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Smart housing prototype shows promise in rapidly urbanising Africa

8 years ago

United Kingdom’s first purpose-built, low-cost energy smart house, capable of exporting more energy to the national electricity grid than it uses, designed and built by experts from Cardiff University.

Africa is urbanizing fast, as its population grows and many flocks to cities in search of jobs, education and healthcare. Studies show that hundreds of millions more Africans will live in cities over the next three decades.

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