solar-powered village
Egypt’s first solar-powered village has risen from the desert. Located in Bahariy
Workers Village currently provides shelter for 350 people. KarmBuild says it
design”, and its use of local, natural materia
A
ccording to Inhabitat, KarmBuild, which is the only company
in Egypt to provide solar technology into a building’s design, is
providing Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis village with integrated solar
panels, that are going to help in sheltering 350 people.
The senior architect on the project, Karim Kafrawi, says that solar
panels in Egypt are often overlooked because they are deemed too
difficult to integrate into buildings; however, in reality, the designs
are going to provide the Tayebat Workers Village with sunlight
energy and act as thermal roof protection.
He also adds that the panels will be embedded into the buildings unnoticeably,
and that they will not ruin the general view of the desert village from afar unless
one towers over them. The use of sandstone was an environmentally-friendly
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