SubExpo

Inspiration fra Lisbjerg

2009-10-23T14:04:00.002+02:00

CEBRA var involveret i overvejelser om byens udvikling i Lisbjerg. Der ligger en del overvejelser i det arbejde som kan bruges som grundlag i ELEV.

Link: http://www.aarhuskommune.dk/portal/borger/byplan_arkitektur/store_projekter/byudvikling_lisbjerg

Resultater fra CEBRA/ Tækker konkurrencen juni 2008

2008-08-13T10:14:00.008+02:00

Billeder fra præmieoverrækkelsen fredag d. 27 juni 2008.

Borris Borman Jensen (Inst. 2), Peter Boe Hauggaard-Nielsen (Tækker Group) og Carsten Primdahl (CEBRA) holder tale og takker for et godt og inspirerende samarbejde med de studerende på Institut 2, By og Land.

Der er modtaget 22 projekter. De vil blive arkiveret i forbindelse med det videre udviklingsarbejde med Elev Bakke.

Tak for indsatsen!

1. Præmie - Innovative Elev

2008-08-13T09:55:00.010+02:00

Titel: ”Innovate Elev” af Louise Bjørk

Vinderprojektet formår på forbilledlig vis at indfri konkurrencens krav. Gennem et enkelt greb etableres en såkaldt grøn lunge, hvor en stor bredde af bæredygtige programmer krydses med mere rekreative programmer. Den grønne lunge sikrer det bæredygtige aspekt, mens de nydeligt bearbejdede byområder skaber fortætninger af aktivitet. Hermed opstår en fin balance der virker overbevisende og troværdig. Projektet er smukt illustreret og rigt detaljeret fra det overordnede greb til bebyggelsen, og fremstår alt i alt som et helstøbt og fint gennemført projekt.

Projektet blev præmieret med 10.000 kr.

2. Præmie - Sustainable Infrastructure

2008-08-13T09:49:00.004+02:00

Titel: ”Sustainable Infrastructure” af Signe Rabølle Nielsen

Projektet fremhæves for sine let tilgængelige men meget omhyggelige analyser, undersøgelser og kortlægninger af konkurrenceområdets landskabelige, infrastrukturelle og bymæssige kontekst.
Forslagets idé med at sammenflette de urbane og ’naturlige’ systemer til en blå/grøn landskabsplan for den kommende by ved Elev er et yderst relevant bidrag til formuleringen af nye bæredygtige byudviklingsstrategier.

Projektet blev præmieret med 8000 kr.

3. Præmie - Green Diversity

2008-08-13T09:09:00.006+02:00

Titel: ”Green Diversity” af Søren Bech Martinussen og Simon Lyager Poulsen

Projektet præmieres for sine strategier og visioner for implementering af bæredygtige byudviklingsprincipper. Projektets sammentænkning af nye bæredygtige teknologier med landskabelige kvaliteter og rekreative muligheder ses som et væsentligt bidrag til formuleringen af nye bæredygtige byudviklingsstrategier.

Projektet blev præmieret med 6000 kr.

Delt 4.Præmie - An Eco Method

2008-08-12T16:17:00.004+02:00

Titel: ”An Eco Method” af Anette Kold Kristiansen

Projektet bidrager med en metode i arbejdet med øko-urbanisme, som er skalerbar og indrettet til at kunne bruges i forskellige planlægningsopgaver. Metoden er ikke et formgenererende værktøj, men egner sig til at synliggøre de lag og komponenter, der kvalificerer et projekt til at være bæredygtigt.
Projektet rummer et omfattende analysearbejde, som betoner processen blandt de involverede som vigtig for bæredygtigheden og et casestudie knyttet til forstaden, som illustreres gennem tre scenarier for et test-site.
Projektet blev præmieret med 3000 kr.

Delt 4.Præmie - Den urbane Skov

2008-08-12T16:15:00.004+02:00

Titel: ”Den urbane Skov” af Maria Christine Andersen og Stine Lund Hansen

Projektet argumenterer for en redefineret grøn forstadsurbanisme som alternativ til de (århusianske) forstæder, som er frataget deres nærlandskab. Projektet søger at skabe en by, som er CO2 neutral ved at plante og så skov som sammenbindende landskabstypologi. H% (hortodensitet) indgår sammen med B% (bebyggelsesdensitet) i programmeringen. Det præmierede projekt rummer en gennemført analyse af skoven som generel og konkret struktur i Elev. Byen implementeres over tid gennem forskellige centre som byudviklingsrum i den med tiden opvoksede skovstruktur.
Projektet blev præmieret med 3000 kr.

