Promoting sustainable building in Africa
September 3, 2010
By By Staff Sgt. Heather Stanton, Combined Join Task Force-Horn of Africa, Public Affairs Office
Story Highlights
- Civil Affairs experiments with sustainable building design
- Earth architecture may prove viable alternative in Horn of Africa
- American forces in Djibouti build earth architecture eco-dome protoype
U.S. Army Sgt. Amanda Broome, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Surgeon Cell animal care specialist, works on the construction of an Eco-Dome prototype with the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion Aug. 27 in Djibouti. The Eco-Dome was engineered by the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture to provide comfortable, economical and sustainable building solutions for impoverished and natural disaster stricken-areas. The design ensures the structure will be resistant to earthquakes, fire, flood and hurricanes.
