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Development of Passive Cooling at the Gobabeb Research & Training Centre and Surrounding Communities
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open in viewerThe Gobabeb Research and Training Centre of the Namib Desert, Namibia has technology - rooms that overheat. We were tasked to passively cool these rooms. We acquired contextual - information and collected temperature data to determine major heat sources to develop a solution. - We concluded that the sun and internal technology were the major sources of heat gain. Based on - prototyping, we recommend the GRTC implement evaporative cooling, shading, reflective paints, - insulation, and ventilation methods to best cool their buildings. Additionally, we generalized this - process for use in surrounding communities.
- This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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- E-project-102418-124924
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- 2018
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- 2018-10-24
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- 2021-02-03
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