Heat-safe housing for people who cannot afford mechanical cooling for low-income communities
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Brazil, South America
WS04983
Higher temperatures may make ordinary housing unsafe even where electricity is available. The future challenge is combining passive design, cooling networks, public spaces, and equitable energy pricing. The solution must work with limited capital, intermittent services, and local maintenance capacity. The research opportunity is to define measurable success criteria, test the approach in realistic settings, identify failure modes, and create a pathway from prototype to accountable deployment.