas / RAMA study
Felipe Donoso / RAMA studio
Carla Chávez / RAMA study
Ana Silva / RAMA study
Fernanda Ayala / RAMA study
Carla Flores / RAMA study
David Rodríguez / RAMA studio
Christian Soria / RAMA study
Melissa Del Pozo / RAMA study
Ana Belén Suárez / RAMA study
Micaela Sánchez / RAMA study
Antonella Amaluisa / UCE-FAU
Andrés Cevallos / UCE-FAU
Gabriela Mejia / GMG design and construction
Grace Garòfalo / GMG design and construction
Andrés Ramos / GMG design and construction
Rogelio Dávalos / GMG design and construction
Luis Pazmiño / GMG design and construction
Lorena Jiménez / GMG design and construction
Lorena Vasco / GMG design and construction
Ramses Morante / GMG design and construction
Gabriela Naranjo / Gabriela Naranjo
Alejandro Samaniego / Gabriela Naranjo
Erika Andrade / Gabriela Naranjo
Sofia Montiel / Gabriela Naranjo
Gabriel Troncoso / Gabriela Naranjo
Daniel Falconí / External advisor
José Andrés López / External advisor
Shayarina Monard / External Advisor
Santiago Alban / Heka Lawyers
February 2020
Climate advice
Quito
Super job de Diana Salvador y Javier Mera, a pleasure to work on this project.
February 2020
Competition La Condamine
Quito
Present at the technical visit of the site where the project in which we have been selected along with 3 other teams will be developed.
January 2020
Project CLEVER
Quito
We open the page FB Clever - San Enrique de Velasco Quito!
Now you can follow all the progress of the project Clever Cities in the San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood in Quito and participate in it!
Yes Innovation, Quito Municipality Secretariat of Environment Quito,Grace Yepez Gaby Mejia Nicholas Salmon David Jacome Polit Quitoresilient @Diego Enriquez @Daniel bonilla Karla Hurtado
January 2020
Competition La Condamine
Quito
A pleasure to be able to participate in this contest for La Condamine School in Quito with the French colleagues from @Terreneuve
January 2020
INNOQUA project
Quito
The pilot site of the project in Ecuador was presented in Quito through an open day in which we had the presence of many people interested in the subject.
January 2020
INNOQUA project
Arequipa, Peru
Present at the the eighth meeting general project INNOQUA at the Catholic University Santa María de Arequipa, Peru.
This site treats the water of a university campus dedicated to agriculture, combining the 4 INNOQUA technologies: Wormfilter, Dafniafilter, Biosolar technology and UV lamp
#HORIZON2020
#naturebasedsolution
December 2019
Saying goodbye to a good 2019
Quito
Wishing you an excellent 2020 from the entire YES innovation team!
December 2019
Project INTERLACE
Quito
Excellent news today from the Union Europea: our latest Horizon 2020 project proposal is selected for execution! The project is called INTERLACE, it focuses on the use of nature-based solutions for more sustainable urban planning and is based on the collaboration between Europe and Latin America with a group of 20 partners from both regions. YES innovation is the co-coordinator for Latin America , together with the coordinator Ecologic Institute based in Germany. A 4-year project that will give us the pleasure of working in Ecuador with the Municipality of Portoviejo.
With 3 active projects, YES Innovation is confirmed as the most active entity in Ecuador with the EU's Horizon 2020 program, the largest innovation and development program in the world.
#Horizon2020
#Interlace
#NatureBasedSolutions
December 2019
Diary of a pedestrian
Quito
In Flacso Radio, Grace Yepez was interviewed and will tell us how the Quito Metropolitan Corridor proposal changes the perspective of pedestrians in this city
December 2019
In Quito there are many non-places
Quito
Grace Yepez was interviewed by the newspaper El Comercio in our office to learn a little about more about her vision of the non-places present in the city from Quito, in this link you will find the complete interview:
November 2019
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito 2019
Quito
Grace Yepezcomment on the FB Live of Commerce our proposal for the Metropolitan Corridor of Quito
November 2019
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito 2019
Quito
With great pride we share our proposal for the Quito Metropolitan Corridor.
29 sheets and an initial ordinance proposal, made by a great team of 68 members:
Grace Yepez / YES Innovation
Nicolas Salmon / YES Innovation
Micaela Duque / YES Innovation
Sheika Aragundi / YES Innovation
Paul Jimenez / YES Innovation
Luis Vallejo / YES Innovation
Jenny Dariela Coyago Azaña / YES Innovation
Joyce Vanessa Loya Pachacama / YES Innovation
Melanie Nicole Veintimilla Andrade / YES Innovation
Jose Luis Barros / YES Innovation
Paola Janeth Carrera Montalvo / YES Innovation
Bryan David Yaselga Antamba / YES Innovation
Omar Xavier Toapanta Toapanta / YES Innovation
Carlos Victor Caguana Paredes / YES Innovation
Juan Esteban Benalcazar Falconi / YES Innovation
Luz Maria Aguirre Aguirre / YES Innovation
Hamilton Israel Paredes Granda / YES Innovation
Denisse Lizeth Estrella Calderon / YES Innovation
Silvia Katherine Hidalgo Curicho / YES Innovation
Monica Yepez / YES Innovation
Carolina Rodas / RAMA studio
Carla Chávez / RAMA studio
Felipe Donoso / RAMA study
Carla Paulette Flores Trávez / RAMA studio
María Fernanda Ayala Riera / RAMA studio
Ana María Silva Molina / RAMA study
Ana Belén Suárez Narváez / RAMA study
Juan Francisco Morejon Córdova / RAMA study
José Luis Burbano Arango / Raíz Estudio
Froilo Israel Mendoza Rodríguez / Raíz Estudio
Mauricio Dario Imbaquingo Dávila / Raíz Estudio
Erick Roberto Farinango Peñafiel / Raíz Estudio
David Alfredo Tenezaca Paspuezán / Raíz Estudio
Alejandra Páez Robles / Raíz Estudio
Jael Priscila Tipán Carrera / Raíz Estudio
José David Loyo Salazar / Raíz Estudio
Jordano Arturo García Cuenca / Raíz Estudio
Naomi Maritza Sánchez Rivadeneira / Raíz Estudio
Gabriela Naranjo / G. Naranjo
Alejandro Samaniego / G. Naranjo
Maria Mercedes Andrade / G. Naranjo
Cesar Ferro / G. Naranjo
Erika Maria Andrade Garcia / G. Naranjo
Gabriela Mejia / GMG
Rogelio Davalos / GMG
Andrés Alfonso Ramos Cevallos / GMG
Grace Garofalo/GMG
Lorena Vasco Palacios / GMG
Ramses Morante / FAU-UCE
Andrés Cevallos / FAU-UCE
Antonella Amaluisa / FAU-UCE
Diego Hurtado / FAU-UCE
Lorena Luisa Jimenez Renteria / FAU-UCE
Luis Bayardo Pazmino Vargas / FAU-UCE
Mauricio Fernando Luna Maldonado / ZIETTE DESIGN
Dany Esteban Arias Marroquín / ZIETTE DESIGN
Irene Antonella Parreño Arias / ZIETTE DESIGN
Carlos Andrés Arcos Novillo / ZIETTE DESIGN
Susana Isabel Oviedo Marcillo / ZIETTE DESIGN
Maria Susana Grijalva / UrbanaData
Maria Soledad Salazar / UrbanaData
Rosa Amelia Poveda / UrbanaDdata
Fernando Zurita / UrbanaData
Edwin Narvaez / UrbanaData
Sandra Lopez / Solidarity Alliance
Sandra Iturriaga / Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Michael Davis/Evolution
Cristina Cordova / Evolution
Juan Javier Nicholls / Independent
Cristina Ordóñez / Independent
November 2019
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito 2019
Quito
The official delivery of the prize to the 3 finalists
November 2019
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito 2019
Quito
Grace Yepez with the two finalists of the Contest
November 2019
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito 2019
Quito
Article from EL COMERCIO newspaper about our participation in this Ideas Contest
November 2019
Corredor Metropolitano de Quito 2019
Quito
YES Innovation is one of the 3 finalists.
https://www.facebook.com/jorgeyundamachado/videos/553309611958423/
November 2019
award METROPOLITAN CORRIDOR OF QUITO 2019
Quito
WE WON !!!!!!!!!
