GCSM Award 2014
Blue Responsibility Award: Manufacturing for a Sustainable Terra Preta Sanitation System
With around 40% of the world’s population currently lacking basic sanitation, the need for sustainable solutions is urgent. In order to demonstrate the broad range of applications of sustainable manufacturing, the organizers of the 13th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM) launched an international competition for sustainable sanitation system design. The GCSM 2014 “Blue Responsibility Award: Manufacturing for a Sustainable Terra Preta Sanitation System” intended to stimulate the development of new sustainable sanitation systems that enable the reuse of human excreta. The objective of the competition was to design a sanitation system that creates the maximum value from what is today considered as waste.
The following documents are available to be downloaded:
The following jury selected the best contributions:
- Mr. Gunter Pauli, Founder of the Blue Economy Initiative
- Mr. Günther Seliger, Professor at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- Ms. Hong Li, President of Low Carbon Club, Peking University Alumni Venture Association, China
- Ms. Nuria Costa Leonardo, Directora General of the Red Mexicana de Mujeres, Mexico
- Mr. Mohd Razman Salim, Professor at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
- Mr. Ralf Otterpohl, Professor at the Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
These are the placements of the GCSM Award 2014 "Blue Responsibility Award: Manufacturing for a Sustainable Terra Preta Sanitation System":
- 1st Place with 5000€: Xavier University with the project "Terra Preta Sanitation System for Post Disaster Transitional Communities in the Philippines"
- 2nd Place with 3000€: Collective Disaster with the project "Temple of Holy Shit"
- 3rd Place with 1000€: MAVUNO Project /Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V. with the project "CaSa - Carbonization and Sanitation"
- 3rd Place with 1000€ TU Berlin, FH Potsdam with the project "URBAN TERRA PRETA"
The DIN (Dept. of Ind. Eng.) / University of Bologna, Samir Y. S. Alnahhal and Gabrielle Mainguy also reached the final round and presented their contributions on the 12th GCSM in Johor Bahru.
Winning team from Xavier University together with Prof. Seliger
The table below represents the seven contributors who reached the final round, their contributions/projects names, and their countries
Clicking on the links below to download the contributors’ material (pdf and videos):
Contributor’s Name |
Contribution/ Project Name |
Download |
Country |
Collective Disaster |
Temple of Holy Shit |
pdf – video |
Germany |
DIN (Dept. of Ind. Eng.) / University of Bologna |
UB Team for Sanitation System |
pdf – video |
Italy |
Gabrielle Mainguy |
Implementation of innosvative terra preta sanitation facilities in a new city quarter |
pdf – video |
Germany |
MAVUNO Project / Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V. / TU Berlin |
CaSa - Carbonization and Sanitation |
pdf – video |
Germany |
Samir Y. S. Alnahhal |
Developing and Optimizing a Sustainable Sanitation System for Urban Areas: Gaza Strip Case study |
pdf – video |
Palestine |
Xavier University |
Terra Preta Sanitation System für Post-disaster Communities |
pdf – video |
Philippines |
TU Berlin / FH Potsdam |
The Urban Circle of Nutrients - Terra Preta |
pdf – video |
Germany |
The table below represents the contributors who did not reach the final round, their contributions/projects names, and their countries
Clicking on the links below can download contributors’ material (pdf and videos):
Contributor’s Name |
Contribution/ Project Name |
Download |
Country |
Zuraina Zaharin & Imad Agi |
ECOLOO for Urban & Rural Areas |
pdf |
Sweden |
Triften design studio |
Terra Preta Toilet |
pdf |
Germany |
Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education |
Terra preta sanitation as a way to improve sanitation and agriculture for a peri-urban community |
pdf – video |
Moldova |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
Vacuumposter |
pdf |
Malaysia |
University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka |
Sustainable sanitation system |
pdf – video |
Sri Lanka |
Vereniging tot bevordering van de Algemene Gezondheidszorg Dr. J. Penn |
30 years Terra Preta sanitation |
pdf – video |
Netherlands |
Permakulutur Institut e.V. |
Terra Preta Dry Separation Toilets for settlements of gatherings on sites with poor infrastraucture |
pdf |
Germany |
The registered list to contribute in the GCSM award 2014