- 1. Urban AD Urban AD promotes the uptake of Anaerobic Digestion
(AD) in urban areas as an innovative form of renewable energy and
waste management. Urban AD uses AD to turn human, food and other
organic waste into bio-gas, bio-fuel and fertiliser by, for
example, turning public toilets into mini power stations.This
technological solution can be used across schools, colleges,
transport, public toilets, parks, prisons and hospitals.
2. The big picture 3. Benefits and savings
- How does your innovation reduce carbon emissions?
- Produces renewable biogas, bio-fuel or green fertiliser
- Reduces the emissions of methane (GHG)
- Creates low carbon communities
- Supports London Food Strategy
- Income generation from sales of biogas, biofuel and
fertiliser
4. Measures of success This approach is new to the UK, but is
making asignificantdifference to the lives of people in the towns
and cities ofdeveloping countries and in Europe. 5. Challenge and
support
- What would most help your project to develop and grow?
- Links to policy makers and public services to persuade them of
the value of AD as a renewable energy and waste management
technology
- Advice on how to establish the project
- Establishing a wider network committed to Low Carbon
Communities
- What are the biggest challenges or questions for your
project?
- Persuading policy makers that LAs, social enterprises and
communities can play an active role in AD development; convincing
individuals about their own active role
- Developing low cost AD units and identifying suitable
sites
- Forging relationships between communities, social enterprises
and LAs