Very special moments today with the verdict of the CONCURSO DEL CORREDOR METROPOLITANO DE QUITO and our winning proposal!!!
55 km of corridor, 10 centralities and 94 proposed projects. A titanic job of a great team of almost 70 people. Thank you all for the great ideas and good vibes! we keep going!
Yes Innovation BRANCH study Root Study GMG Design and Construction Gabriela Naranjo FAU - UCE Official Site Urban Dating ZIETTE DESIGN
and especially in the YES Innovation team with:
Grace Yepez Nicholas Salmon michael duke Sheika Aragundipaul jimenezLuis Vallejo Jose Luis Barros Monica Yepez
September 2019
Ornato Award 2019
Quito
The winners were known, do you want to know? Enter the link and find out. Congratulations toGrace Yepez for his contribution as a jury of the event: https://www.elcomercio.com/construir/premio-ornato-reconocio-mejores-obras.html?fbclid=IwAR24HfFEbCIItt33ikVJYzLmneaWpYmXreVHpLFcNhf4epTZ0dEXV1LTkqA
September 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Quito
Learn more about the project through this video.
August 2019
BIOM 2019
Quito
Present at the fifth entrepreneurship meeting with BIOM en @IMPAQTOLAB Two days full of learning!
#AgileDevelopment
#BIOM
IMPACT
Daniela Peralvo, Justin Schwarz
August 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Quito
We integrate worms into the system InnoquaQuito pilot site. With this the treatment of the waters of the Armero house begins!
#Horizon2020
University of Cuenca
llactaLAB
Yes Innovation
August 2019
Ornato Award 2019
Quito
And the visits to the works for the 2019 Ornato Award are finished, in the next días it will be known_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cfira the project will be attributed to the most cuad5cfira mentioned award. Together with dr.Grace Yepez was counted as a jury to the Dean of PUCE Quito, Arq. Sylvia Jimenez and Arch. Fernando Zamorano, while Arch. Viviana Figueroa was the curator of the event.
We congratulate each participant!!
August 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Quito
The pilot system Innoqua it is already in the testing phase in Quito, we will instill the biological agents in it iniciara monitoring An installation carried out with our partner la University of Cuenca /llactaLAB
August 2019
Ornate Award 2019
Quito
The different tours of the participating works for the election of the Ornato Award this year begin, in whichGrace Yepez serves as Main Jury of the event.
Secretary of Territory, Habitat and Housing Quito
August 2019
Innoqua project
Imbabura Province
The system Innoqua works 100% with local biological agents. We went to collect the daphnia in San Pablo Lake north of Quito to prepare its integration into the daphnia filter, one of the components that allow wastewater treatment.
Thanks for the orientation between waters to @GonzaloSotomayor who is doing local research on this type of zooplankton y Andres Alvarado Martinez project partner.
Yes Innovation, University of Cuenca, llactaLAB
Monica Yepez, Nicholas Salmon
August 2019
Innoqua project
Quito
Innoqua, Quito pilot site: workshop with colleagues from la University of Cuenca to analyze the installation and integrate the sensors that allow complete monitoring of the system.
We took the opportunity to start the first Innoqua video and conduct interviews.
@Gonzalo Sotomayor, Andres Alvarado Martinez, Nicholas Salmon, Yes Innovation, llactaLAB
August 2019
BIOM 2019
France
Congratulations a FBT-isolation, our French partner for the development of#BIOM who obtains the official French certification that guarantees the performance of its rice straw insulation
July 2019
IMPACT 2019
Quito
Present at the fourth entrepreneurship workshop ofIMPACTLAB and Google in which we had 4 days full of learning to continue with our BIOM venture.
July 2019
IMPACT 2019
Quito
Article in which we talk about our BIOM venture exploring markets abroad. Thank you@impact.
July 2019
IMPAQTO LAB 2019
Quito
Present at the third IMPAQTO Acceleration workshop with our BIOM venture.
https://www.facebook.com/IMPAQTO/videos/347438955932032/
July 2019
Ornato Award 2019
Quito
Very happy for the nomination of Grace Yepez as the main jury of the 2019 Ornato Award!!
https://twitter.com/renebedon/status/1148297333941161984
June 2019
CLEVER CITIES 2019
London
Clever Cities seeks to experiment with nature-based solutions as catalysts for social and economic change in neighborhoods. After two days of exchanges in the City of London, today we were able to appreciate the intervention plans in the Thamesmead neighborhood, co-designed by the social accommodation operator Peabody together with the inhabitants, to recreate social cohesion.
Opportunity also for us to present the challenges of facing #Quito and propose the neighborhood of San Enrique de Velasco as a pilot site.
#Horizon2020, #YesInnovation, #MunicipiodeQuito, #naturebasedsolutions, #SanEnriqueDeVelascoQuito
June 2019
CLEVER CITIES 2019
London
We are received by the Mayor of London for the second general assembly de Clever Cities. London is one of the pilot cities in the project to experience a more inclusive urbanism thanks to nature-based solutions.
This afternoon we will present the progress of the project en #Quito
#Horizon2020,
June 2019
Innoqua project 2019
Quito - Ecuador
The tanks have arrived Innoqua at the Quito pilot site!
Dafniafiltro + Lombrifiltro for wastewater treatment.
Next stages: installation and connection, integration of worms and daphnia and start of tests, implementation of a wooden cover.
#residual water
#Horizon2020
With the cooperation of University of Cuenca y llactaLAB
June 2019
BIOM project 2019
Quito - Ecuador
Thank you IMPACT for his key support for the development of #BIOM
May 2019
BIOM project 2019
Quito - Ecuador
Thank you RT in Spanish for this article about #BIOM, the new thermal-acoustic insulator made from Ecuadorian rice straw
Nicholas Salmon, Grace Yepez, Yes Innovation, CESA
FBT-isolation
IMPACT
May 2019
Exposure from San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood in Turkey 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
Ideas competition: My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood. North Sector Winner: "San Enrique de Velasco" neighborhood present at the International Conference "Production of Climate Responsive Urban Built Environments 2019 in Turkey.
Proposal focused on the use of solutions based on nature, using a collaborative urban planning tool #UnlimitedCities. Team made up of: Arch.Gabriela Mejia, Grace Yepez,Nicholas Salmon,Mauricio Masache,Monica Yepez, Paco Mejia,Grace Garofalo,Antonio Baez,michael duke,David Montoya.
#Institutometropolitanodeplanificacionurbana, #municipiodequito, #YesInnovation1
#environmentalsustainability
May 2019
Production of Climate Responsive Urban Built Environments 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
Always a pleasure to talk about San Enrique de Velasco and Quito in other corners of the world.
This time in Istanbul at the international congress "Production of Climate Responsive Urban Built Environments", with a presentation focused on the use of nature-based solutions to solve environmental, economic and social problems, just as we proposed them for the My Exemplary Neighborhood contest and sustainable; so about the collaborative urban planning tool #UnlimitedCities that we used to establish the proposal with the inhabitants of the neighborhood.
The abstract of this publication and the second one we did, on the development of a new climate change indicator, are available here:
http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/…/upl…/2019/05/IPM_OzetKitabi.pdf
@ipc_ipm, #urbanclimateconference, Sabancı Universitiesi Minerva Han
Nicholas Salmon, Grace Yepez, Gaby Mejia, mau masache, Grace Garofalo, michael duke, David Leonel Montoya Salazar Antonio Báez Cazorla, Monica Yepez, Paco Mejía
unlimited cities, 7 Billion Urbanists
A co-result of the "My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood" contest, thanks to College of Architects of Pichincha and a IMPU Quito
May 2019
Production of Climate Responsive Urban Built Environments 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
Last stop before returning to Ecuador: Istanbul, where start the international conference Production of Climate Responsive Urban Built Environments 2019.
