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1. Technical & Sustainable Solutions
Introduction Brochure
March 2011
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2. Technology for you and the environment
INTRODUCTION
Competitiveness might be defined as the set of factors that determine the level of
productivity, and productivity sets the sustainable level of prosperity that can be
achieved. Thus, more competitive means able to produce higher levels of income.
Technological innovation is one of the 12 pilars of economic competitiveness. Moreover,
the gains of the other pillars eventually seem to run into diminishing returns, and in the
long term true gains will be achieved only with technological innovation (Porter M. and
Scwab A., 2008)
For many years mankind competitiveness has focused only in economic development
without considering natural resources. But in 1972 the famous report entitled "The limits
of growth" has great impact due to its dramatic conclusion that for a closed system like
the earth is impossible to experience exponential growth without collapsing. The concept
TSS Solutions for: of sustainable development means extracting resources preserving a rich environment
able to supply the required resources without sacrificing future generations (Colombo U.,
Hydraulic 2001)
GIS & Surveying
Therefore, in order to take a good desicion, is important to analyze all the possible
Cloud & Cluster Computing
alternatives and analyze its impact in economy, society and environment. Numerical
Home & Office models are vital tool for such task, as they allow us to understand and explain natural
phenomenas
TECHNICAL & USTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
Technical & Sustainable Solutions (TSS) is a new engineering services provider focused in
applying the advantages provided by computers and new technologies in order to get
solutions and improvements for a sustainable development of our society.
OUR SERVICES
We offer to our clients not only different software and computer tools, but also technical
support. We offer the best and most renowned Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
software applied to engineering areas such as hydraulic, hydrology, GIS and surveying.
Moreover, offer the possibility to combine such software with new technologies in order
to maximize benefits. We kindly invite you to take a look at our products and we will be
glad to answer any further question you might have, just send us an email to:
References cited:
Schwab K., PorterM.E., 2008. The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009,
World Economic Forum, Geneve - Switzerland
Colombo U., 2001. The Club of Rome and Sustainable Development. Futures 33
(1), 7-11
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3. HYDRAULIC
Numerical modeling is a powerful
Numerical modelling is a tool in
any engineering in any engineering
powerful toolfield. Once the model is set
up a wide range of model can easily a
field. Once the scenarios is set upbe
evaluated. Nevertheless, numerical models
wide range of scenarios can
must be be evaluated.
easily used carefully without falling into
the black-box concept that may lead to
Nevertheless, numerical models
errors. In Technical Solutions for
must be used carefully without
Sustainability, we are aware not only of the
falling into the black-box concept
benefits that might be achieved by the use
that may lead to errors.
of numerical models, but also aware of the
importance of all the stages involved in the
In Technical Solutions for
setup of a numerical model in order to
Sustainability, we are aware not
obtain reliable results. Therefore, not only HEC-RAS
only of the best and most renowned be
we offer the benefits that might
achieved by the use of numerical
hydraulic software, but also technical
This model developed by the USACE allows to perform 1D steady flow, unsteady flow,
models, all the stages of yourof the
support in but also aware project. sediment/transport bed computations and water temperature modeling.
importance of all the stages
involved in the setup of a HEC-HMS
numerical model in order to This modeling system developed by the USACE is designed to simulate the precipitation-
Modeling
obtain reliable results. Therefore, runoff processes of dendritic watershed systems. It is designed to be applicable in a wide
not only we offer the best and range of geographic areas for solving the widest possible range of problems. This includes
We provide technical assistance in all the
most renowned hydraulic
stages of you modeling task, such as setting large river basin water supply and flood hydrology, and small urban or natural watershed
software, but also technical
up, data input, calibration and output runoff.
support in all the stages tools that
analysis. Moreover, we develop of your
project. and eases the use of the
automates Mike 11
software according to your need.
This model developed by DHI is synonymous with top quality river modeling covering
more application areas than any other river modeling package.
Courses and Webinars Mike Urban
This software developed by DHI is the urban water modeling software of choice when the
We provide different courses of many
hydraulic software. important parameters for model selection are usability, work flow, openness, flexibility
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engines. MIKE URBAN covers all water in the city, including: sewers - combined or
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request. EPANET
This software developed by the US EPA models water distribution piping systems. It is a
Windows 95/98/NT/XP program that performs extended-period simulation of the
hydraulic and water quality behavior within pressurized pipe networks.
GPSX
This software from Hydromantis is a modular, multi-purpose computer program for the
modeling and simulation of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants.
Whether you are designing a new facility, or simulating an existing plant, GPS-X will help
you improve your design and operating efficiency.
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4. GIS & Surveying
Geographic Information System (GIS) is any
information system that integrates, stores,
edits, analyzes, shares, and displays
geographic information for
informingdecision making.
GIS technology can be applied to almost
any human related activity. Although
originally was used to support scientific
ARCGIS
research, nowaday it is applied to many
fields including economics or marketing ArcGIS is a system for people who rely on accurate geographic information to make
decisions. It facilitates collaboration and lets you easily author data, maps, globes, and
models on the desktop and serve them out for use on a desktop, in a browser, or in the
Services field, depending on the needs of your organization.
