{"id":356994,"date":"2010-02-24T04:26:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T09:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/containerhomes-to-provide-shipping-container-emergency-shelters-for-haiti\/"},"modified":"2010-02-24T04:26:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T09:26:33","slug":"containerhomes-to-provide-shipping-container-emergency-shelters-for-haiti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/356994","title":{"rendered":"ContainerHomes to provide shipping container emergency shelters for Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/24\/shipping-container-homes-for-haiti_1_IgsYl_69.jpg\" alt=\"shipping container homes for haiti_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Homes made using recycled shipping containers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.containerhomes.net\/\">ContainerHomes<\/a> is currently working with several NGOs to provide emergency shelters for displaced people in earthquake-hit Haiti. Traditionally tents have been used for the same, but shipping container homes offer a much safer and an economically sound solution.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"450\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eOU8c12Gecw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eOU8c12Gecw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The company is creating emergency shelters using heavy gauge steel shipping containers found in most ports around the world, which can withstand 145mph winds. The 40-foot-long container home can house between 12-20 people in bunk beds. Each unit features a kitchen, bathroom, electricity, plumbing, windows and doors to provide a more comfortable and dignified living space than tent shelters. <\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2010\/02\/prweb3576504.htm\">PR Web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Homes made using recycled shipping containers. ContainerHomes is currently working with several NGOs to provide emergency shelters for displaced people in earthquake-hit Haiti. Traditionally tents have been used for the same, but shipping container homes offer a much safer and an economically sound solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}