Indkøb - Rurban Living

2008-08-12T14:32:00.002+02:00

Titel: ”Rurban Living” af Katja Engel Zepernick og Johanna Ferrer Guldager

Hensigten er at skabe bæredygtige rammer for forstadslivet, hvor byen, boligen og landskabet knyttes sammen gennem en beplantnings- og dyrkningsstrategi. I den nye forstad Elev sættes fokus på lokal fødevaredyrkning, som mindsker transportbelastning og fremmer sundhed og social interaktion. Der foreslås en frugtrute, et lokalt stisystem, som forbindes med det regionale stinet.
Projetket blev præmieret med 1000 kr.

Indkøb - Sunde Rum

2008-08-12T14:23:00.003+02:00

Titel: "Sunde Rum" af Hanna Rehling

Projektet er stærkt i sit fokus på at transformere undersøgelser om sundhedsfremmende rum til et brugbart planlægningsværktøj. Undersøgelsesarbejdet rummer store potentialer i arbejdet med den rekreative planlægning i og mellem forstæderne.
Projektet blev præmieret med 1000 kr.

Indkøb - Goodbye Ladders

2008-08-12T14:17:00.004+02:00

Titel: Goodbye Ladders, af Anders Krogdal og Sune Rieper

Projektet skal fremhæves for kombinationen af de grundige analyser, og deres brug af identitetsbærende nærlandskaber på såvel masterplanniveau som i delområderne. Hermed sikres både en mental forankring til landskabet, og en fleksibel byudvikling.

Projektet blev præmieret med 1000 kr.

Indkøb - Suburban Living

2008-08-12T13:42:00.003+02:00

Titel: ”Suburban Living” af Marianne Brandt Bundgaard

Projektets forslag til gentænkning og revision af eksisterende typer af parcelhusbebyggelser bidrager med en række helt håndgribelige principper for bæredygtig retrofitting, som dommerkomiteen har fundet meget relevant.

Projektet blev præmieret med 1000 kr.

Indkøb - Relevate

2008-08-12T13:23:00.007+02:00

Titel: "rELEVate", by Dana Meier

By studies of the structure of Danish historical villages and their localization in the landscape combined with studies of farm typologies this project proposes a new village of Elev based on existing landscape and infrastructure. Building structure takes its stand in modern blocks based on the historical farms. The project contains a lot of possibilities for sustainable social interaction.The project was awarded 1000 dkk.

Hædrende omtale

2008-08-12T13:21:00.002+02:00

Titel: Commuter City
Studerende: Trine Lybech Madsen

Hædrende omtale

2008-08-12T13:20:00.002+02:00

Titel: Centerets Intensitet
Studerende: Simon Rune Sørensen

Hædrende omtale

2008-08-12T13:03:00.002+02:00

Titel: Barriereløs

Studerende: Mads Thomsen

Det ny Dubai er luftkølet

2008-07-18T14:10:00.001+02:00

Et arkitektfirma har fået en rigtig god ide til en ny bydel i Dubai. Det skriver tgdaily.com mandag. Hele arkitekturen er rettet mod at kanalisere den kølige brise fra havet igennem bydelen og holde den hede ørkenluft ude. Bygningerne bliver tillige bygget med den traditionelle byggestil i området i tankerne og designet, så blandt andet vandforbruget bliver så lille som muligt. Den gennemsnitlige højeste dagtemperatur i Dubai er 39°C i juni, 41°C i juli og 40°C i august.

Den nye bydel i Dubai. Grafik X Architects.

http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/ugens_vejr_i_verden_-_uge_29_2008

2008-06-17T17:32:00.003+02:00

Kære alle

Det har været fantastisk spændende at følge jeres arbejde igennem semesteret. Vi glæder os meget til at se frugten af jeres anstrengelser. Som I ved afrunder vi semesteret med en studenterkonkurrence hvor jeres projekter vil blive bedømt af et dommerpanel sammensat af repræsentanter fra Tækker, CEBRA, AAA og Århus Kommune. Afslutningen markeres med præmieoverrækkelse og reception fredag d.27. juni fra kl. 14.00 i Studsgades Auditorium. Læs om aflevering, bedømmelseskriterier og præmiering nedenfor.

