INNOVATIVE PROJECTS

Soil 2 home

This was the flagship project that was pioneered by the innovation cell. It involved forging multiple technology partnership for providing sanitation integrated, disaster resistant building technology solutions for cluster housing and public buildings.
Tatsat Foundation implemented this prestigious project in partnership with Prashak—a Delhi-based technology company and Asia Institute of Technology, which developed the patented technology.
This innovative technology enables the creation of state-of-the art, disaster resilient environment friendly, green and cost-effective building structures, using local materials and resources (unskilled manpower including women) with significantly lower use of cement and steel, resulting in low carbon footprint. Closed loop sanitation is integrated into the project that significantly reduces the chances of groundwater contamination.
This project laid the foundation of SMARTGRAMS or Smart Villages that directly impact the lives of millions of people living in the villages and rural India. The additional spinoff of this project was gender equality by ensuring the participation of women and financial inclusion through employment of the local workforce.
soil2 home

Project Details

  • Local soil-based compacted intermeshing blocks for making the foundation, housing and sanitation superstructures.
  • Blocks are cold compacted & environmentally cured.
  • Structurally (vertically and horizontally) reinforced foundation and walls.
  • Joist and concrete pan reinforced roofing and flooring.
  • Seismic strengthening structural design.
  • Closed-loop onsite sanitation system comprising anaerobic baffle reactors connected to a uniquely designed and graded constructed wetland.
  • This innovative technology with extremely low-carbon footprint enables the creation of state-of-the art, disaster resistant, environment friendly, and cost-effective building structures using local materials and resources
  • Local participation in the workforce executing the project with special focus on women not only ensured cost efficiency, but also gender equality, leading to effective financial inclusion

Innovative Project

Seedpaper

The award-winning Seedpaper project was conceived and implemented by Tatsat Foundation in partnership of the Andaman & Nicobar government. This unique innovation was developed by mixing seeds with paper pulp, which can be recycled by sowing the paper in the soil that regenerates into a plant or a tree.
The environmentally friendly Seedpaper is ideally suited for printing bills, single-use packets as a replacement for plastic, visiting cards, gift wraps, writing pads, notebook covers etc.
The project was implemented in the ecologically fragile tourism hotspot of Andaman & Nicobar as part of the “Go Green” that was initiated by Member of Parliament and Andaman and Nicobar Pradesh Congress President, Kuldeep Rai Sharma.
The project was implemented in the ecologically fragile tourism hotspot of Andaman & Nicobar as part of the “Go Green” that was initiated by Member of Parliament and Andaman and Nicobar Pradesh Congress President, Kuldeep Rai Sharma.
The ‘Go Green’ campaign invites businesses and not-for-profit organisations to invest in the growth and resilience of small businesses, as well as work directly in the grassroots development areas to achieve ecologically sustainable businesses in Andaman and Nicobar Islands that act as a powerful tool to generate awareness about climate change.

Innovative Project

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