80% of humanity lives on less than $10/day. If you are part of the world's lowest socioeconomic level you may be living on a house that can barely be called that. It's a collection of sticks, cardboard, plastic sheet. A dirt floor, no water, electricity or sewage. Enter frugal innovation or frugal engineering: The process of reducing the complexity and cost of a good and its production. Usually this refers to removing nonessential features from a durable good in order to sell it in developing countries. In this chapter of the "Beyond Stage Gate" series, we explore simple, low cost, effective and proven global design solutions that do not require exotic technology but that when combined can dramatically improve the quality of life of people around the world.
2. Introduction
In this chapter of the "Beyond Stage Gate"
series, we explore simple, low cost,
effective and proven global design
solutions that do not require exotic
technology but that when combined can
dramatically improve the quality of life of
people around the world.
Recent examples of successful design that
have raised living standards in developing
countries will be shown.
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3. Backgroun
don
80% of humanity lives
less than $10/day
If you are part of the
world's lowest
socioeconomic level you
may be living on a house
that can barely be called
that
It's a collection of
sticks, cardboard, plastic
sheet
A dirt floor, no
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7. Frugal Innovation
Enter frugal innovation or frugal
engineering: The process of reducing
the complexity and cost of a good and
its production
Usually this refers to removing
nonessential features from a durable
good in order to sell it in developing
countries
Also known as “Jugaad” Innovation
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8. The $300 House Challenge
In 2010 Vijay
Govindarajan
challenged the
world to design
a $300 house
for low income
populations
www.300house.com
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9. #5: Stone Dome -- $300
Geopolymer Earthbag Dome
This 257 sq. ft.
(interior) $300
earthbag dome
home provides
safe, decent, affo
rdable shelter.
Earthbag
construction
requires very
basic
construction
materials: sturdy
sacks, filled with
inorganic
material usually
available on site
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10. #4: Improved design of urban low
cost housing in Bangladesh
Materials:
Bamboo, Corrug
ated Iron
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Pilot project to
build 10 low cost
houses
Promoting a
range of
improved
building
techniques
11. #3: The SuperAdobe Project
Using the
SuperAdobe
to quickly
build strong
and economic
houses, with
cost below
$300
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13. #1: Totally Tubular: Earthbag
Innovation
A natural
stress-skin
panel
building
system of
light fiber
and clay
upper walls
on a heavy
earthbag or
masonry
base.
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14. #1: Totally Tubular: Earthbag
Innovation
Hyperwattle is
a hybrid
between
light clay
and straw
bale.
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19. Other Basic Needs
No Facilities for
Cooking
Food Storage
Waste Management
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20.
The Onil Stove – Helps
International
Used extensively in
Guatemala
It is an incredibly
efficient stove that
requires 70% less wood
to cook
It is relatively easy to
build and low cost. The
materials used are
simple construction
materials.
What is unique is the
design, specifically the
simplicity of the design
Cost ~US$100
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21. Principle of Operation
Also known as
IAP Stove
Stoves for
reducing indoor
air pollution
Fire tends to be
totally enclosed
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22. Mitticool Clay Refrigerator India
Works with no
electricity
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It is made of
ceramic and
cools via water
evaporation
It will extend
the shelf life of
perishable
foods 1 to 3
days
Cost US$40
23. Operating Principle
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When moisture
comes into
contact with dry
air, it evaporates,
causing an
immediate drop in
temperature
When the water in
the sand between
the two pots
evaporates, the
inner pot is kept
cool, preserving
the goods inside.
24. “Easy Latrine” - Cambodia
A low-cost pour-flush
latrine, especially
developed for a
project in Cambodia
It consists of a pan, a
bucket of water with a
ladle, and pipes to
connect a hut to a
latrine buried in the
ground.
The latrine itself has
three receptacles
made of rings of
concrete bound by
the ash of rice husk
Cost: US$30-40
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25. Integration of Strategy, Service
Design, and Product Design
Designed by Jeff
Chapin while on
sabbatical
from IDEO
Was one of three
winners named Best
in Show by the jury
of the 2010 IDEA
awards
“Chapin understood
how to bring the
idea to the
community, how the
product would be
made, and how it
would be sustained”
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26. Combined Solution
Global solution package:
House design – Latin America
Stove - Guatemala
Refrigerator - India
Latrine – Cambodia
Simple, low cost, effective and proven
global design solutions that do not require
exotic technology but that combined can
dramatically improve the quality of life of
people around the world.
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27. Contact Information
SpyroTek, LLC
Innovation management and training services
Brioneja@SpyroTek.com
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28. Bio
Dr. Jose A. Briones is the Director of
Operations of SpyroTek Performance
Solutions, a supplier of innovation
management services.
20 years of commercial and technical
experience in the manufacturing and
technology industries with Fortune 300
companies, custom manufacturing companies
and software startups
Leader in the commercialization of over 40
new products and 7 patents
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