Melissa Sterry's presentation 'Building Tomorrow's World | The Emerging Principles of Twenty First Century Design' show at the Sustainable Design Network Seminar 2009 at Loughborough University, held on 12th June 2009.
Decarbonising Planet Earth ThroughGreen Building JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Buildings are known to be largest consumers of black and green energy besides consuming and generating large waste. Buildings remain anti-thesis to the nature, environmnet, ecology and resources. Every act of development is an act aginst nature. In order to make this planet earth more sustainable, liveable, having minimum carbon footprints, it will be critical to plan, design and construct buildings which are sistainable and least conumers of non-renewable resources. Building are like human beings, always evolving and devolving. Buildings need to be viewed as living entities, breathing all the times. Looking at the context of human living and global sustainability, buildings have to be viewed , planned, designed and constructed differently and distinctly. Buildings need to be valued and planned and designed in a most professional manner.Buildings hold the key to global and human sustainability.. They need best of professional input to make them promoters of quality living.
Sustainable Construction Role Of Silicon TechnologyLeonardo ENERGY
Innovation, efficiency and sustainability have become such crucial needs for business and how silicon technology can help to meet those needs, particularly in the context of building design and protection. He will begin by discussing some of the factors influencing sustainability, defining sustainable building and explaining its benefits. Looking towards the future, he will reflect on why cities will increasingly depend on sustainable technologies and how silicon will contribute to the needs of urban areas. Eight key eco-design principles will be discussed. The presentation will end with a discussion of the next steps that are essential to ensure that sustainable building continues to progress.
If it Doesn't Perform, It's Not a Green Building!Jerry Yudelson
The latest report on buliding performance worldwide, this presentation was given to US Green Building Council Arizona Chapter on February 9, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona.
'Abu Dhabi 2030: Masdar’s role in bringing the vision to reality' - Dr Nawal ...Dubai Quality Group
Dr Nawal Al Hosany, Associate Director of Sustainability at Masdar, The World's First Zero-Carbon City, presents her topic 'Abu Dhabi 2030: Masdar’s role in bringing the vision to reality' at the recently concluded 'Excellence: the Future of Business' - Day2 - in Dubai.
Event was jointly hosted by ASQ and the Dubai Quality Group.
http://www.facebook.com/DubaiQualityGroup
RWDI Consulting and Engineers - Wind, Microclimate, Energy and Thermal Comfor...MaRS Discovery District
The vision of Masdar City (the world’s first zero-carbon city to be created before 2020) was shared by the Masdar City team at a September 16, 2009, business-to-business seminar held at MaRS.
The seminar attracted nearly 70 cleantech suppliers, green technology leaders, government policy makers and sector funders. This presentation is from RWDI Consulting and Engineers on the opportunities in wind, microclimate, energy and thermal comfort, created for this seminar.
This was the vision shared by members of the Masdar City team at a September 16th business-to-business seminar held at MaRS. An attentive audience in Toronto was joined by participants in Edmonton and Vancouver via videoconference, indicating strong interprovincial interest.
The seminar - sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, MaRS and the Masdar City team- attracted nearly 70 cleantech suppliers, green technology leaders, government policy makers and sector funders.
Decarbonising Planet Earth ThroughGreen Building JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Buildings are known to be largest consumers of black and green energy besides consuming and generating large waste. Buildings remain anti-thesis to the nature, environmnet, ecology and resources. Every act of development is an act aginst nature. In order to make this planet earth more sustainable, liveable, having minimum carbon footprints, it will be critical to plan, design and construct buildings which are sistainable and least conumers of non-renewable resources. Building are like human beings, always evolving and devolving. Buildings need to be viewed as living entities, breathing all the times. Looking at the context of human living and global sustainability, buildings have to be viewed , planned, designed and constructed differently and distinctly. Buildings need to be valued and planned and designed in a most professional manner.Buildings hold the key to global and human sustainability.. They need best of professional input to make them promoters of quality living.
Sustainable Construction Role Of Silicon TechnologyLeonardo ENERGY
Innovation, efficiency and sustainability have become such crucial needs for business and how silicon technology can help to meet those needs, particularly in the context of building design and protection. He will begin by discussing some of the factors influencing sustainability, defining sustainable building and explaining its benefits. Looking towards the future, he will reflect on why cities will increasingly depend on sustainable technologies and how silicon will contribute to the needs of urban areas. Eight key eco-design principles will be discussed. The presentation will end with a discussion of the next steps that are essential to ensure that sustainable building continues to progress.
