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Design for Mongolia
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One can learn a lot from designing a yurt or `ger’ for Mongolia. Find out which lessons Ivy found most important.
Oct 2 Oct 2 Design for Mongolia Ivy Running “ Pollution—and the associated disease and death—is one of the biggest problems facing Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and up to 70% of that pollution comes from coal-burning stoves in their ger [1], or yurts. When I was a student, our engineering capstone team was given the challenge to create a heating system for Mongolian ger that would eliminate the need for coal stoves. It had to be low cost and consume very little energy. This was especially important because the system was being designed for the ger districts, or the low-income population of Mongolia.
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