We present two studies developed in Quito:
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A. Co-design of a Nature-Based Solutions Ecosystem for Reactivating a Peri-urban District in Quito, Ecuador (Grace Yepez, Nicholas Salmon, Gaby Mejia, Paco Mejia, Grace Garofalo, mau masache, michael duke, David Leonel Montoya Salazar, Monica Yepez, Antonio Baez Cazorla)
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Evaluating the Impact of Urban Planning Projects on Climate Change: Towards a Composite Indicator for the Context of Latin America (Nicholas Salmon, Grace Yepez). Work done in cooperation with la PUCE_Ecuador
@Istanbul Policy Center
@ipc_ipm
Sabancı Universitiesi Minerva Han
#urbanclimateconference
May 2019
Project BIOM 2019
Lyon - France
YES Innovation signs a cooperation contract with FBT Isolation for the project BIOM!
The French manufacturer of thermal-acoustic insulation provides us with its technical support in the industrial production of the BIOM product, made with rice straw from Ecuador. Thanks to Laurence Treiber and Karim Chettouh for hosting a Nicholas Salmon e start the technological exchange process with a visit to its industrial plant in Lyon, France.
IMPACT
@CESA
May 2019
Project CLEVER 2019
Malmo - Sweden
Malmö has pioneered sustainable urbanism with its Västra Hamnen eco-district, the first carbon-neutral neighborhood when the wave of eco-districts began in the 2000s.
As a partner of the project Clever Cities, the municipality of Malmö welcomes us to develop the experience exchange process between cities in the implementation of nature-based solutions for more inclusive neighborhoods.
#naturebasedsolutions, #LlanoChico, #Horizon2020, Yes Innovation
Quito Municipality, Malmo, Sfântu-Gheorghe, Covasna, Romania,
Belgrade,ICLEI World Secretariat, Tecnalia, Hamburg, Larissa,
Larissa, Greece, Madrid, #innoqua_project
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
INNOQUA project: New technologies and 11 sites de demonstration
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
Closing session of the 7th meeting in Romania.
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
We continue in Romania together with our partner from Cuenca.
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
The Innoqua team 22 partners from 4 continents: technology centers, academic research centers, SMEs, large companies and NGOs In Suceava-Romania in a pilot site under real conditions that foreshadows the commercialization of technology worldwide
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
The Innoqua team 22 partners from 4 continents: technology centers, academic research centers, SMEs, large companies and NGOs In Suceava-Romania in a pilot site under real conditions that foreshadows the commercialization of technology worldwide#innoqua_project
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
Opening Session. Innoqua project, 7th meeting in Romania with Chris Buckl. He is head of the_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58dPollution Research Group en UKZN
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
We keep working in Iasi
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania - 7th meeting
Nice to meet the Innoqua project team again, this time in Iasi in Romania where we are welcomed by our local partner Ecoind and where Innoqua has a demo site.
May 2019
Saint Henry of Velasco
Quito
Thank you IMPU Quito for the publication of the projects of the My Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood Contest
>> Neighborhood transformation proposal for San Enrique de Velasco, 1st place North Sector
To download the book, haz clic the following link:
https://drive.google.com/…/101YktuG8_i6NXWfnke3Xo2ZSg…/view…
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Quito
Thanks Ecuavisa andDominica Garcesfor the report on water treatment in Ecuador and the Innoqua project that we carry out in the country in conjunction with the University of Cuenca LlactaLAB minute 37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz3azR5EItU&t=2355s
May 2019
Innoqua Project 2019
Romania
In Iasi, Romania, this week for the 7th meeting of the project Innoqua!
May 2019
Green Latin America Awards 2019
Quito
BIOM is recognized within the500 best social and environmental projects in Latin America/ Green Latin America Awards!!!
21st placein the responsible production and consumption category
See you in Guayaquil in August to present BIOM
May 2019
San Enrique de Velasco in TRAMA
My Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood - Quito
Thank you Trama-Architecture+Design Magazine#tramaecand the College of Architects of Pichincha#ArqEcuadorfor the publication of the urban transformation project for San Enrique de Velasco in the city of Quito!
April 2019
IMPAQTO - Google Developers Launchpad
Acceleration program IMPAQTO Lab Quito
Lots of inspiration, lots of learning, it's going to be an interesting 6 months!#IMPAQTOec
April 2019
EGAL 2019
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
We were present at the XVII Meeting of Geographers of America Latina 2019 with a presentation on urban indicators at the neighborhood scale
Grace Yepez
April 2019
Innoqua Project
Ecuador
And the Innoqua tanks for the Quito pilot site have already arrived in Guayaqui!! We are waiting for you this week to start the installation.
April 2019
Project H2A
Amaguaña - Pichincha
Work finished!!!!
March 2019
Project BIOM
Daule - Guayas
Harvest day in Daule! In addition to the grain, arroz is interesting for its straw... We continue with the BIOM project for the manufacture of acoustic and thermal insulation from rice straw for the sustainable construction! and thanks to@CESAfor the collaboration!!
March 2019
My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood
Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning (IMPU) - Quito
Interesting video de IMPU Quito about the tender process implemented in Quito since the previous year. And a few words about San Enrique de Velasco, where today we are involved to ensure the implementation of the winning neighborhood agenda of the first "My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood" contest.
https://www.facebook.com/IMPUQuito/videos/623646098093852/
February 2019
Innoqua project
Quito
A pleasure to receive the visit of the Ecuavisa 360 Vision team for a report on wastewater treatment and the system Innoqua at the Quito pilot site.
February 2019
Innoqua project
Quito
Works at home!
At the foot of the YES office, everything is ready to cast the box that will receive the tanks Innoqua who are already traveling from Italy.
The system, with the help of its worms and daphnia, will treat all the wastewater from the building with 100% natural technology. Start scheduled for March
February 2019
Alliance for Sustainable Urban Development
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Quito
We participated in the event "Building Citizen Agendas for the Sustainable Urban Development of Quito" in which we were able to be part of proposals for the development of a citizen agenda that allows the city to be resilient and sustainable. This information will be analyzed by the candidates for mayor of the city.
February 2019
The CAE-P Question
Pichicha College of Architects
Quito
The CAE-P asks the candidates for mayor of Quito, the subject Environment.
Here their answers:
Candidate Juan Carlos Holguin - I THINK 21
Candidate Carlos Sevilla - List 9
Candidate Cesar Montufar
https://www.facebook.com/cae.pichincha/videos/1269297369877745/
Candidate Edgar Jacome
Candidate Xavier Buendia Venegas
Candidate Paco Moncayo Democratic Left
Candidate Pablo Davalos
Candidate Andrés Benavides
January 2019
The CAE-P Question
Pichicha College of Architects
Quito
Do you want to know the proposals of the candidates for mayor of the DM of Quito?
We will ask them about 10 relevant topics, for 5 weeks.
YES corresponds to the Third theme en #ElCAEQuestion: "Environment", the PhD. Arq. Grace Yepez asks the DMQ mayoral candidates, who will have 24 hours to respond.
https://www.facebook.com/cae.pichincha/videos/pcb.258540555040016/1268479276626221/?type=3&theater
January 2019
Forum of Sustainable Urban Cities
IMPU Quito UN-HABITAT, wuppertalinstitutet, UN Environment y Program #SustainableCities de GIZ Ecuador.
Quito
Portoviejo, Loja, Aguascalientes, Quito, Cuenca...interesting experiences shared in the forum.
This afternoon we were able to present the Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood project for San Enrique de Velasco and the collaborative urbanism methodology applied with the Unlimited Cities tool
January 2019
Project under Sustainable Construction
cayambe
Privileged place to start a new project. Construction of the most sustainable and good gastronomy are on the program.
We are delighted to be able to advise this initiative to achieve its environmental goals
@ProyectoCayambe
January 2019
Sustainable construction
Pontifical Catholic University del Ecuador (PUCE)- Master of Sustainable Architecture (MAS)
Quito
45,000 tons of cement
420,000 tons of chasqui
205,000 tons of white powder
268,000 tons of water
These are the resources used each year for the production of the 12 million blocks manufactured by hand in the province of Cotopaxi. Most of these blocks, por not to say all, do not comply with the Ecuadorian standard.
orlando porras, in his master's thesis (MAS / PUCE), defends a professionalization of this practice with technical criteria, improvement of labor practices and optimization of environmental impacts. With very interesting results. Surely a great challenge for the future for sustainable construction.
