Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético
IIGE is a research institute that promotes development, innovation and transmission of technology focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy. The institute aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the Ecuadorian society, through the implementation of energy efficient and energy renewable policies and projects.
Country of registration
Ecuador
Network member number
N0027
Acronym
IIGE
Address
<p>N35-37 Iñaquito Street and Juan Pablo Sánz Street. Building of the College of Economist of Pichincha, 4th floor, Quito 170507, Ecuador.</p>
Website
Relation to CTCN
Network Member
Knowledge Partner
TA proponent
Enablers
Capacity building and training
Governance and planning
Type of organisation
Research and academic institution
Type of climate technology services
Capacity building
Collaboration in innovation
Policy and planning
CTCN Keyword Matches
Advanced biofuels
Agriculture
Agriculture and Forestry
Appliance standards
Appliances and equipment
Biochar
Bioenergy
Biofuels from algae
Biomass briquettes or pellets
Biomass carbon measurement and monitoring
Biomass for heating
Biomass power
Biomass transport
Black liquor
Building automation
Building construction
Building design and material
Building Energy Management Systems
Building envelope thermal insulation
Building life cycle and integrated design process
Building materials
Building standards and codes
Buildings
Charcoal production for cooking and heating
Conventional power plant efficiency
Cool roofs
Crop drying
Cropland
Daylight harnessing
Eco-design
Efficient air conditioning systems
Efficient supply chains
Electric vehicles
Electronic control systems
Elevated buildings
Embedding climate variability in hydropower design
Energy efficiency
Energy storage
Energy supply from waste
Ethanol fuel
Fossil fuel shift
Fuel switch in industry
Gasification of waste
Geothermal
Geothermal heating
Greening the built environment
Heat pumps
Heating - Ventilation and Air Conditioning
High performance building facades
Higher efficiency oil power
Higher efficiency steam boiler
Hydropower
Improved cook stoves
Increasing crop resilience and productivity
Indirect evaporative cooling
Industry
Infrastructure and Urban planning
Insulation in buildings
Integrated solid waste management
Land transport
Land use in human settlements
Large hydropower
Livestock management
Manufacturing industry
Manure management
Modal shift from car to cycling
More efficient heavy duty vehicles
More efficient light duty vehicles
Municipal solid waste
New building design
Oil to LPG
Passive house design
Phase change materials for thermal energy storage
Renewable energy
Renewable energy resource mapping
Retrofitting of existing buildings
Seawater desalination
Single cycle to combined cycle power generation
Small-scale Combined Heat and Power
Solid waste
Sustainable design
Sustainable fertilizers
Sustainable spatial planning
Switch from fossil fuel to biomass
Traditional building materials and design
Transport
Transport of raw fuels
Urban design and spatial planning
Urban infrastructure development
Use of alternative water sources
Vehicle and fuel technologies
Waste heat recovery
Waste Management
Wastewater
Wastewater management systems
Water
Sector(s) of expertise
Renewable energy
Energy efficiency
Transport
Waste management
Active in
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay