February 29, 2024
Newsletter February 2024
MEER’s Sensor Poles Implementation in Crab Town
The Urban Cooling Project is gaining momentum with the installation of 700 sensors on poles in the centre of Crab Town, a district in Freetown.

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Newsletter March 2024
India Sensor Deployment
The MEER team based in India has been working diligently over the past week to conduct a survey of the project site and install the first set of sensors.
March 30, 2024
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Crab Town Training day
The communications team provided atraining session for some of the local women in Crab Town, where our communityproject is taking place. The training session aims to equip the participantswith the necessary skills to conduct an in-person survey in Crab Town.
March 24, 2024
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Coming to Africa
In this episode, Dr. Tao discusses the challenges of finding the right community to conduct cooling experiments and the overall economic and housing situation in Crab Town and Aberdeen. We also delve into the impact of humidity as a crucial environmental factor, with potentially serious consequences, particularly for the elderly. We explore how a massive dust storm affected the mirrors in the short and long run. Finally, we discuss the latest heat adaptation plans in Freetown. We hope you find the conversation enlightening.
March 16, 2024
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