Very proud to have been able to accompany this master's thesis work and Orlando's graduation Congratulations!!
January 2019
PLEA 2018 - Hong Kong
Passive Low Energy Architecture Conference
You can find our publication here:
Comparative analysis of two streets in the center of the city.
SANTIAGO POZO1, GRACE YEPEZ1,2 , NICOLAS SALMON1,2
1Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
2YES Innovation, Quito, Ecuador
December 2018
2018 is over!!
Office YES
Quito
A pleasure to close the year with the YES team.
We wish you happy holidays and the best for 2019!!!
December 2018
Retrospective 2018
Office YES
Quito
Four prizes won, a new European project, new constructions, new colleagues, new collaborations and a lot of learning.
2018 has been very interesting!
December 2018
IMPAQTO: Award to winners Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018
Chamber of Commerce Headquarters
Quito
What better Christmas present than ending 2018 with such a drive to develop new eco-construction materials! Thanks to IMPAQTO and its sponsors, super happy to win the 2018 Urban Entrepreneurship challenge in the Sustainable Construction category.
December 2018
Career Seminars: Sustainable Architecture
Amazon Regional University IKIAM
had
Present at Sacha Wasi to expose our latest experience in collective urbanism in the San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood in Quito.
December 2018
My City, Our Future
Chamber of Commerce
Quito
We participated in this meeting in which we were able to express and capture mobility solutions for the city of Quito.
December 2018
Resilient Quito Seminar and Workshop
Eugenio Espejo Convention Center
Quito
We were present participating in the workshop contributing to issues of resilience, risk management, among other issues for our city.
December 2018
PLEA 2018
FADA Studies - Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
China
We are in Hong Kong for PLEA 2018 (Passive Low Energy Architecture).
It is a pleasure to be able to present a work carried out in Quito within the framework of the MAS master's degree of the PUCE and to meet researcher friends again
December 2018
Innoqua Project
Nobatek/INEF4/R2M Solution
Quito
Implementation scheduled for February in thepilot site of Quito!
December 2018
Waste or resources??
Pontifical Catholic University (PUCE) - Master of Sustainable Architecture (MAS)
Quito
What do we do with the 160,000 m3 of construction waste produced each month in the city of Quito?
A pleasure to be able to participate yesterday in the defense of the master's thesis MAS / PUCE of the architect Irene Cabezas, who developed tools to optimize the relocation of demolition waste, with a technical, economic and environmental analysis._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_
Thesis direction by Grace Yepez and a pilot application to our Huanacauri construction project with a result of 96% relocation of materials!!
Excellent work and a high-level foundation for the MINUR (Urban Mining) project that seeks to revolutionize construction waste management in Ecuador.
December 2018
Innoqua Project
Horizon 2020
Europe
Good news for the project: Innoqua in the center of the media of the eu-horizon2020
Read the latest article here: https://t.co/LzHEnYmvHm
December 2018
Government Open - Winners My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood 2018
North Sector Winners
Quito
Proposal for San Enrique de Velasco now online atOpen Government Quito
December 2018
IMPAQTO - Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018
Category: Sustainable construction
Quito
Excellent day with IMPACT ! A very interesting animation to refine our entrepreneurship proposals, we learned a lot. And the opportunity to present our 3 proposals in pitch mode, super challenge.
November 2018
IMPAQTO - Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018
Category: Sustainable construction
Quito
We present 4 innovation proposals in the 2018 Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge. They are projects that we are developing and that we will start soon.
Comments and support welcome!
BloQ: project that we developed with wladimir castro
November 2018
IMPAQTO - Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018
Category: Solid waste management
Quito
We present 4 innovation proposals in the 2018 Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge. They are projects that we are developing and that we will start soon.
Comments and support welcome!
>> COCOTTE: free eggs for those who support!! ;)
November 2018
IMPAQTO - Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018
Category: Sustainable Construction
Quito
We present 4 innovation proposals in this new Challenge. They are projects that we are developing and that we will start soon.
Comments and support welcome!
BIOM: project that we developed in collaboration with a local university e Ing. Marcelo Argotti.
November 2018
IMPAQTO - Urban Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018
Category: Sustainable Construction
Quito
We present 4 innovation proposals in this new Challenge. They are projects that we are developing and that we will start soon.
Comments and support welcome!
>> WOO-BE: project that we developed with Maderas Guerrero, the French company Pampi Duhalde and the technology center Nobatek/INEF4
October 2018
Conversation winners North Sector "Ideas Contest"
College of Architects - CAE - P e Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning - IMPU
Quito
We present the urban proposal for the San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood, winner of the "My exemplary and supportive neighborhood" contest. in the CAE-P and we exchanged with the other winning teams on the implementation of the neighborhood agenda .
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October 2018
Winners Conversation Invitation "My Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood"
College of Architects - CAE-P e Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning - IMPU
Quito
We are waiting for you in the conversation about the winning projects of the "My Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood" Ideas Contest.
- La Primavera neighborhood: Emmanuel Mendoza and Bianka Carrión
- San José de Cocotog neighborhood: Juan Pablo Navas Tapia and Byron Cadena
- San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood: Gabriela Mejía Gómez and Grace Yepez
- Martha Bucaram neighborhood: Osvaldo Paladines and Zulema Jaramillo.
October 2018
Collaborative Urbanism Unlimited Cities
generating ideas
Quito
Debrief day with the 7 Billion Urban Planners team on the use of the Unlimited Cities collaborative urban planning tool to develop the proposal for the San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood in Quito
Unlimited Cities is being implemented today in Geneva, Toronto, Taipei and Randers in Denmark. We all make up an open source work community on urban transformation implemented from the people and their territory.
October 2018
Air infiltration and impact on the comfort of buildings in Quito.
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) - Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts (FADA)
Quito
Interesting conclusions and surely a topic for the future in Ecuador. Congratulations to Christian Benalcazar for his master's thesis defense that we had the opportunity to direct.
October 2018
My Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) - Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts (FADA)
Quito
We socialized at the Faculty of Architecture of the PUCE with the presence of Arch. Antonio Salvador from the Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning (IMPU) and Arch. Natalia Corral from the College of Architects of Ecuador Pichincha headquarters (CAE) about the process and the proposal Made for the San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood within the framework of the Quito - My Exemplary and Sustainable Neighborhood contest / Winning proposal for the North Sector of the city.
October 2018
Current Topic: Demolition
College of Architects - CAE
Quito
We were present at the excellent presentation of the book "Demolition: The Black Hole of Modernity" written by Veronica Rosero.
A very pertinent topic and an exciting analysis
Congratulations!
October 2018
Cycle Terre
Urban Innovatite Actions
Sévran France
This research project and large-scale experimental implementation begins to meet the challenge of reusing 70% of the 43 million tons of earth that will be excavated for the construction of the new neighborhoods in Paris Metro Grand Paris Express.
An initiative that shows that earth is definitely a material for the future.
October 2018
World Architecture Day
College of Architects of Tungurahua (CAE-T)
Ambato
ARCHITECTURE: And if we change CHIP!
To celebrate World Architecture Day, the College organizes a series of academic conferences in which we have the pleasure of participating.
October 2018
Ideas Competition "My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood"
Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning (IMPU) - College of Architects of Pichincha (CAE) - Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ)
Quito
WE WON!!!
First prize in the ideas contest "My exemplary and sustainable neighborhood" organized by the Municipality of Quito!
We are proud of this super team dedicated day and night to develop an innovative, sustainable and realistic proposal for the San Enrique de Velasco neighborhood in the north of Quito.
Collective urbanism + Nature-based solutions + Economic activation + Circular economy and sustainability
A team made up of GMG Design and Construction, YES Innovation, EcoGlobal Solutions: Gaby Mejia, Grace Yepez, Nicholas Salmon, Monica Yepez, mau masache, Francisco Mejia, Grace Garofalo, Antonio Baez Cazorla, michael duke, David Leonel Montoya Salazar, vivi james
October 2018
Innoqua Project
Horizon 2020
Last week in Cagliari, Sardinia, at the national stakeholder forum, our partner r2m solution was discussing new frontiers of urban sustainability, energy efficiency and nature-based solutions to green up our world. The Innoqua project was also presented as a pioneering initiative of the nbs in the wastewater sector.
