Ulaanbaatar
Model Blueprint of Disaster-Resistant, Electricity-Efficient Houses Developed
Society
Ulaanbaatar, 2024 February 12 /MONTSAME/. To
minimize earthquake disaster risk, and prevent and strengthen the disaster
resistance capacity the Capital City Mayor’s Office jointly with the Capital City Urban
Development Agency has developed model blueprints of
disaster-resistant, electricity-efficient houses that meet the existing norms
and standards.
The model blueprints of houses with masonry or concrete
construction varying 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 square meters are ready for
citizens and legal entities to use free of charge.
The blueprints of 8-magnitude- earthquake-proof
houses have several options regarding different types of soil structures and independent or centrally connected infrastructures. The Capital City Urban
Development Agency stated that a house plan is required to get
a green housing loan from commercial banks and the model blueprint can be used
to meet the requirement.
As part of the Strengthening the Capacity of Seismic
Disaster Risk Management in Ulaanbaatar Project the Japan International Cooperation
Agency conducted an earthquake disaster risk assessment of the capital city in
2012-2013. According to that assessment, 47.8 percent of buildings in the
central six districts and 80 percent of the ger districts were defined as at high
risk of collapsing in earthquakes.
