Closing the loop: A systems thinking led sustainable sanitation project in Australia

Sankaran, S; Abeysuriya, K; Gray, J; Kachenko, A

Closing the loop: A systems thinking led sustainable sanitation project in Australia

Sankaran, S

Abeysuriya, K Gray, J Kachenko, A

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Publisher:: International Society for the System Sciences
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the ISSS, 2010, pp. 1 - 13
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sankaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-6216	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Abeysuriya, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gray, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kachenko, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wilby, J	en_US
dc.date	2010-07-18	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the ISSS, 2010, pp. 1 - 13	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1999-6918	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16584
dc.description.abstract	This paper will explain a research project being carried out in Sydney, Australia at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) highlighting the systems thinking principles and action research methodology being adopted in this project. UTS is set to participate in an Australia-first research project, led by the Institute of Sustainable Futures (ISF), exploring the use of innovative urine diverting toilets in an institutional setting. A UTS Challenge Grant (an internal grant scheme to promote innovative collaborative research) has been awarded to the project which will enable safe nutrient capture and reuse from urine diverting toilets installed on campus for a trial period. The Challenge Grant has some enthusiastic industry partners including the local water utility Sydney Water; the sanitaryware manufacturer CaromaDorf; the Nursery and Garden Industry Association; government partners (NSW Department of Health, and City of Sydney) and the UTS Facilities Management Unit. Researchers from the University of Western Sydney and University of New South Wales in Australia as well as Linkoping University in Sweden are collaborators in this research.	en_US
dc.publisher	International Society for the System Sciences	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the ISSS	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Meeting of the International Society for the System Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Closing the loop: A systems thinking led sustainable sanitation project in Australia	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
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Abstract:

This paper will explain a research project being carried out in Sydney, Australia at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) highlighting the systems thinking principles and action research methodology being adopted in this project. UTS is set to participate in an Australia-first research project, led by the Institute of Sustainable Futures (ISF), exploring the use of innovative urine diverting toilets in an institutional setting. A UTS Challenge Grant (an internal grant scheme to promote innovative collaborative research) has been awarded to the project which will enable safe nutrient capture and reuse from urine diverting toilets installed on campus for a trial period. The Challenge Grant has some enthusiastic industry partners including the local water utility Sydney Water; the sanitaryware manufacturer CaromaDorf; the Nursery and Garden Industry Association; government partners (NSW Department of Health, and City of Sydney) and the UTS Facilities Management Unit. Researchers from the University of Western Sydney and University of New South Wales in Australia as well as Linkoping University in Sweden are collaborators in this research.

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