The event brings together the community of stakeholders in the field of sustainability and energy efficiency with the aim of promoting a debate on the management strategy and the results of the H2020 program, through a constructive dialogue between stakeholders, fostering cooperation and the synergies.
September 2018
Innoqua Project
Quito, Ecuador
Innoqua is not just technology. Gender aspects are also in the spotlight...
#sanitation4all
September 2018
PLEA 2018 - Confirmation
FADA Studies - Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Confirmed participation in PLEA 2018 in Hong Kong in December, the world's most important conference on sustainable architecture. We will present our latest work on vegetation as a tool to improve thermal comfort and exposure to solar radiation in the streets of Quito.
A study carried out in the streets of La Mariscal por Santiago P. Navas under the direction of Grace Yepez and cooperation de Nicholas Salmon. Master's thesis MAS / FADA-PUCE
PUCE_Ecuador
Fada Puce
#NatureBasedSolutions
Quito Municipality
PLEA / Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design
September 2018
Contest times...
Quito, Ecuador
September 2018
CLEVER Cities
Quito, Ecuador
A pause to plant trees in the street: 100% natives of Quito
Good exercise, good for the birds and good for the neighborhood!
Thanks for the help Team!!
#quitosostenible, #changemiraflores, #treeplanting, #naturebasedsolutions, Quito Municipality
August 2018
CLEVER Cities
Quito, Ecuador
And since June, the CLEVER Cities project was added , in which we develop solutions based on nature as a new inclusive urban planning tool, with application in Quito!!
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/news/nature-based-solutions-are-helping-address-urban-challenges
August 2018
unlimited cities
Quito, Ecuador
We return to work with new perspectives ;)
YES partners with 7 BILIONS URBANISTS, a French association dedicated to collaborative urbanism. This collaboration allows us to apply Unlimited Cities technology for participatory urban planning projects in Ecuador.
https://www.7billion-urbanists.org/
July 2018
Innoqua Project
Manchester - England
Our colleague Louise Hannon from our partner NUI Galway presented the innoqua project this week at the European wastewater management conference at Manchester United Stadium. The program covered the main challenges for the water sector in general. Good support from Dean Herron and David Tompkins, experts from our partner aqua enviro / Suez.
#Horizon2020
July 2018
Tests - Innoqua Project
Girona - Spain
The testing phase started at our pilot site de NUI Galway, Ireland. Lumbrifilter technology is being tested as a secondary treatment system for municipal wastewater. Read more on our blog: https://bit.ly/2NvKSYb
#Horizon2020
#sanitation4all
July 2018
Pilot site - Innoqua Project
Girona - Spain
Visit the following daphniafilter pilot site en University of Girona,
#Horizon2020.
July 2018
INNOQUA - Europe
Girona - Spain
A strong team - bi-annual meeting of our innoqua project at the Parc Tecnologic del University of Girona.
#Horizon2020
July 2018
Visit to the pilot site - INNOQUA
Girona - Spain
Wastewater treatment technology based on zooplankton Daphnia
Nature-based solutions
horizon2020
https://www.facebook.com/innoqua/videos/822965681229832/
July 2018
Innovation for Agriculture, agribusiness and food
Salesian Polytechnic University
Quito
We were present at this cycle of conferences to learn about the new challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurship in el paYos like with the European Community.
July 2018
Biannual Meeting INNOQUA - Europe
Girona - Spain
Opening session of our biannual meeting of projects in Girona, Spain, by Nuria Frigola corominas, director of development of the water campus del University of Girona.
#sanitation4all
July 2018
Innoqua project - Europe
Girona - Spain
Today we begin the fifth meeting de Innoqua. It is a pleasure to see the project partners again to define transfer solutions between the prototypes developed in the laboratory in Galway and Girona and the implementation in the demonstration sites that include Quito, Cuenca and Arequipa in Latin America.
June 2018
R-VOLUTION
Anglet - France
We participate in R-evolution, the Arkinova incubator. Inspiring conference on the integration of digital for innovation in architecture
r-evolution.tech
#Nobatek/INEF4
#parametric design
#makers
#robots
#3Dprinting
#BIM
June 2018
INNOQUA
Girona - Europe
Daphnia pile filter start in Girona.
Our project de horizon2020 is gathering momentum. Read the full story in early testing (including a video): https://bit.ly/2yd53Yq
#sanitation4all
#Treatment de wastewater
June 2018
CLEVER Cities
Co-designing locally tailored ecological solutions for value added, socially inclusive regeneration in cities - Europe
In Hamburg we started the CLEVER Cities project!
34 partners committed to developing nature-based solutions for inclusive urban regeneration operations
Hamburg, Milan, London, Quito, Madrid, Belgrade, Larissa, Malmo, Sfantu Georghe
June 2018
Distinction Environmental
Secretary of the Environment, Municipality of the Metropolitan District de Quito
WE WON !!!
YES receives a double Distinction Environmental 2018!
The first that distinguishes us as an SME más verde in the city of Quito! And the second for our Huanacauri eco-efficient building project!
June 2018
Research Congress in French
FCLL School of Languages - Pontifical Catholic University - Quito
We participated in the First Research Congress in French "Échanges de Savoirs en Français" with the theme Architecture et urbanisme. The purpose of this congress is to transmit the results of various investigations and highlight the opportunities that can be had by learning this language.
May 2018
CLEVER Cities
Co-designing locally tailored ecological solutions for value added, socially inclusive regeneration in cities
We signed a new European project Horizon 2020: CLEVER Cities.
Together with 33 international expert partners we will develop and test nature-based solutions for the social and inclusive regeneration of deprived urban areas. The German city of Hamburg leads this 5-year project with a fund of around €15M.
The experimentation will take place in the cities of Hamburg, London, Milan, Quito, Madrid, Malmo, Belgrade, Sfantu Gheorghe, Dimos Lariseon and will be extended to other cities in Latin America and China.
We were pleased to be able to associate the Quito Municipality by means of the Environmental Fund and the Secretariat of Environment Quito in the proposal that became successful; we are delighted to now be able to start studies with a local application in Ecuador.
Official launch of the project is June 6 in Hamburg.
May 2018
Disaster Waste Management Manual.
Quito
Participamos en el desarrollo de una Guía de manejo de residuos post desastre en colaboración con AIDIS, ACRA, Municipality of Quito, Municipality of Cuenca, Secretary of Risk Management, MAE, ASAMTECH, AME which will be presented during the next AIDIS conference.
April 2018
Sustainability Week - Sustainable Design Day
FADA - PUCE; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts, Pontifical Catholic University - Quito
A pleasure to be able to share our experiences in nature-based solutions for sustainable architecture and urbanism in Quito, on Sustainable Design Day the week before:
- Use biological agents to treat wastewater: Innoqua
- Apply low tech natural techniques for complete water management in the HUANACAURI multi-dwelling project in the San Juan neighborhood
- Propose a new concept of breaking with the installation of urban chicken coops in the hypercenter of Quito to recycle organic waste: el _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b_1358bad COCOTTE project
April 2018
Construction Week
FADA - PUCE; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts, University - Quito
We present some of our experiences of sustainable construction strategies in Europe and Ecuador in this event organized by the Faculty of Architecture at PUCE Quito. Shibam Projects, #Innoqua, Hit2gap, Chalet Jeanne, Clever cities and Huanacauri among others.
April 2018
Cocotte
AEI, Alliance for entrepreneurship and innovation - Quito
YES starts a new original concept of circular economy in the city of Quito: COCOTTE!
Descubre el concepto que defendemos en el concurso Reinventa y Recicla / Quito y si quieres huevos gratis ;)_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_give us a like!
http://www.mi.quito.gob.ec/Perfil/Index/3995
March 2018
Ideaton - "Reinvent and Recycle"
Quito
The Civic Ideathon wants identify new proposals to improve the city's recycling collection process in an inclusive and different way. Yes will present a new project in which the use of land, recycling and circular economy is proposed.
