Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating ‘PEE POWER®’ in Kisoro, Uganda
Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating ‘PEE POWER®’ in Kisoro, Uganda
With 2.3 billion people around the world lacking adequate sanitation services, attention has turned to alternative service provision models. This study suggests an approach for meeting the sanitation challenge, especially as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, using a toilet technology system, such as Pee Power® that generates electricity using diverted urine as a fuel. A field trial was carried out in a girls’ school in Kisoro, Uganda, where the generated electricity was used to light the existing toilet block. The trial was evaluated in terms of social acceptability and user experience using a multidimensional assessment protocol. The results of our assessment show that users felt safer when visiting the toilets at night. Lights provided from the technology also helped with the perceived cleanliness of the toilets. The technology was well accepted, with 97% of the respondents saying that they liked the idea of the Pee Power® technology and 94% preferring it over other facilities on site. This shows how the technology helps meet SDG target 6.2, with its particular focus on vulnerable populations.
Ecological sanitation, Female empowerment, Female safety, Gender equality, Pee Power, Renewable energy, Social acceptance, Sustainable development goal, User perception
You, Jiseon
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Staddon, Chad
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Cook, Alan
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Walker, James
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Boulton, Jess
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1 April 2020
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Cook, Alan
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Walker, James
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Boulton, Jess
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Powell, Wayne
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You, Jiseon, Staddon, Chad, Cook, Alan, Walker, James, Boulton, Jess, Powell, Wayne and Ieropoulos, Ioannis
(2020)
Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating ‘PEE POWER®’ in Kisoro, Uganda.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (7), [2175].
(doi:10.3390/ijerph17072175).
Abstract
With 2.3 billion people around the world lacking adequate sanitation services, attention has turned to alternative service provision models. This study suggests an approach for meeting the sanitation challenge, especially as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, using a toilet technology system, such as Pee Power® that generates electricity using diverted urine as a fuel. A field trial was carried out in a girls’ school in Kisoro, Uganda, where the generated electricity was used to light the existing toilet block. The trial was evaluated in terms of social acceptability and user experience using a multidimensional assessment protocol. The results of our assessment show that users felt safer when visiting the toilets at night. Lights provided from the technology also helped with the perceived cleanliness of the toilets. The technology was well accepted, with 97% of the respondents saying that they liked the idea of the Pee Power® technology and 94% preferring it over other facilities on site. This shows how the technology helps meet SDG target 6.2, with its particular focus on vulnerable populations.
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Published date: 1 April 2020
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This article belongs to the Special Issue New Directions in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Research
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Ecological sanitation, Female empowerment, Female safety, Gender equality, Pee Power, Renewable energy, Social acceptance, Sustainable development goal, User perception
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