These Emergency Igloo Shelters Are Helping Homeless People in France Survive Freezing Temperatures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มี.ค. 2018
- Geoffroy de Reynal is an engineer who designed waterproof shelters, which are made of polyethylene foam and aluminum foil.
His invention intends to tackle the high rates of homelessness in urban centers like Paris and help those who are most vulnerable when temperatures drop drastically.
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With little air vents, I’m sure the homeless stay warm with this method. Without a body heat warm shelter they’d freeze to death. A good man created these igloos to save lives. They’re light weight to easily transport, too. Great idea. This world needs more caring people to help the less fortunate.
Wow, what an awesome human being! Gives me hope in humanity! Huge amounts of LOVE (and hugs) to him and his family.
Keep up the great work.
We need to find solutions like this to help homeless people in cold and extreme hot climates.
Things like this restore my faith in humanity.
AWESOME JOB!
Where are they being sold at is the question
Want one for my bedroom. Live in a cold home.
Greetings from India,
We have been working on several prototypes of foldable shelters for the homeless, its extremely light in weight yet strong, compact can carry in a bagpack, weather proof, it has a hand crank generator, comes with a heating /cooling unit and mobile charging. This would help so many homeless, id like to hear your thoughts on it.
Share the details hope it helps the not so fortunate in difficult times.
Kind regards,
Punit Patel
put advertisements on these and have them funded by corporations and put through out citys , someone pass the idea to the inventor ive been trying . GOD would love this and GOD bless us all.
There would not be homeless if your worthless God did his job.
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP You are saying that God who gave us all the required things equally like air, is to blame for our laziness and selfishness. You know one of the top teachings from our lord Jesus Christ is to love our brothers like we love ourselves and he showed us how much he loves us on the cross. So, how come this God is to be blamed for our greediness and selfishness. I really hope u will find your way to God one day and understand this. Love from an Orthodox Christian.
@@bestmoviescenes5073 Why your God allow so much pain, suffering and misery? Maybe cause he dont exist or sucks at his job?
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP Im sure u dont believe that nothing created everything bs, right? And do u think the creator of this well balanced and everything on purpose universe sucks at his job? I dont think so. Jesus died on the cross, so we can live with him after death, not because he want us to live in wealth in this world. And he taught us how to earn that by following the ten commandments. If everyone of us live by those rules we could live a happy and peaceful life on this universe too. Unfortunately, we dont. So all this suffering and pain is happening because of our doings not Gods fault.
I love the design, it's very efficient.
However, if the homeless person was not able to leave the shelter in place, but needed to cart the shelter, then perhaps an A-frame type of of shelter might be easier to cart around? Something that could be folded up and carted away easily. I'm curious what size holes there are for fresh air? Or maybe where the foam attaches gives enough fresh air?
Maybe there is an insulation that is just as good that could be compressed when not in use? Perhaps a shelter could be more portable with that type of insulation if it exists. I love the idea of heating a small shelter with your body heat. A body gives off about 100 watts of heat energy when at rest. This fact is compensated for when designing AC load capacity for buildings with lots of people.
I did some research. Here is a video of the shelter in use. It does fold in the top of the roof. So I take back my idea of an A-frame, this design is the best. You can also see lots of places where light comes in, so the shelter does get plenty of fresh air.
th-cam.com/video/fGe3QUeUzkM/w-d-xo.html
And here is the designers website:
www.iglou.fr/eng
it's a fantastic idea but why you don't put the building plans on internet so overall in the world other people can build this for Homeless People. and distributed for free
Well he can't do that and profit $9970.00 off of each igloo!
@@ncgunrunner2588 You are clueless.
Because then his friends in Government can't get the construction contract and bill the tax payers $25,0000 each and give him kickbacks.
Kind of the idea. Someone like you wouldn't understand a simple concept like this.
Can I have a link to where to buy?
Where can i buy one, let me know quick before i go withhout shelter
Wonderful idea. Politicians take note.
sell them to the public(if goverment regulations dont stop you) and use profits to make more for the homeless
How thick is the foam and did it come with the pieces already cut to fit together like a puzzle? How many sheets including doors does it take?I would like to build 1 of these are plans available??
What about CO2 buildup inside that igloo? Is there a vent?
Cool idea
Santiago Hernandez for a coufin
Can you buy these?
Are these shelters available in the USA? IF yes What is their web site contact info?
If you know an organisation which could make them, or organise the making of them, the charity which organises it in France would be delighted to help you. (They are made in France, not in Asia, a conscious decision to not export jobs. (The raw materials, as we all know, are another matter,) www.iglou.fr/eng
There homeless ,where are they going to store this?
Когда нечем заняться и как загадить природу
Hmm... This dude collected $20,000 of donated money to build just 10 foam board "igloos"? Just 10? Really? I can get that exact same foam board at my local hardware store for $20.00 each. Aluminum tape...$10.00 = $30.00 per coffin. So he profits $9970.00 per igloo coffin? Such a hero for humanity hu? Pffff...
Not so fast. Stop and think. Where are the vents and what is their flow rate in still and breeze conditions? Let's see the numbers. Without vents, single wall tents usually become soakers insider. And vents allow heat to be removed as well as CO2 and admit oxygen replacement. Venting is a precise thing and necessary for all single wall small tents. A good idea but we need more details which I'm sure you'll want to include, being an engineer.
Not an igloo. Foam casket.
Your ignorance is amazing.
No ventilation!
Fire!
Good concept but needs some serious changes made! I can see there being fatalities as they are.
Ummmm, what about ventilation??
Do you know how much homeless steal from each other....you think they wont be stealing these from each other. Also what person is gonna carry this around
This doesnt combat the homeless problem, if anything its incentivizing being homeless.