Yurt forum,
Are you an experienced yurt enthusiast that wants to help improve the lives of Mongolians living in yurts?
My name is Jesse Buckingham and I'm working with a team out of Stanford's Design School (as part of Design for Extreme Affordability:
Design for Extreme Affordability) and an NGO (Gerhub:
GerHub) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to develop a cleaner and cheaper way for people in Mongolian's Ger (aka yurt) communities to stay warm in the winter.
We want to better insulate the yurts used in Mongolia to reduce coal consumption and improve the terrible air pollution in the main city. Can you help us?
Our team is new to yurt construction. Do you know best practices for insulating Gers? Do you know where most of the heat is lost? Do you know what the most cost effective
methods and materials are?
We would love your assistance. If you're willing, send me an email and / or reply to this thread and we can set up a phone call, or even a coffee if you're near the Stanford campus (Palo Alto, CA)!
Thank you in advance for your support.
All the best,
Jesse
jbuck at stanford.edu
Assistance for Stanford students redesigning the Mongolian Ger?
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