Eco-friendly homes offer climate resilience in Senegal- Heating Planet at CofA Blog

Matam region "house built from raw Nubian earth naturally stays cooler in a region where temperatures regularly reach up to 40° C"  FRANCE 24 English clip/transcript. [Africa seeks solutions now for heat issues USA and other nations could face soon. -kay blogger]

northeastern Senegal, 0:02 Aloo Senu and his family now live in a 0:04 house built from raw earth using Nubian 0:07 vault architecture. Their home naturally 0:10 stays cooler in a region where 0:12 temperatures regularly reach up to 40° 0:14 C. 0:18 I'm very happy with this new house. It's 0:21 very different from the cement houses we 0:23 had before. 0:27 The construction method and architecture 0:29 are better suited to the high 0:30 temperatures here and our way of life. 0:35 These homes were built with the support 0:36 of the association for the development 0:38 of Agnam Leubi, a community living in 0:41 France. So far, 29 houses have been 0:44 constructed for nearly 300 residents of 0:46 the village. 0:48 Richard, an entrepreneur specializing in 0:50 Nubian vaults from Bikina Faso, is the 0:52 master builder behind these homes. 0:57 We have very thick walls that are 60 cm 0:59 thick. This keeps out heat and humidity 1:02 when it's hot outside. When you come 1:03 inside, you feel the coolness. That's 1:05 the advantage of the Nubian vault. It's 1:07 also cheaper than cement construction 1:09 because we have the earth on site. 1:12 The project has completely transformed 1:14 the village where residents are now 1:15 promoting this type of more 1:17 environmentally friendly construction. 1:23 With this project, we are using local 1:25 resources. 1:27 There are no negative consequences for 1:29 the environment. 1:31 What's more, constructing these Nubian 1:33 vault buildings limits the use of wood 1:36 and helps combat deforestation. 1:41 With a cost of over €150,000, 1:44 around 30 other houses of this type are 1:47 currently under construction in the 1:48 village with completion scheduled for 1:51