Studenterkonkurrence:

Aflevering

Projekter, der indleveres til konkurrencen, bør indeholde følgende materiale: 5 stk. A1 (gerne opklæbede plancher) og en projektbeskrivelse på max 10 sider (A3) - der skal indeholde:

• Titel og navn
• Registrering og analyse af områdets geografiske og strategiske placering i relation til byvækstens generelle udviklingsmønster lokalt og regionalt.
• Kort redegørelse for hvordan det foreslåede projekt vil indgå i eller påvirke dette mønster i relation til den valgte optik (roadscape, urbscape, landscape).
• Et nedslag i relevant målestok som gennem planer, kort eller diagrammer illustrerer hvordan det udvalgte område eller tema bearbejdes.
• Rumlige visualiseringer.

Materialet skal afleveres som print og i pdf-format på cd/dvd - torsdag den 26. juni mellem kl. 10.00 og 12.00 I Studsgades Auditorium, AAA. (Materiale der ikke er opklæbet skal hænges op). Der må gerne afleveres modeller.

Bedømmelseskriterier

Bedømmelsen vil vægte følgende aspekter:

• Projekternes strategier og visioner for implementering af bæredygtige byudviklingsprincipper
• Projekternes datamateriale, kortlægninger og andre faktuelle oplysninger som vil kunne indgå i grundlaget for et kommende parallelopdrag
• Projekternes samlede masterplan og kvaliteten af det bebyggede
• Illustrerede bæredygtighedsprincipper og designaspekter
• Projekternes overordnede formidling

Dommerkomiteen er:

Carsten Primdahl, CEBRA
Jørn Tækker, Tækker Group
Samt en repræsentant fra Kommuneplanafdeling, Århus kommune

Rådgivere for dommerkomiteen:

Boris Brorman Jensen, Arkitektskolen Aarhus
Henrik W Jensen, Arkitektskolen Aarhus
Martin Odgaard, Arkitektskolen Aarhus

Den samlede præmiesum udgør 35.000,- kr. der fordeles på én førstepræmie på ikke under 10.000, en andenpræmie på ikke under 8.000, en tredjepræmie på ikke under 6.000 samt en række mindre præmier og hædrende omtaler. Ved præmieringen køber Tækker rettigheden til at publicere projektet eller dele af projektet. Præmierne udbetales efter nærmere aftale som henholdsvis arbejds- og rejselegater.

Præmieoverrækkelse

Overrækkelsen vil ske ved en reception fredag d.27. juni kl.14 i Studsgades auditorium, hvor Tækker/AAA vil være vært for en forfriskning. Receptionen vil være åben for gæster, så venner, familie og medstuderende er meget velkomne.

Til receptionen vil dommerkomiteen præsentere dommerbetænkningen, sige et par ord om semesterforløbet og det fortsatte arbejde, og overrække præmier til de indstillede projekter. Derefter vil der være underholdning og bar til kl.18.

De præmierede projekter vil fra den 8. august blive udstillet i SubExpo sekretariatets showroom på Vesterbro Torv. Her er I selvfølgelig altid velkomne til at kigge forbi og følge projektets udvikling!

(Projekter som IKKE præmieres skal af hensyn til sommerrengøringen fjernes fra auditoriet senest mandag d. 30 juni)

Green Technology Under Magnifying Glass At EPA Science Forum

2008-06-13T11:56:00.004+02:00

Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered together scientists, investors and industry to show off what they say are key innovative technologies in the environmental effort, VOA reports.

" Climate chance is not the problem, it is a symptom of a problem.
It is a symptom of an imballance of the way we relate to the nature". Nicholas Parker leader of a Clean Tech investment Group.

Se klippet her: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/06/10/green-technology-under-magnifying-glass-at-epa-science-forum/

SmartLink Project Eliminating Costs, Reducing Waste

2008-06-13T11:41:00.001+02:00

An initiative in the Netherlands called Biopark Terneuzen, promotes sustainable development through the project’s SmartLink concept, with which industries use each other’s byproducts as feedstock, according to Biopark.
Læs mere om Biopark i Holland her: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/06/12/smartlink-project-eliminating-costs-reducing-waste/

Environmental Impacts

2008-06-13T11:26:00.003+02:00

Here's a quickie primer on the logic and logistics behind carbon offsets.
(Eksempel: Et træ vil udligne de 1,4 tons CO2 udslip det tager at flyve imellem San Fransico til NY. - 5100 miles)
Se klip her: http://eco-centric.blogspot.com/

The low-carbon revolution starts at home.

