ECOLOGICAL CYCLE MANAGEMENT AT VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY IN ACCRA, GHANA

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1 ECOLOGICAL CYCLE MANAGEMENT AT VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY IN ACCRA, GHANA Final Report SPONSORED BY

2 ECOLOGICAL CYCLE MANAGEMENT AT VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY IN ACCRA, GHANA Project periods: Pre-phase 12/ /2004 Main-phase 05/ /2009 Project partners: Bauhaus-University Weimar (BUW), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Glücklich, Dipl.-Ing. Nicola Fries Ecological Master Plan, Building Design and Decentralised Sanitary Systems Berger-Biotechnik GmbH, Hamburg, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Berger Sanitary Installations inside buildings The project described in this report was financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the promotional reference numbers: 02 WD 0472, 02 WD WD 0474, 02 WD 0475, 02 WD 0476 and 02 WD The responsibility for the contents of this publication rests with the author(s) SPONSORED BY Ecological Engineering Society (IÖV), Augsburg, Dipl.-Ing. Gunther Geller Project Coordination Palutec GmbH, Augsburg, Dipl.-Ing. Gunhild Höner Sanitary Installations outside buildings University of Hohenheim (UHOH), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Sauerborn, Dr. Jörn Germer Agriculture Valley View University (.VVU), Accra Ghana Project-site CIM Partners: Dipl.-Ing. Anton Mitterer, Dipl.-Ing. Louis Addy

3 Ingenieurökologische Vereinigung e.v. (ed): Ecological Cycle Management at Valley View University in Accra, Ghana - Final Report of the Research Project financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Augsburg, 2010 Authors: Wolfgang Berger (Berger-Biotechnik GmbH) Nicola Fries (Bauhaus-University Weimar) Gunther Geller (Ecological Engineering Society; IÖV - Ingenieurökologische Vereinigung e. V.) Dr. Jörn Germer (University of Hohenheim) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Glücklich (Bauhaus-University Weimar) Gunhild Höner (Palutec GmbH) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Sauerborn (University of Hohenheim) All views expressed in each contribution of this publication are those of the respective author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the other authors and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research by the authors Editing, design and layout: Nicola Fries Available for purchase by: Ecological Engineering Society; IÖV - Ingenieurökologische Vereinigung e.v., POB , Augsburg, Germany Phone: +49 (0) , Fax: +49 (0) , info@ioev.de, SPONSORED BY

4 CONTENT 1. VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY 1.1 Foreword by the President of VVU (Seth Laryea) 1.2 Introduction (Detlef Glücklich) 2. INITIAL SITUATION 2.1 Geographic Background (Nicola Fries) 2.2 Natural Conditions Climate (Jörn Germer, Nicola Fries) Vegetation (Nicola Fries) Geology and Soils (Jörn Germer) Hydrology (Jörn Germer) 2.3 Architecture and Infrastructure (Nicola Fries) 2.4 Socio-cultural Background (Gunther Geller) 3. HOLISTIC ECOLOGICAL CONCEPT IN GENERAL 3.1 The Concept The Ecosystem (Gunther Geller) Spatial Aspects - Holistic Ecological Concept (Nicola Fries) Process Aspects (Gunther Geller) Superior Goal - Stadtschaft" (Nicola Fries) 3.2 Design Instruments (Nicola Fries) Modus Operandi of the Holistic Ecological Concept Structural Planning Variable - Cell model 4. ECOLOGICAL MASTER PLAN FOR VVU 4.1 Concept for Further Development (Nicola Fries) 4.2 Old Master Plan of VVU (Nicola Fries) 4.3 New Ecological Master Plan for VVU (Nicola Fries) 4.4 Research (Nicola Fries) 4.5 Partial Concepts for VVU Town Planning and Utilization (Nicola Fries) Mobility and Traffic (Nicola Fries) Green Space (Nicola Fries) Agriculture (Jörn Germer) Energy (Nicola Fries) 4.6 Review of Theoretical Approaches (Nicola Fries) 5. ECOLOGICAL CYCLE MANAGEMENT 5.1 Introduction (Nicola Fries) 5.2 Design for Fluxes in General (Gunther Geller) 5.3 Design for Matter (Nicola Fries, Gunther Geller) Mass Flow Analysis and Management Design for Waste Design for Water and Nutrients Importance of Water and Nutrients for the Natural Balance Ecological Water Management and Cycling in Practice Toolkit for Ecological Water Management and Cycling 3.3 Holistic Quality Management (Gunther Geller) 3.4 Research (Nicola Fries) Content

