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SUMMARY:Humanitarian tents - Thermal performance and internal air quality
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:During the Summer of 2019 and Winter of 2019/2020\, a collabor
 ation within the Smart Living Lab comprising FAR\, HOBEL\, Building 2050 a
 nd TRANSFORM/croqAIR research groups tested the thermal performance of hum
 anitarian tents and the internal air quality associated with use of wood-f
 ired stoves for winter heating. This Smart Living Lunch presentation will 
 review experimental results and the conclusions drawn on 18 November 2020 
 from 11:00 to 12:00 in Fribourg.\n\nHumanitarian tents are critical to the
  provision of shelter for people displaced by conflict and natural disaste
 rs. UNHCR - the UN agency responsible for providing assistance to refugees
  and internally displaced people (IDPs) - provided emergency shelters to m
 ore than 150\,000 people in 2018 alone\, with tents being the main emergen
 cy shelter solution. While intended for emergency shelter\, tents are ofte
 n the the only shelter available for refugees and IDPs for prolonged perio
 ds in difficult weather conditions\, including extreme heat and cold.\n\nT
 he thermal performances and indoor air quality tests made by the Smart Liv
 ing Lab enable a comparison of humanitarian tent designs\, including a com
 parison between the Standard Family Tent\, which has been the global stalw
 art of humanitarian response for many years\, and a new Geodesic Family Te
 nt.\n\nThe smart living lunches take place once a month from 11:00 to 12:0
 0 in Fribourg to present the research activities of the Smart Living Lab. 
 A networking lunch is served after the presentation. These events are desi
 gned for the Smart Living Lab's community.
LOCATION:HBL 0 21A\, Smart Living Lab\, Fribourg https://plan.epfl.ch/?roo
 m==HBL%200%2021A
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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