Project database
Total results: 526
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2011 - 2013
IResI
Sewage containment and mineralization device (SeCoM)
To develop a fully autonomous, low maintenance, micro-sanitation and water re-purification system that will mineralize the organic matter from a single defecation and repurify the urine and flush water by entirely physical (non-microbial) processes.
2012 - 2015
Sesame Workshop
Sesame Street Water: A multi-media water, sanitation and hygiene intervention for children and their caregivers in Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria
A multi-media project that promotes positive behaviors related to sanitation and hygiene among children ages 3 to 7 years and their caregivers in low-resource communities.
2012 - 2014
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Selling sanitation: A market development project for household sanitation in East Africa
Selling Sanitation works with sanitation businesses and governments to develop commercial and sustainable markets for affordable and desirable sanitation facilities. The approach being piloted in Kenya, is planned to be expanded to other African countries
2011 - 2012
LAAMScience Inc.
Reusable self-decontaminating sanitary napkin
To develop a hygienic, reusable menstrual napkin to decrease the incidence of reproductive tract infections acquired from current menstrual practices in developing countries.
2011 - 2012
Ghana Sustainable Aid Project
Prototype microflush-biofil toilet facilities
To develop and field test in Ghana a prototype toilet facility that incorporates a digester to decompose waste along with a microflush valve that uses minimal amounts of grey water from hand washing.
2011 - 2013
New Life International
Overcoming a strategic roadblock to idealized sanitation
The project works with Injection Molding Techniques. It will create an inherently low friction
2011 - 2012
Retina Pharma Inc
Lotus throne: A self-cleaning solution to sanitation
Testing UV-resistant super-water-repellent silica as a coating for toilets, which could reduce the amount of water needed to clean the toilets after use and improve the surface sanitation of the toilets.
2011 - 2012
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Latrine training mat
To design a children’s latrine training mat made from easy-to-clean plastic that fits over an existing latrine hole in an effort to promote good sanitation practices and foster a life-long habit of latrine use.
2014 - 2016
Kohler
Kohler design project for engineering prototypes of a toilet with the CalTech processor
This project will design and fabricate five identical closed loop flush toilet systems, for field testing in developing world locations without adequate sanitation.
2011 - 2013
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Increase of biogas production using low cost nanoparticles
To increase the production of biogas from sludge and other organic solid wastes using low cost iron oxide biocompatible nanoparticles (FeNPs) and the simultaneous production of high quality sanitized compost.
2011 - 2013
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Electrically reducing adhesion of sludge to a tank
To test the ability of electricity to change the consistency and adhesive properties of dense solids at the bottom of septic tanks.
2011 - 2013
Stanford University
Integrated mobile sanitation solutions in peri-urban setting
To develop a portable, low-cost household toilet and entrepreneurial service model to deliver a safe, dignified sanitation service in urban slums (the toilet is portable, with removable containers to collect and transport wastes safely from the community)
2011 - 2013
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Evaluating the Impact of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Programs in Mali
To improve the evidence of the effectiveness of Community Led Total Sanitation Programs on health and behavioral outcomes.
2013 - 2016
Firmenich
Discovery and design of toilet malodor counteractants for managing offending smells and increasing consumer acceptance of reinvented toilets
To bring performing and affordable malodor counteracting solutions to the beneficiaries of the Foundation’s WSH initiatives by making the use of affected toilets a more desirable experience.
2012 - 2016
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Evaluating the impact of the community based Environmental Health Promotion Program in Rwanda
To generate evidence of the effectiveness and scalability of Community Health Clubs on health and behavioral outcomes.
2011 - 2014
National University of Singapore
Low-cost decentralized sanitary system for treatment, water and resources recovery
Providing low-cost decentralized sanitary system for treatment, water, and resources recovery which as a next step has to be affordable and effective without the input of electricity.
2011 - 2016
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
New concepts for on-site sanitation based on bio-additives and pit design
The project assesses the potential of modern biotechnology to deliver effective bio-additives which can accelerate decomposition processes and extend the lifetime of pit latrines.
2011 - 2014
SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
SPLASH research program on sustainable sanitation service chains in low-income urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa
Five research projects in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Mozambique investigate aspects of sanitation service provision in urban areas, from the household to final disposal.
2012 - 2015
ONAS (National Sanitation Office of Senegal)
Development of a biogas production model from fecal sludge based on the Keur Massar pilot project
The technical and business model has to demonstrate the ability to generate added value from sanitation processes for the benefit of low-income households.
2012 - 2016
ONEA (National Office for Water and Sanitation of Burkina Faso)
Fecal sludge-based biogas: Pathway to making sustainable sanitation services accessible for the urban poor in Burkina Faso
To develop a technical solution and a business model that demonstrates the ability to generate added value from excreta for the benefit of poor households in urban areas in Burkina Faso.
2012 - 2016
Environment and Population Research Centre
Improving rural effective total sanitation through female local government members of Union Parishad led intervention in Bangladesh
The purpose of this project is to ensure gender mainstreamed effective total sanitation for well-being and to minimize health hazards in rural Bangladesh.
2013 - 2015
Duke University
Neighborhood-scale treatment of fecal sludge by supercritical oxidation
The project seeks to demonstrate that both, supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) and supercritical water gasification (SCWG), a related technology, have prominent roles to play in solving the world’s sanitation challenges.
2011 - 2013
Duke University
Effective sewage sanitation with low CO2 footprint
Provide proof of concept of anaerobic digestion coupled with heat sterilization for a self-sanitizing system for developing communities.
2011 - 2015
Fundación In Terris
Earth auger toilet: Innovation in waterless sanitation
To develop several prototypes of a mechanised, pedal-operated, low-cost, easy-to-use, odourless urine-diverting dry toilet (UDDT).
2011 - 2014
Oklahoma State University Foundation
Shear extrusion to treat fecal waste (viscous heating effect on deactivation of helminth eggs)
To develop a small-scale device in which an auger forces feces and other solid wastes device through a die that results in high temperatures and pressure that dewaters the waste and destroys microorganisms.
