Environnement

POWERleap | an energy generating floor product

The electricity generated from the system can be stored and used in a wide variety of applications to create a self-sustaining closed loop system. In large installations the electricity can also be fed back into the grid. Furthermore, POWERleap generators can be used as a sensor network to provide an intelligent environment that improves power efficiency within a space.

via www.powerleap.net

Crowdsourcing Energy in Public Spaces | TheCityFix.com

Designers and engineers have devised a way to utilize excess body heat in Stockholm's Central Station to power nearby buildings. Photo by Georgios Karamanis.

The body heat of about 250,000 commuters in Stockholm’s Central Station is now being used to warm a building across the street. Engineers and designers in Sweden have figured out a way to harness the excess heat energy from the activity of people who pass through the station each day. The technology works through the use of heat exchangers installed in the station’s ventilation system that convert the heat into hot water. The technology has been around for a while. The difference is the water is then pumped to the heating system in a nearby building to keep it warm.

via thecityfix.com

Langfang Eco-Smart City / Woods Bagot + HOK | ArchDaily

Courtesy Jet Chai HOK

Woods Bagot Architecture and HOK Planning have worked together to generate the master plan for Langfang Eco-Smart City and shared its announcement with us here at ArchDaily. Additional renderings, watercolors and the official press release after the break

via www.archdaily.com