2008-06-13T11:03:00.003+02:00

HOME TRUTHS: A LOW CARBON STRATEGY TO REDUCE UK HOUSING EMISSIONS BY 80%

The Low-carbon Strategy from the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University identifi es the policies needed to deliver an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions from UK homes by 2050. These cuts are achievable but will require a quantum leap in commitment from Government and a radical new approach.

http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/hometruths.php

Symbiose mellem by og land

2008-05-30T15:02:00.004+02:00

Bio pig; Atelier Van Lieshout (2001)

Pig excrement becomes biogas that can be used for cooking and for generating electricity. With 100 pigs, AVL could provide the entire Free State of AVL-Ville with energy.

Kan vi udvinde og optimere energi i langt højere grad fra de ressourcer vi har til rådighed og ændre radikalt ved den opfattelse vi har ved at bo i tæt kontakt til dyrehold og jordbrug?

Hvad hvis det bliver en Pludsfaktor at bo i nærheden af dyrehold og jordbrug? Måske det bliver billigere (eller gratis) i elforbrug?

Farming Futures

2008-05-30T14:25:00.004+02:00

In April 2008, more than half of farmers surveyed in England by this project believe they are already affected by climate change, and nearly 70% expect to be affected in the next ten years.

Diagrammer hentet fra: http://www.farmingfutures.org.uk/

Kan man udvinde energien fra kulstof og nitrogen fra jordbrug/ kvægbrug til fordel for miljøet og brugere i naboområdet?

Commuter Hybrid Region

2008-05-29T14:09:00.003+02:00

Semesterprojekt af Trine Lybech Madsen

greenBYgreen

2008-05-29T14:03:00.001+02:00

Semesterprojekt af Sofie Fors og Vera Johnander

Bolig i et performativt landskab

2008-05-29T13:54:00.002+02:00

Semesterprojekt af Johanne og Rikke

Struktur hypotesetesting

2008-05-29T13:52:00.000+02:00

Semesterprojekt af Camilla Schumann- Andersen og Henriette Schumann- Andersen

Få din egen bioetanol tankstation derhjemme

2008-05-22T09:28:00.001+02:00

Uanset om man fylder sin tank op med diesel eller benzin, så er det for tiden en rigtig deprimerende oplevelse. Det synes man også i USA, selvom priserne “over there” stadig kun er omkring halvdelen af, hvad vi giver for vores brændstof. Men de høje priser sætter fokus på alternativerne, og heriblandt finder man MicroFueler, som er et hjemmebrænderi, der laver over 130L bioetanol om ugen.

Læs artiklen her: http://www.labconfidential.dk/

Fremtidens drivhus er en skyskraber

2008-05-22T09:22:00.002+02:00

Hvis ni milliarder mennesker skal overleve om 50 år, må vi lære at dyrke føden, først og fremmest grøntsager, i højhuse, hvor det kan gøres bæredygtigt og forsvarligt, mener amerikanske forskere.

Ideen om den lodrette bondegård er her udmøntet i et tænkt højhus foran Chicagos havnefront.
Landbrug bør ikke ligge på landet, hvor det forurener og ødelægger naturen. Det traditionelle jordbrug er primitivt og misbruger den knappe ressource, som landbrugsjorden er.

Det bliver ikke ved med at gå, når klodens befolkning vokser og vokser. Landbruget bør afløses af det teknologisk avancerede, økologiske bybrug.

Den amerikanske professor Dickson D. Despommier fra University of Columbia i USA præsenterede for nogle år siden sine studenter for en idé om at dyrke grøntsager på toppen af New Yorks skyskrabere. Det overraskende resultat af den efterfølgende undersøgelse viste, at blot halvdelen af byens tagareal var tilstrækkeligt til at forsyne hele byen med grøntsager.

Derpå tog ideudviklingen fart. For hvorfor ikke bruge en hel skyskraber til landbrugsproduktion?

Læs hele artiklen her: http://ing.dk/artikel/88240

Zero-carbon house

2008-05-16T10:32:00.002+02:00

One of Britain's biggest builders, Barratt Developments, unveiled today what it said was the UK's first zero-carbon house built by a volume house builder.
Developed at the Buildings Research Establishment in Watford, Barratt's Green House is packed with the latest technology including solar panels, rain water harvesting and an air-source heat pump.

Læs mere her: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/15/greenbuilding.renewableenergy

"Off the Grid: Sustainable Habitat 2020"

2008-05-15T08:48:00.002+02:00

EcoChic - A fascinating look at a sustainably designed world of the future. This film is based on a brief to develop sustainable housing for urban megalopolis in China in 2020.

