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Pot-in-pot evaporative coolers.
Pot-in-pot evaporative coolers.
Current and recent evaporative cooling research projects
  • Mali: design and dissemination of clay pot coolers

  • Kenya: design and user research of room-sized coolers

  • Gujarat, India: suitability scoping, dissemination of brick cooling chambers

  • Uganda: dissemination of clay pot cooler and brick cooling chambers


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