Develop innovative toilet concept听that is waterless, off-grid, affordable and creates useful products out of human waste.
Built a Phase I research prototype听to present at the World Toilet Fair in New Delhi, India in 2014.
Sol-Char Toilet uses concentrated solar power transmitted through fiberoptic cables to convert human waste to char, a benign, odorless, charcoal-like product that can be used as solid fuel or fertilizer.
Provide reliable, clean drinking water using UV disinfection while creating local business opportunities for manufacturing, marketing, and maintaining the systems.听
Prototype developed and tested using simple construction techniques and materials widely available in developing communities.
Needs further testing, market study, feasibility test and business model, field testing.