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New Loos for London

1 August 2011

Grant

Grant: Grand Challenges Small Grants
Year awarded: 2011-12
Amount awarded: £4,460

Academics 

  • Tse-Hui Teh, Bartlett School of Planning
  • Barbara Penner, Bartlett School of Architecture
  • Sarah Bell, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
  • Virginia Gardiner, Imperial College London

 "New Loos for London?" considered the viability of dry sanitation options for the capital, and brought together key figures involved in the management of waste, water, and sanitation, as well as entrepreneurs, designers, cultural commentators and community members. Organized by Dr. Tse-Hui Teh (Planning), Dr Barbara Penner (Architecture), and PhD candidate Danielle Willkens (Architecture) the two-day event was held over 8-9 November and was supported by a UCL Grand Challenges Small Grant for Sustainable Cities.

"New Loos for London?" included site visits (to London Waste’s EcoPark and Thames Water’s Deephams waste treatment facility), an exhibition of proven and experimental composting toilet systems (Loowatt, Envirolet, Woowoo, Tiger Toilet), and a workshop of focused discussion about the social, legal and political ramifications of alternate sanitation in the city.  

Outputs and Impacts

  • "New Loos for London?" Two-day workshop (8th - 9th November 2012)
  • Site visit and workshops

Related projects:

  • UCLoo Festival 2013 - Part of an international day of action, World Toilet Day, that will break the taboo around what we flush and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. Read blog posts.
  • Changing Sanitation Cultures - A Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities project funded in 2014-15, led by Dr Tse-Hui Teh and Dr Lena Ciric (Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)
  • Flush with Success - In 2019, Dr Tse-Hui Teh and Dr Lena Ciric unveiled a vacuum flushing compost toilet at Spitalfields City Farm, Tower Hamlets

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