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metabolism Archive
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Circular Economy Case Studies brought by The Circular Economy Club (CEC)
The circular economy model is an alternative to the unsustainable linear model in which we live in. In the current […]
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6/7_URBAN METABOLISM // ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR AN ECOLOGICAL URBANISM // Measurement Tools for a Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Model
With ecological urbanism we strive for a city where urban metabolism, beyond the necessary, is something moving, playful and full of experiences and events.
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Urban LAB in the oil region of Forus (or how to use economic innovation for social innovation) // Europan 13 Competition, Stavanger, Norway (1st Prize)
We understand that economic innovation cannot be an end in itself but a means to the urban and social innovation. Our goal, therefore, is to propose a new model of society linked to a new urban model and promoted by a new economic model. This ideology will structure the project.
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Vortex, the bladeless aerogenerator: no noise and pro-nature.
“The turbines that generate wind electricity we know are perfected to the smallest detail, from its outer shape to its […]
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City Museum: transformation of a former shoe factory into an urban museum
City Museum is the result of the transformation of a former shoe factory into an extroverted urban museum by reusing […]
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LIAM F1: small wind turbine for urban environments
“Designed by” The Archimedes “, a Dutch company for research and development, ‘LIAM F1 UWT’ is a new generation of […]
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In late 2015, European Commission will present a circular economy strategy
The European Commission has launched a programme that promotes the Circular Economy. As it is stated at their website: “What […]
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Bamboo bikes, seeds of environmental sustainability in Beijing
“A workshop teaches Chinese to make their own bikes to improve the environment and to restore its traditional image to […]
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EcoCasa Suyana: first ecological, economical and social home 100% open source in Argentina
Suyana means “hope” in Quechua language. EcoCasa Suyana is a project lead by a young couple of engineers and travelers. […]
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The carbon footprint of the Internet
“With 2.5 billion people connected to the Internet worldwide, the Internet’s energy and carbon footprint are estimated to exceed air […]
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Tesla powerwall battery, housing and energy management
“Tesla has revolutionized the world of energy. The presentation on Friday batteries Tesla Powerwall has been in the spotlight (if […]
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Maya Pedal: bikemachines for economic and social sustainability of rural areas
Maya Pedal is an NGO founded in Guatemala in order to support the economy and the very sustainability of the […]
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Lighting a football field with the energy of players’ footsteps
A few months ago we published this post about the development and manufacture of a technological ground which converts the kinetic energy […]
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Refrigerated windows to avoid thermal bridges and alleviate energy costs
Research from Harvard try to solve the critical point of the whole structure in thermal effects: the window. The necessity […]
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Hydroceramic: intelligent walls. IAAC Research about thermosensitivity and autonomous thermal conditioning of surfaces.
In the department of intelligent constructions of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is coming for years developing […]
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Silk Leaf project, a man-made biological leaf that turns light and water into oxygen
Silk Leaf project consists of chloroplasts suspended in a matrix made out of silk protein. Julian Melchiorri has developed a synthetic […]
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Compost islands proposed for New York
“From 2012, every time they are more the neighborhoods of New York that separate their organic garbage. With the garbage renewable […]
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Urban metabolism: cities, scaling and sustainability
“Humanity’s greatest social innovation remains the city, says an article in the October 2011 issue of The Atlantic mentioning SFI […]
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fpd _ NAVITAS BIOTOPO by Antonio Campos
___ Title: Navitas Biotopo Name: Antonio Campos Villanueva School: Universidad Europea de Madrid Tutor: Acebo X Alonso Year: 2013 ___ Energy […]
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“Warka Water: drinking of the air” by Architecture and Vision
“Around the world, 768 million people don’t have access to safe water, and every day 1,400 childrenunder the age of […]
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Rising Moon: lantern pavilion made from recycled bottles
“A hemispheric art installation made from recycled plastic bottles and LEDs lights-up the Hong Kong cityscape. Hong Kong-based studio Daydreamers […]
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How to green the world’s deserts
“Desertification is a fancy way of saying that the land is becoming a desert -begins Allan Sarvory in this quiet, […]
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THE CURITIBA OF JAIME LERNER
CREATIVE SUSTAINABILITY: A master lesson of HOW TO TURN PROBLEMS INTO OPPORTUNITIES
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The 1,000 doors building
1,000 recycled doors transform a dull ten-story building into a fresh-looking landmark. 1,000 recycled doors are enough for the South […]