This project, sponsored by the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, aimed to create a pilot program to provide Pico Solar Home Systems to students without sufficient access to light in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia. Working with various organizations and the Immanuel Shifidi Secondary School we created a selection process, installation and monitoring procedures, and a way in which to evaluate the impacts the systems have on students.

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Creator

• Russell, Westley David
• Yilmaz, Saadet Nur
• Konicki, ErinMari
• Korpacz, Alexander Nicholas

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Energy
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050714-052059

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Community development
• Solar energy

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Belz, Melissa

Year

• 2014

Center

• Windhoek, Namibia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Desert Research Foundation of Namibia

Date created

• 2014-05-07

Location

• Windhoek

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright