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Tom Decker

Environmental and mechanical engineer focused on energy access issues in emerging markets. Decker holds a B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University.

Tom Decker

Transfer Sanitation Technology from Developed Markets to Meet the SDGs

April 13, 2018

If the world is going to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of universal access to basic sanitation...

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Tom Decker

E4C investigates technologies that turn waste into energy

August 30, 2016

With the population on the rise, the world’s waste stream has become increasingly difficult to manage. But waste-to-energy schemes...

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  • On behalf of Rahimafrooz, I can see quite a bit of conflicting info. Distributions are listed at 600k in the listing and here they are listed at 1-10M. User provision model in the listing is from the provider and here it mentions from a Partner NGO. It'd be helpful to see the entire range of product...

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  • Hi! I am glad to add my feedback to this product posting. I find that having the web url in the product description is useful (http://www.rahimafrooz-solar.com/). Since there are so many SHS products in the world today, a bit more differentiating details of Rahimafrooz against all the others may be...

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  • Looks good!

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  • Looks good! The below article could be an interesting tidbit to add in the other information section: https://www.ashden.org/winners/rahimafrooz-renewable-energy

    Rahimafrooz Solar Home System
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  • Is there a way to list all the power ratings, battery capacities, lumens, etc across all product offerings in the white/yellow rows? When I only see 50W at first, I think there is only one product offering @ 50W. Then I scroll down and see the table with the 6 product offerings. I find consistent re...

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  • Is the 600k number validated with a date? When I clicked on the link, I couldn't see a date. If you're able to get confirmation from Rahimafrooz that'd be helpful.

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  • Agreed! Thanks Satya!

    Transfer Sanitation Technology from Developed Markets to Meet the SDGs
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  • Brian, thanks for the insight. Biogas has the highest efficiency when used in domestic cooking and is most widely used in this setting to displace LPG or biomass use. Combustion in a modified generator works well for larger AD systems and is a great way to generate mechanical and electrical Power.

    E4C investigates technologies that turn waste into energy
    Tom Decker

  • Hi Henry. The technologies in this article are in varying stages of development and have service components and maintenance requirements that limit them from being "off the shelf". But full commercialization from the origins of the technology development to target markets require modification for en...

    E4C investigates technologies that turn waste into energy
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