March 2018
House H2A
Amaguaña
We started a new architectural project for a multi-family house in Valle de los Chillos.
February 2018
FAMAE contest
France
FAMAE is a French foundation that funds brilliant inventors to help them create simple and innovative objects that significantly improve the daily lives of hundreds of millions of urban dwellers and reduce their expenses while significantly reducing their environmental footprint in waste areas. water, food, air quality and energy.
COCOTTE proposes a new organic waste recycling model based on the use of empty urban land (awaiting construction) to implement temporary chicken coops. Neighbors contribute their waste in exchange for eggs. Combine recycling, occupation of empty properties, a dynamic neighborhood of education and a viable economic model.
February 2018
PLEA 2018
Hong Kong - Passive Low Energy Architecture Conference
PLEA 2018 - Hong Kong - Passive Low Energy Architecture Conference
As members of the scientific committee, we began the evaluation of proposals for publications for the 13th PLEA conference, which takes place this year in December at the Chinese University of Hong Kong under the theme Smart and healthy within the 2 degree limit.
February 2018
YES Collaborations
YES Office - Quito
Karol Morillo begins to be part of our empresa carrying out his pre-professional internships. He attends the ninth semester of the career de Environmental Engineering en the Central University of Ecuador and se has served as a volunteer in different projects and collaborations both in the United States and in Ecuador, among them we can mention the following:
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recycling project in colorado
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Restoration Project of the Andean Páramo in Cotopaxi
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Laboratory assistant at the Biology Center of the Central University in Quito
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GIS Localization Program at the Ministry of Health in Quito
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Technical assistant for Environmental Consulting in Quito
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SSO technical assistant at the CASI LSA SA Mine Recovery Plant
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Yasuní Citizen Oversight Office - ITT in the Ministry of Policy Management
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Technical Assistant for Environmental Consulting at the Academy of Innovation for Sustainability
February 2018
REMCI
Network of women scientists in Ecuador - Quito
We associate ourselves with a la Ecuadorian Network of Women Scientists REMCI. This is a non-partisan network, independent and non-profit of Ecuadorian women active in academia and research in Ecuador and the world and its main objective is_cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_contribute to the sustainable development of Ecuador through science, technology and innovation created and promoted by Ecuadorian women scientists.
February 2018
Marianne - Equateur
Network of women - Quito
We integrate this network que gathers Francophile and Francophone women (French-Ecuadorian, Franco-Latin American or French) residing in Ecuador, from all professional sectors who cultivate a strong relationship with France.
The objective of the South American MARIANNE is to establish a link between its members as well as to be a tool that contributes to the equality of women in a world where there is still a struggle for recognition and the legitimate place of women in society.
https://ec.ambafrance.org/Red-de-mujeres-francofilas-Marianne-Ecuador
February 2018
CEDEUS
Sustainable Urban Development Center
We joined this Research Center el which brings together leading researchers in their field who seek to contribute in an interdisciplinary way to the challenges of research, human capital formation and liaison with the environment on the subject of Development Sustainable Urban.
http://www.cedeus.cl/redeus/integrantes/yepez-grace/
February 2018
Innoqua Project - Europe
Pavia - Italy
Our INNOQUA team of partners from 20 scientific institutions, companies and non-profit organizations in Europe and the Americas at our 4th Project Meeting in Pavia, Italy. A highly committed team that develops, tests and brings to market an innovative and sustainable solution for wastewater treatment. Funded by the EU's Horizon2020 programme.
January 2018
Gender Inequity and Women's Health
Ministry of Public Health - French Alliance
Quito
Meeting in which gender inequality and women's access to public health were discussed. A phenomenon present not only in our country. There was the intervention of the Minister of Health, Veronica Espinosa, as well as other women who work for the welfare of women.
January 2018
Practitioners wanted
YES Quito Office
Within the framework of its development and in support of new architectural and innovation projects, YES seeks to integrate a collaboration with student interns in its Quito office.
Project 1: Environmental certification of the Huanacauri project
Project 2: Development of ecological walls
December 2017
Infoday Horizon 2020 Quito
SENESCYT, Delegation of the European Union - Quito
We present our experience in European R&D projects at el Infoday Horizon 2020 in Quito organized by la Higher Education Secretariat Ecuador(Senescyt) and the European Union Delegation .
Innoqua Projectsand Clever cities.
December 2017
Efficiency in the Water Management in the Hospital Sector.
PUCE/FADA/MAS Quito
En la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Artes de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador tuvo lugar la presentación_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_de este tema de tesis realizado por Arq. Marco Antonio Vasconez, bajo la dirección del_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Dr. Ing. Nicolas Salmon, being the first graduate of the Master of Architecture and Sustainability of the year en_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad55cf.
November 2017
Project MINUR
Urban Studies Congress 2017 - FLACSO - Quito
Towards a new mining urban.
Transform the production of waste from the construction sector into new economic opportunities circular for Quito. Esta fue la presentación en la FLACSO del tema de tesis de la Maestría de Arquitectura y Sostenibilidad de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Artes PUCE_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_by Arch. Irene Cabezas with the address by Dr. Arch. Grace Yepez.
November 2017
INNOQUA project
Visit by LlactaLab partners / University of Cuenca / at the Quito pilot site
We were pleased to have the visit of Augusta Hermida Palacios del llactaLAB, University of Cuenca, project partner Innoqua, in order to know the pilot site of the project in Quito.
October 2017
New office YES
Quito
Nur studio after complete remodeling opens its doors.
We are located at Calle Armero Oe 7-261 y el Oro, we are waiting for you!!
October 2017
Sacha Award Conference - Second edition
Technical Forum College of Architects of Ecuador - Sacha
Presentation on Architecture and urbanism as creation opportunities for the sustainability of the territories.
En este foro técnico abordamos nuestra experiencia en construcción en madera en Francia con una vivienda de bajo consumo energético (BBC) _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ built in Biarritz._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-1358bad_cf58d
We also talk about our new Huanacauri project in Quito and its environmental requirements
September 2017
Smart Cities and Sustainable Development Seminar
Second Edition - Quito
Bajo la invitación de la Camara de Comercio e Industria Franco Ecuatoriana (CCIFEC), YES gestiono la organización_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_de la sesión "Habitat sostenible" en esta segunda edición del seminario._cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
We were also able to present two papers to the public present:
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The European INNOQUA project, which seeks to accelerate the introduction to the market of a modular, scalable and ecological solution for autonomous sanitation to respond to water treatment needs in isolated rural areas and urban areas not connected to the sewerage system.
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A presentation of our European experiences in creating of value thanks to sustainable construction and urban planning projects.
September 2017
Quebradas: new recovery model and protection for Quito's ravines
Project proposal to the international funds Darwin Initiatives of the United Kingdom and CLIMA+ of the European Union
Define and experiment in a pilot site in Quito the potential of a new model for the recovery and protection of ecosystems of the ravine type (natural ravines) based on four pillars: environmental valuation and ecosystem services, urban planning, social integration and micro economic development. -local
September 2017
CLEVER project
Project proposal - EU Horizon 2020 Program
Together with 31 international partners (In Ecuador: YES and the Secretary of Environment of the Metropolitan District of Quito), we have defined and proposed an integration project of nature-based solutions for planning_cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_sustainable and inclusive urban. Applications planned in cities such as London, Milan, Hamburgo, Madrid, Malmö, .. and also Quito.