5 5.4 Implementing Ecological Water Management and Cycling on Campus (Nicola Fries) Water and nutrient concept Administration Building - Ecological Water Management Guest Houses - Ecological Water Management and Cycling Concept Sanitary Block / Biogas Plant - Ecological Water Management Faculty Building - Ecological Water Management Williams Hall - Ecological Water Management Berger Biotechnik Toilet - Ecological Water Management 5.5 Implementation of Ecological Sanitation Systems Inside the Buildings (Wolfgang Berger) 5.6 Implementation of Ecological Sanitation Systems Outside the Buildings (Gunhild Höner) 5.7 Safe Use of Water and Nutrients from Ecological Sanitation Systems in Agriculture (Jörn Germer) 5.8 Research (Nicola Fries) 6. ECOLOGICAL BUILDING DESIGN AND OPEN SPACE 6.1 Climate-Related Planning and Building (Nicola Fries) 6.2 Building in the Tropics (Nicola Fries) Ecological Design Principles Design of the Faculty Buildings Design of the Student Hostels Design of the Guest Houses Design of the University Church 7. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AT VVU (Gunther Geller) 7.1 Information in Ecosystems 7 2 Information as Socio-cultural Framework 7.3 Information as Organisation 7.4 Information as Education, Training and Studies 7.5 Information as Communication, Acceptance and Public Relations 8. LESSONS LEARNED, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND RELEVANCE 8.1 Introduction, Principles of the Holistic Approach (Gunther Geller) 8.2 Integration of Architecture and Cycle Management (Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich) 8.3 Beneficiaries and Transferability of the Agricultural Concept (Jörn Germer, Joachim Sauerborn) 8.4 Holistic Quality Management (Gunther Geller) 8.5 Specific Commercial Aspects (Gunther Geller) 8.6 Some Pros (Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich) 8.7 And Some Cons (Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich) 8.8 Conclusions (Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich) Content

6 APPENDIX (optional) A: Information Sheets of Sanitary Installations (Wolfgang Berger) A 1 Separating Toilets A 2 Dry Urinals A 3 Self Closing Pneumatic Tap B: Posters B 1 Information Posters in the Ecotec Center from 2005 (Wolfgang Berger, Jörn Germer, Gunhild Höner) B 2 Information Posters on Campus from 2006 (Nicola Fries, Jörn Germer) B 3 Posters from a Congress in Weimar from 2008 (Wolfgang Berger, Nicola Fries, Jörn Germer, Gunhild Höner) C: Flyers E: VVU project nutshell guidelines E 1 Small scale composting of human faeces (Jörn Germer, Solomon Addai, Daniel Sarpong) E 2 Fertilisation with human urine (Jörn Germer, Solomon Addai, Daniel Sarpong) E 3 Maintenance of public urine diverting toilets (Jörn Germer, Wolfgang Berger, Daniel Sarpong) List of Student Projects List of Figures References C 1 Overview (Gunther Geller) C 2 Ecological Masterplan (Nicola Fries, Detlef Glücklich) C 3 Buildings (Nicola Fries, Detlef Glücklich) C 4 Water and Nutrient Concept (Nicola Fries, Detlef Glücklich) C 5 Energy (Nicola Fries, Detlef Glücklich) C 6 Agriculture (Jörn Germer, Joachim Sauerborn) D: Inventory Control of Water and Cisterns (Nicola Fries) D 1 Cafeteria / Biogas Plant D 2 Clinic / Commercial Area D 3 Faculty Housing D 4 Guest Houses, Ladies Dormitory D 5 Faculty Building Content