Se filmen her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTyL5lEiTU4&feature=related

Traffic goes electric green

2008-05-14T08:50:00.003+02:00

It’s looking good for electric cars in Denmark – as a new scheme promises a network of renewably-powered recharging stations by 2011.

Renault-Nissan’s involvement gives big name credibility to the project, with Danish power supplier Dong Energy also lined up to supply wind-generated electricity to 20,000 dedicated service points across the nation. Even with coal-generated electricity in the mix on windless days, overall CO2 emissions should still be only around half as bad as conventional petrol cars.

Læs mere her: http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/greenfutures/articles/traffic_goes_electric_green

Mobile Systems Workshop

2008-05-13T11:59:00.005+02:00

Det højteknologiske netværk Mobile Systems afholder workshop om bæredygtighed og greentech den 29. maj i Ålborg. CEBRA deltager med oplæg om bla. Subexpo. Hvis du er interesseret i greentech og gerne vil netværke med nogle af de tunge drenge i IT-branchen, har CEBRA et begrænset antal invitationer liggende.

Kontakt: CEBRA - Mikkel Hallundbæk Schlesinger - mhs@cebra.info

Se mere her:

http://mobilesystems.aau.dk/dk/aktiviteter/netvaerksaktiviteter_2008/miljoevenlig_it.htm

Cities of the Future, Today

2008-05-08T10:14:00.004+02:00

As cool as ultra high-performance green buildings are individually, the real action is all with districts. Individual buildings may blaze paths, and as we engage in acupunctural infill (changing sprawling or underused areas into walkable, compact mixed-use communities by adding new buildings and redeveloping older properties -- something we'll be writing more about soon) we're going to need a lot of small-scale, even individual architectural solutions.

But if we want to really push the environmental performance of urban areas down to zero-impact levels, we need to think in terms of districts; we need to look at settings where a number of buildings can be built afresh or creatively re-used, and where the infrastructure and public space they share can be recreated in ways no piecemeal agglomeration of individual projects can usually match.

Læs Alex Steffens indlæg her: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007986.html

Fremtidens bolig i Kolding

2008-05-08T09:43:00.002+02:00

Projekt Golfen er Danmarks første etageejendom, der opføres som passivhusbyggeri Første spadestik er taget til et helt unikt byggeri, nemlig Danmarks første ejendom med ejerboliger i fire etager, der opføres efter passivhuskonceptet. Rockwool A/S vil i de kommende måneder følge opførelsen af ejendommen her på sitet, hvor du kan læse om byggeprocessen og udfordringerne ved at bygge efter passivhuskonceptet.

40 procent af Danmarks energiforbrug finder i dag sted i bygninger. Golfen byggeriet viser, at både energiforbruget i bygninger og deres CO2-udledning kan reduceres ganske betragteligt - ikke længere kun i enfamiliehuse, men også i etagebyggeri, herunder boliger, kontorer, skoler og andet offentligt byggeri.

Energiforbruget til opvarmning kun ca. 1/3 af energiforbruget i et standardbyggeri.

Læs mere her: http://www.rockwool.dk/sw105122.asp

Stockholms bæredygtige bydel

2008-05-08T09:22:00.006+02:00

Hammarby Sjöstad is a new district on the waterfront in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. The district will offer 10,000 apartments for 25,000 residents. From day one, the City of Stockholm has imposed tough environmental requirements on buildings, infrastructural solutions and the traffic environment. To obtain these goals, integrated planning, innovative solutions and new technologies have been necessary.

The project runs until 2016, and today half of the city area is done. The Project Management Office, which has run the project from the beginning, has made sure to achieve all environmental requirements. GlashusEtt, the environmental information centre of Hammarby Sjöstad, provides lectures on sustainable city planning and encourages inhabitants to change their ways of life to be more sustainable.

Due to this sustainable city concept, Hammarby Sjöstad has come to serve as a role model for urban development projects all around the world.

Læs mere her: http://www.cleanenergyawards.com/

www.stockholm.se/hammarbysjostad

Hør et indlæg fra 2004 på DR1 hvor visionen for Hammarby Sjöstad bliver gennemgået.

Danmark er bagud med bæredygtigt byggeri

ØKO-HUS SOLGT FOR CA. 70 MIO. KRONER

2008-05-08T09:12:00.002+02:00

Et storstilet byggeprojekt i England skal skabe balance mellem naturen og det byggede miljø.

Med i projektet er øko-huset 'Orchid House', der for nyligt er solgt til en anonym køber for et rekordstort beløb på 7,2 mio. engelske pund svarende til ca. 70 mio. danske kroner.

Orchid House skal ligge i det 222 kvm. store Lower Mill naturreservat i Gloucestershire, England. Bag huset står det London baserede Featherstone Associates med Sarah Featherstone i spidsen. Tanken bag Orchid House er, at det falder naturligt ind i landskabet og omgivelserne med inspiration fra den særlige orkidéart, der findes i området.

Læs mere her: http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=4158

Passivhusets efterfølger

2008-05-08T09:01:00.002+02:00

Velfac og Velux præsenterer "Bolig for livet" som næste generation efter passivhuset, der gør op med alle forestillinger om, hvad der kan lade sig gøre med et parcelhus. Og der bliver ingen udgifter til varme og el.

Læs artiklen her: http://www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/go?action=302&id=10166&from=newsmail

Industriel Symbiose

2008-04-24T09:53:00.002+02:00

Symbiose betyder samliv mellem forskelligartede organismer, hvor alle kan drage nytte af hinanden. Her bliver udtrykket brugt om et industrielt samarbejde i Kalundborg mellem flere virksomheder og kommunen, som gensidigt udnytter hinandens rest- eller biprodukter.
Symbiosesamarbejdet har udviklet sig spontant over en længere årrække og omfatter i dag omkring 20 projekter. Udvekslingen af restprodukter mellem virksomhederne fremgår af diagrammet.
- Alle projekter er både miljømæssigt og økonomisk bæredygtige.

Se link: http://www.symbiosis.dk/symdk/DKindex.htm

Danmarks første 100 % miljøcertificerede kommune

2008-04-24T09:30:00.001+02:00

Albertslund Kommune er den første, der har oversat EMAS miljøledelsessystemet fra produktproduktion til en kommunal virkelighed.
100 % miljøcertificeret betyder, at alle i kommunen har mål og handlingsplaner på miljøområdet, som de evaluerer hvert år. På samme måde som institutionerne har mål og handlingsplaner for budgetterne.
Yderligere information Albertslund Kommune har vundet mange priser, senest Nordisk Råds Natur- og Miljøpris 2007 og Dagbladet Børsens pris som årets bedste erhvervskommune. Baggrunden for priserne er en målrettet politisk prioritering og medarbejdernes fokuserede indsats.

Læs pressemeddelsen her: http://www.fbbb.dk/Files/Filer/Pressemeddelelse_Albertlund_Kommune.pdf

Algae Into Biofuel

2008-04-24T09:24:00.000+02:00

CNN has an interesting video on Vertigro. Glen kertz grows algae in bags suspended in a greenhouse. Oil is extracted and turned into biofuel. The yield, according to Kertz, is 100,000 gallons of algae fuel per acre per year. Corn, Kertz says, yields 20 to 30 gallons.

Tjek linket: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/04/23/vertigro-turns-algae-into-biofuel/

Treasure from trash

2008-04-21T09:25:00.002+02:00

Garbage In, Garden Out: Inside the High Tech Trash Disassembly Line

More than 63 million tons of US recyclables end up in landfills every year. Global Renewables might be able to shrink that number. The Australia-based company built a facility in Sydney that combines every trash-sorting technology imaginable — wind sifters, optical scanners, magnets, electrical currents. It diverts 75 percent of the city's waste stream to recycling, conserving landfill space and cutting down on greenhouse gases. Rotting garbage gives off methane, so less landfill equals less climatic apocalypse. On the strength of its Sydney plant, Global Renewables just got $627 million to construct two similar facilities in the UK. Here's how they separate the treasure from the trash.

Find linket her: http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/st_wastestream

Nyt idrætsbyggeri sparer på energien

2008-04-21T08:53:00.002+02:00

Lokale- og Anlægsfonden har netop besluttet at uddele 5,6 mio. kr. til et nyt stort kultur- og idrætscenter i Fynshav på Als.
Arkitekturen i det nye byggeri er på flere måder nyskabende, og samtidig er byggeriet et mønstereksempel på energirigtigt byggeri.

Byggeriet er flere år fremme i tiden, hvad energibesparelse angår. Der er solvarme på taget og solceller, der skaber elektricitet. Jordvarme, intelligent varmestyring, passiv ventilation, og brintceller, der skaber elektricitet, er andre miljøvenlige tiltag.

Læs mere her:

http://www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/go;jsessionid=4291A5F9197439AD2FD2667C684EC903?action=302&id=10139&

ECOTOPIA

2008-04-18T14:32:00.007+02:00

Abstract of Robert Costanza's Article Visions of Alternative (Unpredictable) Futures and Their Use in Policy Analysis from 2000(!)

