ABSTRACT
Rural Baugladeshis face many problems; low incomes due to an inability to participate in wealth generating activities, access to clean drinking water and loss of shelter due to flooding and cyclonic conditions. More durable building materials, based on building lime, would reduce shelter losses and facilitate the harvesting of rainwater for provision of clean drinking water. Producing such materials as a complimentary activity to agriculture could provide an additional income stream for some of the world's poorest people. The use of solar energy to process common waste products, such as shells from the fishing and Ger farming industries, could facilitate such an opportunity.
Proposals for design improvements to increase the payload capacity of a solar kiln through changes to traditional kiln operation, and methods of reducing heat losses so as to achieve efficient production of Building Lime are presented. Building lime based products would facilitate more durable shelters, in regions where supplies of traditionally harvested building materials are becoming scarce.