If it Doesn't Perform, It's Not a Green Building!Jerry Yudelson
The latest report on buliding performance worldwide, this presentation was given to US Green Building Council Arizona Chapter on February 9, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona.
'Abu Dhabi 2030: Masdar’s role in bringing the vision to reality' - Dr Nawal ...Dubai Quality Group
Dr Nawal Al Hosany, Associate Director of Sustainability at Masdar, The World's First Zero-Carbon City, presents her topic 'Abu Dhabi 2030: Masdar’s role in bringing the vision to reality' at the recently concluded 'Excellence: the Future of Business' - Day2 - in Dubai.
Event was jointly hosted by ASQ and the Dubai Quality Group.
http://www.facebook.com/DubaiQualityGroup
RWDI Consulting and Engineers - Wind, Microclimate, Energy and Thermal Comfor...MaRS Discovery District
The vision of Masdar City (the world’s first zero-carbon city to be created before 2020) was shared by the Masdar City team at a September 16, 2009, business-to-business seminar held at MaRS.
The seminar attracted nearly 70 cleantech suppliers, green technology leaders, government policy makers and sector funders. This presentation is from RWDI Consulting and Engineers on the opportunities in wind, microclimate, energy and thermal comfort, created for this seminar.
This was the vision shared by members of the Masdar City team at a September 16th business-to-business seminar held at MaRS. An attentive audience in Toronto was joined by participants in Edmonton and Vancouver via videoconference, indicating strong interprovincial interest.
The seminar - sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, MaRS and the Masdar City team- attracted nearly 70 cleantech suppliers, green technology leaders, government policy makers and sector funders.
Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space.
Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.
The idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations.
This presentation was given at the OAA Convention in Toronto in 2009 and looks at the implications of the adoption of the 2030 Challenge. It also examines strategies to include to target low carbon design. Several low carbon buildings are studied.
This presentation is a basic introduction to the concepts underlying carbon neutral design. It looks at a LEED Platinum building that is also a carbon neutral building for some ideas as to how to achieve this goal.
Masdar City : A Model of Urban Environmental SustainabilityIJERA Editor
Masdar City is an archeology project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is a planned city,
which is being built by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, with the majority of seed
capital provided by the government of Abu Dhabi. Designed by the British architectural firm Foster and Partners
and engineering and environmental consultancy Mott MacDonald, the city will rely entirely on solar energy and
other renewable energy sources, with a zero waste ecology. It initially aimed to be a sustainable zero-carbon carfree
city. . This article is a case study about “Masdar City,” a planned carbon-neutral town in Abu Dhabi. The
article describes the key characteristics of Masdar City.
Knowledge & Learning in a Rapidly Changing World | Smart City Futures 2009Melissa Sterry
Societás Founder & CEO Melissa Sterry's introduction to the panel session: 'Policy Futures: Towards a Framework for Sustainable Economies', presented at the Smart City Futures Conference at The Lowry, Salford Quays, on 23rd July 2009.
Titled 'Knowledge & Learning in a Rapidly Changing World' Melissa's presentation explores perceptions of sustainable innovation and how knowledge impacts perception and decision making.
'Biome Shock: Anthropogenic vs. Ecosystemic Intelligence' by design scientist and systems theorist Melissa Sterry was presented at BioSalon III, an transdisciplinary round-table discussion held as part of the ADAPTr series at Ambika P3 gallery, University of Westiminster, London on November 30th 2016.
DIY Cities: Post-Industrial Urban Futures, a presentation given by Design Scientist and Futurist Melissa Sterry at 'Future Cities', held on July 10th 2013 at The Biospheric Project, Salford, as part of the official programme of the Manchester International Festival 2013.
'Education at the Edge' keynote presentation by Melissa Sterry presented at The Women Leadership Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania on March 15th 2017. Discussing humanity's constructs of knowledge, therein intelligence, and the underlying developments in the theory of philosophy and psychology that frame the issue in the past, present, and future.
Fishing for the New Architectural School by Melissa Sterry, Published Februar...Melissa Sterry
Extract: 'Materials that are self-repairing, regulate internal environment, and communicate with their surroundings - dive into the ocean and you will find limitless examples that indicate how the ilk of smart materials could shape the city of the future. Your diving guide is Melissa Sterry'.
Published in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of Sustain magazine.