"The most critical task facing humanity today is the creation of a shared vision of a sustainable and desirable society, one that can provide permanent prosperity within the biophysical constraints of the real world in a way that is fair and equitable to all of humanity, to other species, and to future generations. Recent work with businesses and communities indicates that creating a shared vision is the most effective engine for change in the desired direction, yet most effort in "futures modeling" has focused on extrapolating past trends rather than envisioning alternative futures. Science and economics as applied to policy are in conflict more often over alternative visions of the world than purely "scientific" disagreements. Likewise, governance has gotten bogged down in mediating short term conflicts between special interests rather than its more basic role of creating broadly shared visions that can guide dispute resolution."

Read the article here http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol4/iss1/art5/manuscript.html

or download the text Four Visions as pdf from the Download section

RecycleBank, the recycling program that pays you back, heading to Europe

2008-04-16T13:21:00.004+02:00

If altruism isn't a good enough reason to increase recycling rates, a little extra money ought to be.

For those who are new to RecycleBank, here's a update: customers receive a 35, 64, or 96 gallon RecycleBank container which has a barcode that identifies their home.
As the truck collects the recycling it scans the barcode on the container and translates the value of the recycled items into a dollar amount -- up to $35 RecycleBank Dollars a month -- that can be redeemed though shopping coupons at participating businesses. The more you recycle, the more reward you get (up to a point, at least) and the less stuff goes to landfill. The program is available to both residential and commercial customers.

RecycleBank is taking their game across the Atlantic Ocean, to Europe. Fresh off raising $30 million, the company will expand services here in the States and will expand into Europe.

Tjek out more here:
http://www.recyclebank.com/home.cfm

Can the Suburbs make a comeback?

2008-04-16T09:20:00.003+02:00

Ahead of the agenda seminars (Forum of the Future)

The first of our seminars focused on the sustainability challenges facing the suburbs of the future, and asked:

-What needs to change from the old model of car-reliant, individualistic suburbs in an era where sustainability is paramount?

- What do the sustainable suburbs of the future look and feel like in terms of land-use, transport, architecture, density, community and politics?

-How can retailers contribute to the fabric of these communities without creating a country of clones?

Read the panel speakers opening remarks:
Sir Peter Hall - internationally renowned expert on urban planning and Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London
Chris Leslie – Director of the New Local Government Network and formerly a Government Minister
Lord Richard Rogers – one of the world’s foremost living architects
David North - Community and Government Director for Tesco
Chaired by Stephanie Draper - Deputy Director of Forum’s Business Programme

Se bl.a. Richard Rogers tale om hvordan forstæder kan blive bæredygtige.

http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/1948

Klimaforandringer giver byforandringer

2008-04-16T09:01:00.004+02:00

De forestående klimaforandringer rejser to grundlæggende spørgsmål for de danske byer:
Hvad kan vore byer gøre for at mindske forandringerne, og hvordan kan byerne tilpasse sig
de ændrede grundvilkår?

Allerede nu tegner der sig et billede af meget væsentlige forandringer i vores hverdag, men
der tegner sig også en række handlinger og virkemidler, som kan være med til at tilpasse vore
byer og reducere forandringerne - hvad gør vi?
Som i al anden byøkologisk tankegang er det lokale udgangspunkt essentielt. De lokale
forudsætninger og muligheder danner udgangspunktet. Selv i lille Danmark er forholdene vidt
forskellige: Klimatiske, topografiske, geografiske, trafikale, teknologiske, økonomiske etc. etc.

Artiklen har været bragt i Global Økologi nr. 1/2008
(Af Torben Gade, byplanlægger og arkitekt. Adm. direktør i GBL gruppen for by &
landskabsplanlægning aps, bestyrelsesmedlem Foreningen Bæredygtige Byer &
Bygninger)
Læs hele artiklen her: http://www.fbbb.dk/Files/Filer/Klimaforandringer_giver_byforandringer.pdf

COP15 er op-ad-bakke

2008-04-14T12:06:00.007+02:00

Developing countries, including China and India, are unwilling to sign up to a new global climate change pact to replace the Kyoto protocol in 2012 because the rich world has failed to set a clear example on cutting carbon emissions, according to the UN's top climate official.

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said too many rich countries, including the US, had failed to take the action needed to convince the developing nations to sign up to a deal in Copenhagen next year that could help to stabilise global emissions.

