Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.

[1] The construction of a field school began in 1962, inspired by David Ben-Gurion's vision of developing a thriving Jewish culture in the arid Negev.

The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research has developed a solar energy research program focusing on how extremes of heat and cold in the desert can be mitigated through efficient storage of heat during the day for release at night.

The "chimney" is part of an evaporative cooling system that maintains the temperature of the house during the day at bearable levels.

David Faiman of the Solar Center has made advancements in the realm of concentrator photovoltaics CPV.