Putting The We In Web Media Ecology Conference 2009Melissa Sterry
Melissa Sterry's presentation on the role of creativity in building Web 2.0 collaborative platforms and environmental messaging - shown at the Media Ecology & Post Industrial Production Conference at the Innovation Forum at University of Salford on 3rd November 2009.
Biomimicry in the Built Environment SPARC10Melissa Sterry
Melissa Sterry's presentation 'Biomimicry in the Built Environment: Sourcing Sustainable Design and Engineering Solutions From Nature' shown at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference, held at University of Salford, 11th June 2010.
Melissa Sterry's presentation 'Biomimicry in Design | Sourcing Sustainable Design Solutions in the 21st Century' shown at Greengaged '09 at the Design Council on 23rd September 2009, during the London Design Festival.
The Bionic City by Melissa Sterry. Published September 2011.Melissa Sterry
Introduction: 'In the course of her research, Melissa Sterry came to realise that "what humankind considers a force for destruction, nature considers a force for creation". Melissa is now developing The Bionic City: a model that transfers knowledge from complex natural ecosystems to a blueprint for a future city resilient to extreme meteorological and geological events.'
Published in the Sept/Oct 2011 issue of Sustain.
Making cities Climate Responsive and SustainableJIT KUMAR GUPTA
“Decarbonization” of cities ,as an issue ,as an option and as a strategy , has been gaining currency in the parlance of; making planet earth livable and sustainable. “Decarbonization has been globally valued for keeping the global temperature below 1.5C, and achieving the agenda and goals defined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, defined by UN for achieving universal sustainability. Despite distinct role and relevance, criticality and importance of decarbonization of cities has neither been properly understood and appreciated nor made integral part of the architectural practice and art and science of designing and construction of buildings. Consuming one -third of global energy (33%) and generating 39% of greenhouse gas emissions buildings have been considered as the major player in the domain of climate change and global warming. Since Architects and Architecture are
actively involved in the making and unmaking of buildings, accordingly it becomes important that planners and architects must play a significant role in making
cities and buildings least consumers of energy and generators of the minimum greenhouse gas emissions. This objective can be achieved if decarbonizing cities/buildings is made a distinct reality . Issue of decarbonizing the cities/buildings assumes importance for the reason, that world’s building floorspace is likely to be become double by the year 2060, with the addition of large number of newcities/ buildings due to rapid urbanization, population growth and economic development ; required for catering to
to the needs of additional population opting for urban living.
Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space.
Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.
The idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations.
This presentation was given at the OAA Convention in Toronto in 2009 and looks at the implications of the adoption of the 2030 Challenge. It also examines strategies to include to target low carbon design. Several low carbon buildings are studied.
This presentation is a basic introduction to the concepts underlying carbon neutral design. It looks at a LEED Platinum building that is also a carbon neutral building for some ideas as to how to achieve this goal.
Masdar City : A Model of Urban Environmental SustainabilityIJERA Editor
Masdar City is an archeology project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is a planned city,
which is being built by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, with the majority of seed
capital provided by the government of Abu Dhabi. Designed by the British architectural firm Foster and Partners
and engineering and environmental consultancy Mott MacDonald, the city will rely entirely on solar energy and
other renewable energy sources, with a zero waste ecology. It initially aimed to be a sustainable zero-carbon carfree
city. . This article is a case study about “Masdar City,” a planned carbon-neutral town in Abu Dhabi. The
article describes the key characteristics of Masdar City.
Knowledge & Learning in a Rapidly Changing World | Smart City Futures 2009Melissa Sterry
Societás Founder & CEO Melissa Sterry's introduction to the panel session: 'Policy Futures: Towards a Framework for Sustainable Economies', presented at the Smart City Futures Conference at The Lowry, Salford Quays, on 23rd July 2009.
Titled 'Knowledge & Learning in a Rapidly Changing World' Melissa's presentation explores perceptions of sustainable innovation and how knowledge impacts perception and decision making.
'Biome Shock: Anthropogenic vs. Ecosystemic Intelligence' by design scientist and systems theorist Melissa Sterry was presented at BioSalon III, an transdisciplinary round-table discussion held as part of the ADAPTr series at Ambika P3 gallery, University of Westiminster, London on November 30th 2016.
DIY Cities: Post-Industrial Urban Futures, a presentation given by Design Scientist and Futurist Melissa Sterry at 'Future Cities', held on July 10th 2013 at The Biospheric Project, Salford, as part of the official programme of the Manchester International Festival 2013.