August 2017
Urban Sponge Prototype
Propuesta de planificación urbana experimental en el centro de Quito para la gestion sostenible_cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_de rainwater / CAE - Pichincha Headquarters
Propose a new technological model and public space that allows optimized management of rainwater and thus prevent flooding in _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-158bad9015cf5cf -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ episodes of intense precipitation
June 2017
General Assembly Nobatek/INEF 4
Anglet - France
Como socio activo del Centro Tecnológico francés Nobatek, se realizo la presentación de nuestras actividades en América Latina y planteamiento _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ of new opportunities to collaborate with Europe
June 2017
Assembly general 2017 of the European Project Innoqua
Galway - Ireland
Third meeting of the European Innoqua Project focused on new sanitation solutions autonomous, the event was held at the facilities of the National University of Ireland in Galway (NUIG), Ireland, where the technological design processes were discussed ongoing and the next ones project stages
May 2017
Innovation Congress y Cooperation Europe - America Latina
Senescyt - ESPE
Presentation of the Innoqua European project as an example of collaboration EU-CELAC via the Horizon 2020 program at the facilities of the Polytechnic School_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3d5f58d-135 Ciudad Ejercito laEjercito8fc_del Quito
May 2017
Camp 4.0
the clearning city - Llacta Lab Cuenca
Presentación del trabajo "Evaluación medioambiental de proyectos urbanos sostenibles a través NEST, un herramienta desarrollada para los actores del urbanismo of cities facing change climate"
April 2017
Jardin de terraces
Quito
When a wall falls and allows you to see the creek that it was hiding, what better opportunity for a garden open to the richness of the local landscape. Design and realization of a private terraced garden on the edge of streams.
February 2017
Maison MORZINE
Rehabilitation and extension of a chalet in the French Alps
We started the designs for a new configuration of house in the station tourist de Morzine, France in Haute Savoie
February 2017
YES is restructured
Innovation + Architecture + Construction
Luego de un primer año de actividad reestructuramos nuestra organización en YES para integrar las actividades de arquitectura que llevamos_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_bajo el nombre GRACE YEPEZ ARQUITECTURA y las de construcción / promoción inmobiliaria que realizamos_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_as VICMONGRA, in addition to the activity related to innovation, consultancy y technology.
This transversality in the construction sector allows us to intervene on multiple scales and in all phases of construction / planning, whether to carry out designs, manage works or develop_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_new concepts and technologies. La complementariedad de estas actividades genera un valor agregado en nuestra producción arquitectónica, científica y comercial que orientamos in fine totalmente_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_towards greater sustainability and inclusion.
We will soon modify this website to display this set of activities.
January 2017
HUANACAURI
designño + Environmental engineering + Construction of a high-performance housing complexñor environmental in San Juan, heart of Quito
We started the architectural and engineering environmental design work for the Huanacauri project, a set of 9 houses and apartments in the San Juan neighborhood in Quito.
We seek to achieve in this project a high architectural quality for an offer of affordable housing, with a high level of environmental performance via concepts and techniques that allow us to deal with themes_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_recycling, water, use of lightweight materials for earthquake resistance, lighting comfort, acoustic comfort and energy efficiency .
January 2017
QUEBRADAS - Transforming a city ravine into a productive and inclusive urban public space
Rio Grande Creek, Quito / UN-Habitat' Global Public Space Program
Project proposal jointly with the IMPU (Metropolitan Planning Institute Urbana) Quito to develop a new urban-economic-social-environmental model for a Quito ravine. Project to be carried out within the framework of the United Nations call for new types of sustainable and inclusive urban spaces
January 2017
TRANSCENDENCES
And if we proposed a new future for Quito heritage houses?
Project proposal within the framework of the AFCP / US Embassy fund to develop an inclusive process that can be replicated for the rehabilitation and experimental application of the Luis Felipe Borja house in Quito.
Cooperation with the Metropolitan Institute of Heritage of Quito.
January 2017
YES Office
We started the year with something special: the transformation of a studio in our new offices in Quito.
Let's make an appointment in a few weeks for the opening!
December 2016
LET2017 - Presentation of the Innoqua project
From May 29 to June 2, the LET2017 conference on water treatment technologies in Brazil will take place from May 29 to June 2, organized by the International Water Association._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_
We will present the work in progress in the framework of the European project INNOQUA and its implications in America Latin
November 2016
YES becomes a member of Nobatek
After 12 years of activity as an association, the technological center French Nobatek construction specialist sustainable has just changed its status to now be a non-profit cooperative society.
From YES we have decided to take advantage of this opportunity to materialize the historical links strong collaboration that unites us with the center, entering as an investor in the company at the time of its creation_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_last November 25.
Congratulations to the Nobatek / INEF4 team for this new mutation and we are proud to be part of it.
October 2016
Innovation and transfer technological
International Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Transfer - CIITC 2016
After 12 years of strong development, the technological center French Nobatek has shown interest_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d. Presentamos en CIITC los ingredientes de éxito de este modelo según nuestra experiencia en el equipo Nobatek durante los últimos 10 años .
You can download thearticleand thepresentation about this model and its adaptation today in Ecuador with the company YES
October 2016
Sustainable urbanism: evaluate the impact
Forum Evaluation of the impact of urban projects - HABITAT III
More than 150 people attended this Forum that we organized within the framework of Habitat III and under the auspices of the PUCE, with the presentation of experiences, tools and proposals to help decision-making during the design of urban planning projects.
You can download our presentation of the NEST tool here!
October 2016
SUSTAINABLE SANITATION in Ecuador
The INNOQUA project presented at the European Union stand during Habitat III, at the Sustainable Sanitation Forum - HABITAT III and at the Symposium on new technologies for effluent treatment
With Innoqua we seek new solutions to treat wastewater, supporting us in technologies and mature technologies that allow a sanitation low-cost, low-mode, low-mode mantenimiento y sobre todo sostenible (ningún uso de químicos, todas las tecnologías se apoyan sobre agentes de tratamiento biológicos) .
We believe that these solutions can solve problems in Ecuador, whether in the rural sector or in the urban sector .
During the first presentations of this initiative in Quito, we were able to reach more than 200 people in each event. If you are looking for sanitation solutions for your home, your construction project, your business or your municipality, let's collaborate!
For more information, you can download our presentation of the projecthere! The website www.innoqua.eu will be online in November 2016
October 2016
HABITAT III is in Quito!
YES Innovation and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador organize two Forums within the framework of HABITAT III, from 10/17 to 10/20 in Quito, Ecuador
FORUM Sustainable Sanitation
More than 80% of wastewater does not receive treatment in Ecuador. This generates massive contamination of rivers and wetlands, as well as health problems. The situation is similar in most Latin American countries.
This situation has solutions.
With international experts and local actors we will talk about the evolution in the world of the development of ecological sanitation systems, we will present international experiences and initiatives in Ecuador.
WHERE?Quito, PUCE Campus, Teachers Building, salón social
WHEN? 10/19, 14h30 - 17h
COST? free
PROGRAM? Here
FORUM Evaluation of the impact of urban projects
We all want sustainable and inclusive cities. But how to make it happen?
La evaluación de impacto es una técnica imprescindible para alcanzar metas de _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_sostenibilidad y desempeño medio-ambiental e social para proyectos de planificación urbana.
Con expertos del sector académico, publico y privado que desarrollan soluciones para Ecuador hablaremos de indicadores, de herramientas y de experiencias llevadas en nuestros país así que de nuevas practicas que vienen revolucionar la fabricación_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_of our neighborhoods and our cities.
WHERE? quit,PUCE Campus, Exact Sciences Classroom, 5th floor
WHEN? 10/17, 9h-11h
COST? free
PROGRAM?Here
October 2016
CIITC 2016 - International Congress de Innovation y Knowledge Transfer
Quito - October 25-27, 2016
We will present an analysis on:
Genesis and evolution of an innovation and technology transfer center: experience in France and Ecuador
In 2004, the Nobatek technology center was born in France, specializing in sustainable construction and energy efficiency. Twelve years later and without any direct contribution from foreign private or public capital, the center houses more than sixty engineers and doctors in its two establishments, manages an activity of more than 4 million Euros per year, is known and recognized in its sector on a scale national and European and has allowed a better and more sustainable development of the construction sector in its territory of implantation.
We propose in this article to present the experience of creation and growth of this center from the perspective of the authors who were part of this initiative from the first years and through the presentation of examples of projects and achievements. The success of the center is based on an original model but also on specific strategies that place it in permanent interaction between multiple sectors, specialties, types of activities and economic models. We present in this article the three key elements that make up the originality of the center and that allowed its development:
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An original non-profit private business model, animated by a start-up spirit and in continuous mutation
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Multi-activity in the field of innovation
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A fabric of intense relationships with universities, companies in the sector, and public entities.
Today we develop in Ecuador a model inspired by this experience. Given the different context between the two countries, this development needs adaptations that we present in the article.
