Rurban model &tc

facebook.com/chifefoundation

For the first time >1/2 of earth population is urban

+2 billion to urban population over next 20 years

>90 % of future urban growth in the global south

Africa’s urban population will double by 2030

>70 % of energy consumption

~70% of greenhouse gas emissions

500 microns 10 kilometers

350 microns 3.5 kilometers

solar

rainwater

biogas

DSGNAGNC.ORG Design brief for New Anam City School 16MAR2010 [da.nig.anam.e1.00] page 8 of 9

#TECHNOLOGY

Use the sun! (solar PV, solar water heating, passive cooling)Use the rain! (rainwater collection--can the school be water self-suffi cent?)Edible landscape (look at California schools model, Work.ac NYC)

Use school to demonstrate technology (transfer): School, as a fi rst phase project for a new town and compounded in signifi cance given that school = learning environment, is a unique opportunity to demonstrate low-tech eco-

FOCUS: solar pv, solar water, rainwater harvesting, bio water fi ltration, compost toilets, (biogas?), learning landscape/edible garden/nitrogen lifecycling

DSGNAGNC.ORG Design brief for New Anam City School 16MAR2010 [da.nig.anam.e1.00] page 8 of 9

#TECHNOLOGY

Use the sun! (solar PV, solar water heating, passive cooling)Use the rain! (rainwater collection--can the school be water self-suffi cent?)Edible landscape (look at California schools model, Work.ac NYC)

Use school to demonstrate technology (transfer): School, as a fi rst phase project for a new town and compounded in signifi cance given that school = learning environment, is a unique opportunity to demonstrate low-tech eco-

FOCUS: solar pv, solar water, rainwater harvesting, bio water fi ltration, compost toilets, (biogas?), learning landscape/edible garden/nitrogen lifecycling