'Education at the Edge' keynote presentation by Melissa Sterry presented at The Women Leadership Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania on March 15th 2017. Discussing humanity's constructs of knowledge, therein intelligence, and the underlying developments in the theory of philosophy and psychology that frame the issue in the past, present, and future.
Fishing for the New Architectural School by Melissa Sterry, Published Februar...Melissa Sterry
Extract: 'Materials that are self-repairing, regulate internal environment, and communicate with their surroundings - dive into the ocean and you will find limitless examples that indicate how the ilk of smart materials could shape the city of the future. Your diving guide is Melissa Sterry'.
Published in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of Sustain magazine.
Putting The We In Web Media Ecology Conference 2009Melissa Sterry
Melissa Sterry's presentation on the role of creativity in building Web 2.0 collaborative platforms and environmental messaging - shown at the Media Ecology & Post Industrial Production Conference at the Innovation Forum at University of Salford on 3rd November 2009.
Biomimicry in the Built Environment SPARC10Melissa Sterry
Melissa Sterry's presentation 'Biomimicry in the Built Environment: Sourcing Sustainable Design and Engineering Solutions From Nature' shown at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference, held at University of Salford, 11th June 2010.
Melissa Sterry's presentation 'Biomimicry in Design | Sourcing Sustainable Design Solutions in the 21st Century' shown at Greengaged '09 at the Design Council on 23rd September 2009, during the London Design Festival.
The Bionic City by Melissa Sterry. Published September 2011.Melissa Sterry
Introduction: 'In the course of her research, Melissa Sterry came to realise that "what humankind considers a force for destruction, nature considers a force for creation". Melissa is now developing The Bionic City: a model that transfers knowledge from complex natural ecosystems to a blueprint for a future city resilient to extreme meteorological and geological events.'
Published in the Sept/Oct 2011 issue of Sustain.
Making cities Climate Responsive and SustainableJIT KUMAR GUPTA
“Decarbonization” of cities ,as an issue ,as an option and as a strategy , has been gaining currency in the parlance of; making planet earth livable and sustainable. “Decarbonization has been globally valued for keeping the global temperature below 1.5C, and achieving the agenda and goals defined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, defined by UN for achieving universal sustainability. Despite distinct role and relevance, criticality and importance of decarbonization of cities has neither been properly understood and appreciated nor made integral part of the architectural practice and art and science of designing and construction of buildings. Consuming one -third of global energy (33%) and generating 39% of greenhouse gas emissions buildings have been considered as the major player in the domain of climate change and global warming. Since Architects and Architecture are
actively involved in the making and unmaking of buildings, accordingly it becomes important that planners and architects must play a significant role in making
cities and buildings least consumers of energy and generators of the minimum greenhouse gas emissions. This objective can be achieved if decarbonizing cities/buildings is made a distinct reality . Issue of decarbonizing the cities/buildings assumes importance for the reason, that world’s building floorspace is likely to be become double by the year 2060, with the addition of large number of newcities/ buildings due to rapid urbanization, population growth and economic development ; required for catering to
to the needs of additional population opting for urban living.
the advantages and disadvantages of conventional energy and green energy showing that the benefits of green energy is more than the conventional one ,,, showing also the disadvantages of the green one and how to cover it
Just Biofiber Structural Solutions, Corp. (“JBF”) was founded in 2014 with a vision to bring a sustainable building system to market that would improve quality of living, with lower cost, without waste and easy to construct. JBF has created a patented building system based on structural blocks that outperform virtually all existing and alternative building systems. Now with a backlog of over two years production and global demand – JBF is ready to take the international stage.
Climate Responsive Design of Buildings-1-9-23.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Built environment is known for its peculiar qualities of being large consumer of energy, water and renewable/non-renewable resources throughout its lifecycle, spanning from planning, designing, construction, occupation and maintenance besides generating large waste. In addition, buildings are also responsible for adversely impacting environment, destroying bio-diversity and causing sick building syndrome. Buildings are also known to be primarily responsible for global warming, rising temperature, climate change and increasing carbon footprints. Accordingly, buildings are known to create conditions of warming planet earth and raising its temperature. In order to make buildings supportive of cooling the cities and moderating its temperature, it will be important that buildings are planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated with care and caution to minimize its adverse impact on with cities, environment , ecology and bio-diversity. In this regard, using rationally/logically the nature / natural elements including land, sun, space and greenery, as the basic elements of design and operation of the buildings will be most valuable for minimizing the adverse impact of buildings. Passive design of buildings, based on the nature and natural elements, is known for its capacity to minimize the use of non-renewable resources and optimize the natural renewable resources for meeting its day-to-day needs. Based on circular economy such buildings generate minimum waste and accordingly help in making them climate, and resource responsive.
