Mi Africabound doctors shelter relied on local technology WEEKEND EXTRA Friday April IBS Pages By CHRIS Start Writer An Insectresistant super- insulated house built by a company will find a permanent location near the east coast of Tan zania in Africa by early Alfred Neumann president manager of Products of Acton a home bit company built using special Insulation Now bound for Africa the house will provide comfortable quarter for a million doctor In Tanzania and both the government and the Canadian High Commission are interested in teeing easily built relatively inexpensive structure more widely used in the country I Herald photo Hotel rescue earns award for Bill Cunningham Joining a number of other Canadian firms Condecor Products Ltd of Acton is supporting an unusual miss ion project coordinated by the Catholic order of the Precious Blood Fathers and Brothers and the Roman Catholic diocese of Toronto Insulation research fuel conservation minded housing designs worked out at the Condecor centre about three miles west of Acton have created a lightweight easy tobuld doctor quart era for the mission which can withstand temperature ex tremes between degrees and degrees Fahrenheit Much of the technology which built the bouse general manager Alfred Neumann told The Herald Monday was developed to withstand Canada drastic climate variances A special wooden dome built at the Condecor centre uses the same type of rigid urethane Insulation which shrouds the building destined for Africa The experimental dome consumes barely cents of electricity per day to main tain Its eight foot by 12foot interior temperature at degrees Although the doctors residence is built with steel support struts as a precaution against termites and Is considerably larger by feet Mr Neumann expects that it should remain comfortable with minimal beating and air conditioning The tongue and groove locking of the 3 Inch thick sandwiches oped under a lie ense by Georgetown Con serve Cover Product Ltd prevents air leakages around the house keeping cool air inside during hot weather and cold out in the winter Under Tanzania winter conditions Mr Neumann sold all that the houses residents would need for heal would be a small 1000- watt heater Complete with a bedroom living room kitchen ties and a cold storage room for medicine and food the house easy to build and light enough to transport without much trouble Mis Ion officials like Toronto- based Precious Blood order Brother Anthony hope that the doctors house expert men l will grow to house other villages near the mission We chose this bouse be cause its quite suitable or our needs Brother Anthony said It light keeps out insects and requires minimal building skills from the local population Eventually the order hopes that through arrange ments between the Canadian High Commission and the Tnnzanlan government the entire building process In eluding making the insula slabs can be done in Tanzania But for the moment the houses ability to keep its residents comfortable will be closely documented before either government get act involved with the pro ject It a a giant step forward for these people living in mud huts Brother Anthony said adding that the building Free legal aid Lawyer David Craig or the Halloo Hills Community Legal Aid Clinic brings his expertise to the Georgetown public library April 8 between and 9pm for a free legal aid session would be erected In the undue hi mission near the capital sometime in July and is being readied for shipment this week In an area plagued by acute water shortages the Precious Blood order and its group of young adult volun teers will have constructed watermill pumps by the end of the year The doctors residence will Join two schools built by the mission since 1976 Though still a prototype bound for an arid African climate Mr Neumann said the building cons unction Is equally adaptable to Canadian demands with few modifications The building lightweight makes It mobile and Its low 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