--- title: MIT-led project opens first climate shelter in Bangladesh description: MIT's Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project has opened its first 'adaptation fortress' at a school in Satkhira, southwestern Bangladesh — a solar-powered... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-led-project-opens-first-climate-shelter-in-bangladesh-gp6bz4rd8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT-led project opens first climate shelter in Bangladesh | daily.dev og:description: MIT's Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project has opened its first 'adaptation fortress' at a school in Satkhira, southwestern Bangladesh — a solar-powered... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-led-project-opens-first-climate-shelter-in-bangladesh-gp6bz4rd8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gP6Bz4rd8.png og:image:alt: MIT-led project opens first climate shelter in Bangladesh og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT-led project opens first climate shelter in Bangladesh **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT's Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project has opened its first 'adaptation fortress' at a school in Satkhira, southwestern Bangladesh — a solar-powered community shelter designed to protect up to 200 people during extreme heat emergencies and 500 during cyclones. The facility features air conditioning, rainwater harvesting, battery backup, and a net-metering system to fund its own maintenance. Built in collaboration with BRAC International, it is a pilot project that will be monitored with remote sensors, with a second fortress planned for Jashore district before end of 2026 and potential to scale to 1,250 sites across southwestern Bangladesh. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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