{"id":7360,"date":"2015-11-28T08:08:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T07:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2015-11-28T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T14:49:34","slug":"pallet-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/pallet-house\/","title":{"rendered":"A DIY Pallet House, ecological and low-cost!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year nearly 21 million pallets<\/strong> end up in landfills, it’s a waste<\/strong> that cannot continue. We have already seen here some ideas to reuse\u00a0these in the house<\/a>, but if they were used for something more important?<\/p>\n

84% of refugees<\/strong> around the world could have a house with only a year’s supply of pallets in the United States. It is from here that the idea of \u200b\u200bthe humanitarian project Pallet House<\/strong> was born in the architectural firm American I-Beam Design.<\/p>\n

The Pallet House was conceived as a temporary shelter for the refugees returned to Kosovo after the war: no longer the classic tent, but something lasting<\/strong> and that could give more the idea of \u200b\u200bhome<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Currently, according to the latest UN data, there are 60 million refugees and displaced people<\/strong> in the world living in refugee camps for in\u00a0average 7 years, and someone for their\u00a0entire lives.<\/p>\n

It is clear therefore that it is essential to provide a home, even with its limitations, to all these people.<\/p>\n

\"Rendering<\/a>
Rendering of a refugee camp in Somalia with the Pallet Houses<\/div><\/div>\n

Building a Pallet House is simple and has a very low cost<\/strong>. For a house of about 23 square meters are used 100 recycled pallets (some of these have already come to the camps thanks to shipments of food and medicine) and the work of 4-5 people with very common tools; a house is ready in less than a week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The pallets are an inexpensive material, easily available and highly versatile<\/strong>: each family can build according to their\u00a0needs. The pallets\u00a0adapt to almost all types of climates in the world and houses can be completed with locally available materials<\/strong>: tarpaulins or covers to prevent the penetration of water;\u00a0soil, wood and straw to cover the outside and provide insulation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t