October 2016
1st Symposium New Technologies for Effluent Treatment
Quito - San Francisco de Quito University, October 13-14, 2016
We will present the Innoqua project
The INNOQUA project: innovative bio-based on-site sanitation system
On-site decentralized and eco-friendly sanitation systems for homes, small to mid-sized residential complexes and small villages offer an excellent opportunity to treat wastewater in non-connected areas and to reduce pressure on aging wastewater networks while supporting sustainable population growth.
The INNOQUA project will accelerate the path to market of a modular set of innovative, patent protected, award winning and scalable fully ecological sanitation solutions that address wide market needs in rural and urban communities, for agricultural industries, for sustainable home-builders or collective housing owners and for developing countries worldwide.
The project concept is to develop and demonstrate a near zero CO2 life-cycle emissions, innovative, modular and sustainable wastewater treatment technology based on the purification capacity of certain biological organisms (earthworms, zooplankton and microalgae) and alternatively sun light exposure. State-of-the-art technological processes will be employed; in particular, the combination of biodegradation and photodegradation to increase the chemical and ecological quality of the final water effluents.
The project will perform commercial scale deployment and resulting exploitation of the system to include commercial development, technology integration, eco-design, controlled environment demonstrating (in NUI Galway facilities in Ireland and UDG facilities in Spain), real use demonstration actions and market uptake preparation on a worldwide perspective (France, Ireland, Romania, Italy, UK, Turkey, Peru, Ecuador, India and Tanzania), and further preparation for post project uptake. In Ecuador the solutions will be tested through two pilot sites located in Quito and in Cuenca.
Such an integrated solution for the treatment of wastewater is innovative and has not been employed in the past. Innoqua is based on the expertise and work of a consortium of 20 international partners and co-funded by the European Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. The project started in June 2016 and will last four years; we will present the objectives and technologies associated to this work as well as the coming steps in Latin America.
September 2016
FICUP 2016-First International Conference on Urban Physics
Quito - Galapagos, 25 September - 2 October 2016
A very interesting meeting in Quito and then in las Galápagos with scientists from all over the world working to model, simulate and understand the city.
You can download ourarticleand thepresentation sobre la herramienta NEST para la evaluación de la sostenibilidad de proyectos urbanos,its application in a case study and its transfer in Ecuador.
July 2016
FICUP 2016-First International Conference on Urban Physics
Quito - Galapagos, 25 September - 2 October 2016
We will present at FICUP our work on urban project impact evaluation indicators and the NEST tool. Work done in collaboration withNobatek
youo Evaluate the sustainability of urban planning projects through an LCA approach: example of application of the NEST tool and requirements for its use in the context of Ecuador and Latin America
Nicolas Salmon, Grace Yepez-Salmon, Marc Lotteau
June 2016
Launch of the INNOQUA project
We started the project this JuneINNOQUA: Innovative Bio-based on-site Sanitation system for Water and Resource Savings
The launch took place on June 6 and 7 in Anglet, France.
INNOQUA is a research project on the treatment of gray water using alternative systems:
· _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ autonomous, decentralized systems, that is, adapted to a building or a group of buildings
· _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ bio technology systems, that is to say based on the purification capacity of biological organisms (microorganisms, worms and 19 UV_zooplankton5 rays) and -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
These systems may be of particular interest to urban and rural communities that do not treat their wastewater, agricultural industries, individual and collective homeowners, new or existing in the world.
The project will try to implement these technologies in different types of applications (residential, industrial, agriculture, aquaculture) in multiple areas of the world with specific characteristics (isolated sites in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, India, Latin America), such as so many potential markets for these techniques. The systems will be tested and demonstrated first in laboratories - NUIG Galway and University of Girona labs - and then in real sites (France, Italy, Scotland, Romania, Ireland, Turkey, Ecuador, Peru, India and Tanzania).
INNOQUA was chosen within the framework of the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union. It is a project coordinated by the Nobatek technology center in France, with 20 international partners.
The budget is more than 8 million euros. The project started in June and will last 4 years.
In Ecuador, only 17% of wastewater is treated. The consequences are very important in terms of health and impact on our ecosystem. Within the framework of Innoqua we will investigate the potential use of these bio and autonomous technologies as an alternative to the lack of current treatment. Thus we will have two pilot cases in the country: in Cuenca and in Quito.
May 2016
Training
Master Architecture and Sustainability
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador - Quito
We finished our first training season in the master's degree on 05-20 FURTHERof the PUCE
May 2016
Inspection and analysis of structural damage in buildings in Manta and Portoviejo
Together with the teamTecnaliaof experts in pathologies and building rehabilitation techniques:
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Inspeccion structural fence 60 buildings
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Expert analysis methodology, in preparation of rehabilitation plan
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Analysis and compilation of anomalies in design, materials, construction and inspection
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Socializations in Portoviejo and Quito
Voluntary mission organized by Tecnalia, with the participation of YES Innovation and with the support of MIDUVI and UNDP
May 2016
ISEC project
ICT for sustainable and efficient construction
ICT technologies as tools for sustainability in construction and urban planning
Applications in :
-Ecuador
-Chili
-France
4 technologies analyzed
-Building information modeling (BIM)
-Monitoring and control of buildings
-Internet of things
-Data sciences: big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.
Project proposal within the framework of STIC-AmSud, cooperation France – South America
Project coordinated by YES Innovation, with a team made up of Nobatek (FR) and the School of Civil Construction of the Pontifical University of Chile (CL)
April 2016
From disaster to opportunity: going beyond rebuilding buildings
The level of the disaster forces us to think that we can and should be more ambitious in this reconstruction process.
We propose a reconstruction that allows us to overcome the fact of only building buildings with these objectives:
▪ OBJECTIVE 1 /Integrate lessons from similar post-earthquake reconstruction operations carried out around the world to develop an exemplary process.
▪ OBJECTIVE 2 /Integrate all the local actors in the process for a complete co-construction: GAD, victims, future inhabitants, architects and local companies, public entities, NGOs, universities, etc.
▪ OBJECTIVE 3 /Change the constructive practices in housing, develop a resilient, sustainable and innovative Ecuadorian model, integrating the specifics of the area and the current situation.
▪ OBJECTIVE 4 /Allow local stakeholders to imagine and reinvent better urban planning and more relevant, 21st century architecture for the area. With technical support and experiences.
▪ OBJECTIVE 5 /Rebuild the local economy generating a new dynamic of territorial development, generate trust. Think of sustainable and durable housing models.
More than a traditional advisory proposal, with this initiative we want to propose to the country our forces as experts in our respective fields to support the victims, whether in homes, cities or companies. We want to propose an adapted technical process, a sustainable development model and not a sum of inappropriate prototypes.
For this reason we have assembled a team of international and national technical experts, specialists in reconstruction processes, experienced in transition situations, in collaborative and participatory processes, transforming problems into both social and economic opportunities, and with bold spirits.
We are both Ecuadorian experts in local fields and recognized in the world, as well as world-class foreign experts with previous experience in Ecuador or neighboring countries.
Proposal for technical advice to rebuild sustainable and inclusive homes on the Ecuadorian coast
Date: 04-30-2016
Coordinator: YES Innovation
Project proposal within the framework of ERANET-LAC 2016, under the coordination ofCultural RingLatin America-Europe
Result in September 2016
March 2016
SusInCit Project
ICT technologies for smart cities, sustainable and inclusive
Exchange of experiences between Latin America and Europe - co-creation process
- Integrate an environmental management of renovation works
- Quantification of the impact of the renewal
- Application to 2 renovation works in Quito
- Start in November 2015
>>Programme: research - experimentation YES
INNOQUA project
- Develop a new ecological and autonomous wastewater treatment system
- We use 5 mature technologies that we implement together in various parts of the world and for various types of applications
- In Latin America, 3 pilot applications (Quito, Cuenca, Arequipa) y 3 partners
- Start in June 2016
Program : EU Horizon 2020
- Training inmaster sustainable architecture (MAS) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador - Quito
+ Construction and technology
+ Sustainable housing
- Research professor at UDLA
- Associate researchers EnsapBx-Universite Bordeaux 1 (France)
- Trainers CRT-Nobatek (France)