We provide you assistance in finding the SAGA-GIS
right tool for your needs, but also in any SAGA's first objective is to give (geo-)scientists an effective but easy learnable platform for
problem you might have. We also provide the implementation of geoscientific methods. This is achieved by SAGA's unique
scripts according to your needs that will
Application Programming Interface (API). The second is to make these methods accessible
improve your results, and save lot of time.
in a user friendly way, what is first of all done by its Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Together this results in SAGA's true strength: a fast growing set of geoscientifc methods
ready to be used in numerous applications.
Courses and webinars
Online GIS
We organize free webinars on different
topics, and we can arrange special This model developed by DHI is synonymous with top quality river modelling covering
webinars about specific topic under your more application areas than any other river modelling package.
request.
Web data aquisition tools
Topographic data is the basis for any study or project related with earth surface. The most
common way to obtain sch data is to perform in situ surveying. Nebverheless, this is a
very expensive and time consuming task. There were many satellite missions like
GTOPO30, ETOPO5 or SRTM that provides data of different resolutions. Such data have
already proved to have great potential for many applications. However, user needs to
search all data providers, and procces such data. We've already gone through that task of
searching and finding ways to proccess such data, so we are able to save lot of time and
effort by providing you with data according your needs, or linking to the best alternative
according your needs. As an example, you can try our free application Any Longitudinal
Profile (ALP), which automatically links you to a google applications. Other example is our
newest product Earth Cross Section RAS (ECSR), where you give the coordinates and it
automatically creates the cross section in a given HEC-RAS project. For obtaining the
profile according to your coordinates.
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5. Cloud & Cluster Computing
1945 was an inflexion point that modifdied
the nature of global interactions, not only
because the succesful test of Almogodro,
but also the creation of ENIAC, the first
computer. Since then, computers and their
benefits have had an exponential
development. Over the last 20 years we
witnesed the appearance and development
of the internet, a new technology involved
in any aspect of human society, such as
communication, learning, working or free
time
Cluster Computing
Those are very dynamic areas innovating
every day, one day of and you are obsolete. Computer industry realized that now the improvement of performance will be achieved
At TSS we offer you different ways to by increasing the number of processors, rather than improving a single one, and running
maximize your benefits from computer multpiple applications in parallel. Thanks to the wide availability of computers at low cost,
application and internet. paralellisms is not only multicore, but also distributed computing. Thus, we can easily use
one sungle computer to control others, but also to run many application in parallel and
geting the results transfered to a single file.
Services
Cloud Computing
We provide you assistance in setting up the Cloud Computing is a kind of distributred computing taking advantages of the new
service that fit your needs the best, and the
possibilites offered by internet. With cloud computing you minize your investing, by using
use of it. We also develop computing codes
a pay as you go method. This technology allows you to create a virtual computer with your
and scripts according to your needs, in
order to improve your results. needs, use it and then pay just for what you have used.
New Application
Courses and webinars At TSS we are always looking for the newest advances and applications in the IT area, so
that we can offer you different innovations to improve your results.
We organize free webinars on different For instance, we can menthion some of our developments such as:
topics, and we can arrange special
webinars about specific topic under your *ARAS: Automating HEC-RAS is a tool that automates HEC-RAS. This tool proved to be very
request. useful for advanced analysis such as uncertainty or optimization.
*ALP: Any Longitudinal Profile is a tool where you give coordinates, then it connects to
webdatabases and plots the longitudinal profile of those coordinates.
ECSR: Earth Cross Section Ras is a tool where you input coordinates, then it connects to
webdatabases and creates a Cross Sections into a HEC-RAS Geometry File.
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6. Home & Office
As we are always using and testing
different software applications, we would
like to share with your our experiences,
so can benefit from our experiences and
use the applications that we consider the
most useful ones.
Most of those applications are free, and
some ones have a small cost, but the
improvements achieved will be so much,
so will be good investment.
Programming Languages
Services
A computing code is a specification ofa computation algorithm. Since computer neither
We assist you in order to find the best and get bored, nor need to eat, they have the same performance for such task no matter how
newest computing application for your many times it has to be repeated. There are many computer programming languages,
needs. scrpits for coding algorithms, such as VB, Delphi, C++, Python, Php, Javascripts, Batch
codes, Mathlab and more. We offer our experience in order to solve problems you might
have or to develop a specific computing code according to your needs.
Services
MS Office
We provide you assistance in setting up the Although its popularity, many people missuse MS Office, by using the very basic
service that fit your needs the best, and the
applications, almost like simple typing machine. We will be glad to help you discovering
use of it. We also develop computing codes
very useful tools.
and scripts according to your needs, in
order to improve your results.
Inkscape
This freeware is An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to
Courses and webinars Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha
We organize free webinars on different blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy
topics, and we can arrange special to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also
webinars about specific topic under your aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-
request. oriented development.model developed by DHI is synonymous with top quality river
modelling covering more application areas than any other river modelling package.
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7. Questions and Comments about our services
We also develop fit for purpose tools and software according to your
needs. For instance, you are invited to test our free tool such as ARAS that
automates HEC-RAS features, or ECSR that automatically creates HEC-RAS
cross sections from web sources.
This brochure was just a small introduction of our services. We are not
just a service provider. We want not only to fulfill you requirements, but
to show you the newest technologies available, and get you interested in
the use of such technologies in order to get a sustainable world for our
future generations.
If you need our services, or for any questions you might have, just contact
us, and we will be glad to assist you or organice a webinar according to
your needs. Contact us via:
Email: tss.vraag@gmail.com
Website: www.hometss.com
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We kindly invite you to join our effort for a sustainable world.
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