The canteen on the PIND premises was designed to provide a quiet outdoor space where staff could come to enjoy the newly planted garden, as well as a kitchen for community caterers to prepare food for training events. 

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The building is designed to provide shelter from sun and rain, while allowing for plenty of natural ventilation. The kitchen design incorporates a solar chimney to draw cool air through the kitchen, and minimise the build up of fumes and smells from cooking. 

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As part of the canteen development, we worked with the team at Biotec Development Network to design and install a biodigester, which took all the organic waste from the canteen kitchens, and the sewage from the toilets at the ATED Centre. This was processed to provide biogas, a clean and safe cooking fuel for use in the canteen, and resulting slurry was rendered safe for use as compost around the new garden. 

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You can learn more about Biotec Development Network on the NDLink website.