infrastructure
Building the Infrastructure Directory
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. Please help us to do this sharing your ideas and comments about what categories and features should be listed for sanitation products.
Adding to the Website Infrastructure Directory
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. Please help us to do this sharing your ideas and comments about what categories and features should be listed for sanitation products.
Populating the Website Infrastructure Directory
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. The informational categories we have identified so far are:
Product Name:
Product Description:
Power Source: none, solar, wind, micro-hydro, diesel gasoline, biomass, hybrid, other
Power Output (kw/hr):
Stability of Power:
Power Type: none, generator, converer/inverter, transmission, storage, system
Product Life Expectancy:
Power Cost:
Shipping Dimensions:
Deployed Dimensions:
Number of People Required for Assembly:
Assembly Time (in minutes):
Spare Parts Required:
Ease of Repair:
Independent Testing Results:
Training Requirements:
Building the Infrastructure Directory
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. The informational categories we have identified so far are:
Solar
Type: panel, box, parabolic, hybrid (solar/electric)
Material: cardboard, metal, plastic, glass and metal
Cost: low (<$10), medium (>$10-$50), high (>$50)
Weight: low (<2 kg), medium (>2 kg-10kg), high (>10 kg)
Cooking Temp: low (<140 C)(panel cooker), medium (140C-180C)(box cooker), high (>250C)(parabolic cooker)
Capacity: one Small pot (<2 liters), two small pots (<2 liters), single medium pot (>2 liters), two medium pots (>2 liters), large (> 6 liters)
Notes:
Combustion
Retained Heat
Populating the Infrastructure Database
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. Please help us to do this sharing your ideas and comments about what categories and features should be listed for ICT products.
Building the Infrastructure Directory
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. The informational categories we have identified so far are:
Product Information
Product Name:
Product Description:
Shelter Type: tent, hard-sided, inflatable, earth bag
Deployed Dimensions: length, width, height
Wind Resistance: beaufort 0-5 breeze, beaufort 6-7 wind, beaufort 8-11 storm/tropical storm, beaufort 12+ hurricane
Number of People Required for Assembly: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
Ease of Repair:
Capacity (persons):
Integral Floor:
Training Requirements:
Independent Testing Results:
Cost:
Shipping Dimensions:
Building the Infrastructure Directory
The goal of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions, and we want to be sure that we are providing the most useful information available. In lighting, for example, there is a great variety of products, ranging from flashlights the size of your hand to lanterns that can illuminate a room to flood lights. The informational categories we have identified so far are:
Product Information
Product Name:
Product Description:
Powering
Power Source: solar, electric, fuel, kinetic (please elaborate), battery (other please explain)
Further explanation:
Battery quantity and type:
Is the battery removable, built-in, or no battery?
Running time at full charge:
Charging time for battery:
Or charging time for other power source:
Populating the Website
The purpose of TIDES's infrastructure directory is to provide users with information about infrastructure solutions that may meet their needs; therefore, we want to provide users with the most useful available. The informational categories we have identified so far are:
Product Information
Product Name:
Product Description:
Water Sources: well, fog water, surface water, rainwater, spring water
Lifting and Distribution: hand pumps, powered pumps, gravity distribution
Storage and Recharge: storage of harvested rainwater, tank, groundwater -- sand dam, groundwater -- recharge
Treatment: filter, chemical treatment, boiling/pasteurization, solar/UV disinfectant, reverse osmosis, large scale commercial system
Use of Water: irrigation, pond farming, sanitation, drinking
