May 4, 2009 | Broadcast Competitions News

EcoFaeBrick Wins Global Social Venture Competition with Cow Dung Bricks

A team from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia has won the Global Social Venture Competition with their entry “EcoFaeBrick”, high-quality, low-cost bricks made from abundant cow dung.

[Image: This picture shows no physical difference between an EcoFaeBrick brick and a traditional clay brick

EcoFaeBrick, in conjunction with Faerumnesia, produces high quality and low price bricks by utilizing the abundant cow dung in Godean and Sayegan, Jogjakarta. The utilization of the cow dung will not only solve the hygiene problem but also reduce the exploitation of the un-renewable clay. The replacement of firewood with the cow dung methane biogas in the combustion process brings a lower production cost with a more environmental friendly process. EcoFaeBrick also empowers rural people through close partnership with local communities.
Using business model which involves the housing developers, NGOs, and local communities, EcoFaeBrick builds a sustainable market demand to ensure an interesting financial return to the investors. The EcoFaeBrick’s expansion plan focuses on areas with rapid development and high concentration of cattle farm. EcoFaeBrick offers a feasible solution for rapidly developing areas not only in Indonesia but also in other emerging countries.

via Bustler.net

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JJ is the co-founder of 5ft Creatives and is presently enrolled as a graduate student at the Yale School of Architecture.

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