Reducing Carbon and Improving Thermal Comfort for an Orphan Village in Rural Liberia

The project presented in this paper tested a variety of strategies and adapted them to the specific program, climate, society, materials, and methods of construction currently available in rural Liberia. The team used a series of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations to assess the best combination of ventilation strategies for thermal comfort. These recommendations were then constructed and tested in the first built prototype, a communal home for orphans on a new eco-village near Buchanan City.

Keywords: Natural Ventilation, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Public Interest Design