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Figma is a cloud-based design tool widely used by designers for prototyping, UI/UX design, and real-time collaboration. With features such as precision pen tools, grid system, and reusable components, Figma makes it easy for teams to work together on design projects. Its flexibility and accessibility make Figma a top choice in the digital age.
Storytelling For The Web: Integrate Storytelling in your Design ProcessChiara Aliotta
In this slides I explain how I have used storytelling techniques to elevate websites and brands and create memorable user experiences. You can discover practical tips as I showcase the elements of good storytelling and its applied to some examples of diverse brands/projects..
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Explore the essential graphic design tools and software that can elevate your creative projects. Discover industry favorites and innovative solutions for stunning design results.
4. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: MULTI-FUNCTION
Michael Jantzen Turbine Wind Tunnel Bridge - made of steel and aluminum
• Wind turns five wheels - storing energy for future use in the same way a windmill does
• Creates a sound as you make your way across the bridge - wind chime effect
5. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: MULTI-FUNCTION
Ross Lovegrove - Car on a Stick
• Solar-Powered Transport Pod by day
• Telescopic pole beneath so can be stored upright on a
stick when not in use to save space
• Transforms into a street light by night
7. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: MICRO-ENERGY
Magenn’s Power Air Rotor products
• Electrical bird and bat friendly mobile air-born generator systems
• Rotate in the wind and literally glide through the air generating electricity
• The first Magenn products come to market in 2010
9. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: MICRO-ENERGY
New York’s Fluxxlab studio’s ‘Revolution Door’ Central
• Core is a mechanical system that harnesses the kinetic energy of the doors spinning
movement and converts it to electricity to power offices
10. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: MICRO-ENERGY
Cool Earth’s concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system
• Inexpensive materials, radically reducing material requirements, as well as plant
deployment costs and time
• One CPV plant covering 150 miles by 150 miles would generate enough power to
meet all the electrical needs of the United States until 2030
• Each 8-foot-diameter concentrator is made of plastic film and has a transparent upper
hemisphere and a reflective lower hemisphere. When inflated with air the concentrator
naturally forms a shape that concentrates sunlight onto a PV cell placed at the focal
point
12. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: LIFETIME GUARANTEE
Lighting Science Group - LED lightbulbs
• 80% less energy used than incandescent bulbs
• Replaced every 50,000 hours (10 to 30 years)
• Estimated cost saving over lifetime $740
13. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: LIFETIME GUARANTEE
Junky Styling - London Fashion Week A/W ‘09 Collection
• Made from secondhand clothing
15. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: CLOSED LOOPS
Worn Again - Trainer
• Pre and post consumer and corporate waste materials upcycled into shoes, bags & accessories
• Re-use of materials, preventing waste from going to landfill
• Upcycled products made out of fire hoses, air balloons, uniforms, seat belts
17. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: MATERIAL MINIMALISM
CURB - 100% sustainable media
• Clean advertising
• Sand / Compost Art
• Logrow / Ad Field
• Mow Ad / Crop Ad
• Rake Ad
• Snow Tagging
• Solar Art
• H2 Show
20. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: ORGANIC ORIGINS
Jean-Marie Massaud - Manned Cloud Hotel
•700ft x 270ft x 170ft super-airship with 20 bedrooms, a restaurant, library, lounge, bar, gym and spa
•Only requiring re-fuelling after 5,000 kilometers, able to remain airborne for roughly 3 days, traveling at a
cruising speed of 80mph, with a maximum speed of 105mph
•Ferrying up to 40 passengers in the sky for a serene cruise around the world, its terraces with panoramic
windows will bring a whole new dimension to sight-seeing
21. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: ORGANIC ORIGINS
Ross Lovegrove - DNA Staircase
• Inspired by DNA and human bone
• Made it from fiberglass and unidirectional carbon
via bladder molding
• High-performance composite manufacturing to
produce hollow lightweight form
22. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: ORGANIC ORIGINS
Festo’s bionic AquaPenguin
• Hydrodynamic body contour designed with elegant wing propulsion and head and tail sections that can be
moved in all directions
