Survey and Mapping of Sabah Al-Ahmad Nature Reserve (Protected Area)
the Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAF)
iies won the bid of "Sabah Al-Ahmad Nature Reserve" project, iies proposed to build an enterprise GIS system by:
- Collecting the needed spatial information from the field survey, high resolution satellite images, and existing maps and data sets.
- Creation and/or updating spatial information in Sabah Al-Ahmad nature reserve such as vegetation cover, topographic map, concrete blocks, refilled locations of piles of concrete blocks, filled oil trenches and any other military fortifications elements based on the recent high resolution satellite images and field survey.
- Producing high resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from the same type of the previous high resolution satellite images.
- Provide the decision/policy makers and planners with a very easy to use monitoring tool to support the rehabilitation of Kuwaiti habitats and ecosystems on short-term and long-term bases.
- Putting all data, field data collection progress, different data sets, maps, satellite images and project reports in a secured enterprise Geo-Database.
Environment Public Authority (EPA) & Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS)
iies has supplied EPA (Kuwait) with temperature loggers (sensors) to monitor the temperature of sea water over coral reefs and also near the seabed around Cober Island (southern Kuwait). The measurements were taken hourly from May 2010 to the present. Satellite data processed with GIS-based methods was used to support the real measurements of sensors in the water. Remotely sensed data, GIS SST maps and ground temperature measurements were used to investigate the influence of El-Nino events (and climate change drivers) on the marine environment in Kuwait. In this project, iies succeeded in predicting the impact of the 2010 El-Nino event before it took place.
El-Nino has led to significant coral reef mortality in the region. This project was sponsored between the Environment Public Authority and Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS), iies was the coordinator for this project in Kuwait.
El-Nino has led to significant coral reef mortality in the region. This project was sponsored between the Environment Public Authority and Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS), iies was the coordinator for this project in Kuwait.
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
iies supplied KISR with temperature loggers to investigate the heat flux between the sediments of Kuwait Bay and the water column. Also, IIES provide KISR with SuperPad (full function mobile GIS), SuperGIS Desktop (professional Desktop GIS) along with several SuperGIS extensions and also specialized GIS training for one week. KISR has also implemented a SuperGIS online application (web-based application using a SuperGIS Server) to enhance the new technology applications. iies also provided KISR with more than 7000 square km of high resolution satellite data (Worldview 2 Satellite, 8 bands with 50 cm resolution) as part of this project.
Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
iies was contracted to build a GIS database of regional roads in Kuwait. Dar Aldowailah Engineering Consultants Company (the main contractor with MPW) choose iies to build the GIS data base for the regional roads in the southern part (section two) and the northern part (section one) of Kuwait.
Filed survey using high resolution satellite images (World View 2) with 50 cm spatial resolution- were used for 1276 square km of the project SuperGIS and ERDAS image analysis software was used for geo-referencing; enhancement; and production of detailed land use of the roads and entered into a data base, Final datasets were submitted in AutoCAD and GIS formats.
Filed survey using high resolution satellite images (World View 2) with 50 cm spatial resolution- were used for 1276 square km of the project SuperGIS and ERDAS image analysis software was used for geo-referencing; enhancement; and production of detailed land use of the roads and entered into a data base, Final datasets were submitted in AutoCAD and GIS formats.
Awqaf- KOC
iies has developed an alternative energy system in Kuwait, The Company has patented successfully a geothermal energy (heat exchange) system that provides heat to water supplies in winter and cools water in summer. The development and field testing of the method was started since 2008 and monitored with hourly temperature measurements at various depths underground. Vertical temperature gradients were constructed and used to plan the optimum depth of burial of the heat-exchanger water pipes for Kuwait city and also for application in the desert of Kuwait.
The temperature gradients are great enough to be used for summer cooling and winter heating in Kuwait. iies designed, built and implemented a system that has been installed in three Mosques in Kuwait in association with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. The systems are working very well and providing equitable water temperatures all year round.
iies has also signed a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to install a heat exchanger system on the KOC campus. Results to date are better than expected in terms of heat exchange of domestic water supplies.
The temperature gradients are great enough to be used for summer cooling and winter heating in Kuwait. iies designed, built and implemented a system that has been installed in three Mosques in Kuwait in association with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. The systems are working very well and providing equitable water temperatures all year round.
iies has also signed a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to install a heat exchanger system on the KOC campus. Results to date are better than expected in terms of heat exchange of domestic water supplies.
