MRHP, Tanzania, Brick-making using agricultural waste - Ashden Award winner

[tappakeggaday1]

they could also use some of the brick and make an under ground methane pit with animal waste to fire the brick with the gas and also to heat their homes and cook with it as well and save the rice hulls for the winter months for added fire to the brick pits

[AshdenAwards]

@tappakeggaday1 That's a good idea. Many of our other winners use biogas.

[mocny01]

@AshdenAwards they lost forest and climate became more dry and hot,,probably water problem,,

[acr08807]

@tappakeggaday1 That's way better than my idea, putting a gazelle and a lion on a treadmill to generate electricity.

[trkiehl]

One storey houses like these don't really require fired bricks. Compressed earth bricks (CEBs) would be more appropriate.

The agricultural "waste" is better used for the production of biochar. Rice husks can be an excellent feedstock for biochar.

[tappakeggaday1]

@trkiehl I agree, seems like someone would have some kind of pelleting machine they could make pellets out of the rice husk with and then use pyrolysis to make the charcoal out of it, it would compact the rice husk more and make it more dense for longer burn times.more low cost houseing like this could also help out the homelessness here in the states as well as there are still lands that can be donated to do this with ceb bricks and have a nice earthern plaster on it.

[wbabu]

That's very encouraging, this noble idea should be exported to neighbouring countries.Ahsante sana wananchi wa TZ.