• Able to manoeuvre in cramped spatial conditions and turn on the spot, but unlike biological counterparts, can
also swim backwards
• An autonomous underwater vehicle that independently navigates itself, supported by a 3D sonar system, which
allows communication with surroundings and other robotic penguins
• Expect to see technology developed for use in underwater research and exploration
23. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: ORGANIC ORIGINS
Ross Lovegrove - Solar Trees
• Solar-powered urban street lighting
•Solar branches follow the sun
25. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: FORM FOLLOWING FUNCTION
Steve Fambro’s Aptera
• 300 miles or more to the gallon
• Shape minimizes air resistance
• 3 wheels minimize drag on the road
• Interior and exterior LED lighting
• Solar assisted climate control system
• Recycled materials
• Both electric and plug-in hybrid models
• Top speed of 90mph
• 0-60 in around 10 seconds
• Ample storage - interior large enough to
fit a surf board
26. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: FORM FOLLOWING FUNCTION
Ecotricity - Greenbird
• The most advanced wind-powered
vehicle on Earth
• Fuses a combination of technology
found on Aircraft and Formula 1 cars
• Achieves speeds up to 126.1 mph with
no engine
• Driven by British engineer Richard
Jenkins
• Greenbird smashed the world land
speed record for wind-powered vehicles in
winds of just 30mph
27. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: FORM FOLLOWING FUNCTION
University of Southampton & Checkmate SeaEnergy’s Anaconda funded by EPSRC
200m long flexible rubber tube filled with seawater and sealed at both ends that sits on the ocean surface
generating wave energy
Each passing wave squeezes the rubber, producing a bulge that ripples down the tube, powering an electric
turbine at the end. Scaled down versions of the concept are currently being tested in wave tanks
30. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: NATURE DICTATING DESIGN
Parans - Solar Fibre Optic Lighting
Collects natural sunlight and feeds into interior spaces via optical cables, which flows out through Parans
patented luminary technology
Light can be collected from roofs or exterior walls - using optical lenses to collect and concentrate the light
32. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: TRANSITIONAL TRENDS
Little Shrimp - Kids Printed T-Shirt
•Could be created from scraps of fabric from
secondhand clothes or off-cuts from the
factory floor
•Fusion of old / new styles
•100% organic cotton
34. EMERGING PRINCIPLE: THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
Philips - Living Colour LED Lighting
•16 Million colour options at the flick of a
switch
•Intuitive remote control uses radio-waves
not infrared
•Based on 3 hrs use a day lasts up to 5 yrs
37. THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDINGS TOMORROW’S SUSTAINABLE WORLD
CAN YOU SPOT THE DELIBERATE MISTAKES? Surfers & Seafarers may have a head start when
trying to spot the flaws
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s Floating Cities
38. THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDINGS TOMORROW’S SUSTAINABLE WORLD
CAN YOU SPOT THE DELIBERATE MISTAKE? Those who own
solar panels have an advantage spotting the flaw
Lillies, by Peter Richardson
39. THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDINGS TOMORROW’S SUSTAINABLE WORLD
CAN YOU SPOT THE DELIBERATE MISTAKE? A clue… this concept was submitted to a leading
international sustainable design competition stating the concept could ‘off-set carbon emissions’
from vehicles
Garden Spots, by Stefanie Werner
40. THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDINGS TOMORROW’S SUSTAINABLE WORLD
CAN YOU SPOT THE DELIBERATE MISTAKE? Were you paying attention when I presented ‘Form
Following Function’ and ‘Nature Dictating Design’… what’s wrong with the ‘form’ of this car?
Scott Abel of Definable Design, an intern graphic designer at Pentagram in San Francisco
41. BUILDING TOMORROW’S SUSTAINABLE WORLD FURTHER READING…
Trends Review in Sustained Issue 8 - the Innovation issue -
http://issuu.com/sustained/docs/issue_008/18
Renewable Energies Review in Sustained Issue 9 - the Low Carbon issue -
http://issuu.com/sustained/docs/009
Read the extended Renewable Energy review at http://www.societas.ltd.uk/futureofenergy.html
See the Sustainable Transport review in Sustained Issue 10 - the Alarm issue - coming out in July.
WWF’s Reports -
Deeper Luxury - http://www.wwf.org.uk/deeperluxury
Let Them East Cake Report -
http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/working_with_business/?uNewsID=537
Signposts & Weathercocks Report -
http://www.wwf.org.uk/research_centre/research_centre_results.cfm?uNewsID=2224
Treehugger - http://www.treehugger.com and Inhabitat - http://www.inhabitat.com