  Following five years of research and development, California start-up and provider of disaster relief technology Green Horizon has begun shipping a solar-powered services hub capable of providing electricity and clean water to disaster-hit communities  Being essentially a kit that fits inside a shipping container, once delivered to the disaster zone, QuickHab can be put together in mere hours to provide a temporary home for two people  San Francisco builder James Pope was compelled to develop a practical relief shelter following Hurricane Katrina, when thousands of trailers provided to victims by FEMA were found to emit formaldehyde fumes