Tjek artiklen:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/14/climatechange.carbonemissions?gusrc=rss&feed=environment

Når arkitekten er gud

2008-04-14T08:59:00.006+02:00

DR2 Tema: Utzons arv

Danmarks store internationale arkitekt Jørn Utzon fylder 90. DR2 Tema fejrer manden bag bl.a. Sydney Operaen med et stort portræt og et kig på hans betydning i dag. Flere og flere danske arkitekter går nemlig i hans fodspor med store internationale projekter, der forsøger at skabe bedre byer og boliger fra Riyadh til Beijing.

Det globale byggeboom raser, og når verden er en byggeplads, er arkitekten Gud. Men hvordan løfter man ansvaret og bygger en bedre verden? Vi følger en række danske arkitekter, der går i Utzons fodspor og prøver at gøre en forskel fra Saudi Arabien og Indien til Berlin og Beijing.

Se klippet her: http://www.dr.dk/DR2/Temaaften/Udsendelser/lørdag/2008/04/0328111041.htm

- Hvor meget betyder politik i arkitektonisk sammenhæng?

- Vil du bygge i et land, hvor lovgivningen ikke tillader kvinder at arbejde eller køre bil?

NYC To Install Solar On City-Owned Buildings

2008-04-14T08:45:00.002+02:00

New York City’s Department of Administrative Services plans to issue an RFP for private solar developers to purchase, install, own and maintain solar panels on city-owned buildings in all five boroughs as part of PlaNYC.

The city says it plans to install 2 megawatts of solar electricity. Eleven potential sites have been identified for the developer to choose from, including five schools and a community college.
The City and the developer will enter into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the electricity the solar panels generate.
Last month, Southern California Edison announced plans to install 250 megawatts of solar panels on 65 million square feet of roofs of Southern California commercial buildings.
EL recently reported that solar companies are becoming financial intermediaries, leading companies to install solar power that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford it.

Link: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/04/10/nyc-to-install-solar-on-city-owned-buildings/

What makes a city thrive?

2008-04-10T12:52:00.007+02:00

In the Taubman Building at the Kennedy School, audience members listen intently to experts discussing 'The 'D' Word: What It Takes to Build Dense Communities in Greater Boston.' (Staff photo Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office)

What makes a city thrive? People, lots of 'em, really, really close.

The population density of Paris is about three times that of Boston. Does this mean Paris is three times as much fun as Boston, or that if Boston's population were compounded by three, it would become another Paris? These questions are not as silly as they may sound - that is, if you start from the premise, shared by many architects, urban designers, planners, and others, that density is the secret to creating healthier urban environments - with safer streets, better schools, more vibrant cultural and commercial activity, more efficient public transportation, nicer parks, and a less degraded environment.
On Jan. 28, the Kennedy School's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston in cooperation with the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) held a forum at Harvard to examine the concept of density and to look at ways it could be achieved. The forum was a follow-up to an earlier conference held by the BSA in September 2003. While most of those who attended the event viewed density as a cure for the city's ills, that attitude is by no means shared by all who take an interest in the welfare of America's towns and cities.
The forum's title reflected that ambivalence: "The 'D' Word: What it Takes to Build Dense Communities in Greater Boston." In certain ways, the debate between density and its opposite - sprawl - has been going on for the past half-century, said Charles Euchner, the executive director of the Rappaport Institute, who moderated and helped organize the event. "There's been an ongoing struggle to strengthen the city core, but not always to increase urban density. What's new, I think, is that we're realizing cities are really about people. The more people you bring in, the more vibrant the city will become," Euchner said. While it might not quite stack up to Paris, it can hardly be said that Boston is lacking in vibrancy. And yet, if present trends continue, there may be trouble ahead.
According to the pro-density argument, urban institutions require a certain threshold population to support them. If not enough people want to shop or eat out, there won't be many good stores or restaurants. If the audience for music, theater, or art is small, these activities will not flourish. If the tax base is scanty, schools and municipal services will be substandard. Even parks need people to use them, and if the parks are deserted, they will not receive the upkeep they need to remain attractive. Density is also considered good for the environment because it is easier and cheaper to provide heating, electricity, sewerage, and other services to people living in concentrated groups than to those in single-family homes in suburban areas. As a result, the impact of dense populations on the surrounding environment is less harmful. If density is such a good thing, why haven't more people gotten the message?
The first panel took up this question. David Parrish, who described himself as a "recovering architect," now a senior vice president at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, brought up the point that whether people want to take advantage of the social and cultural advantages of the city or seek the sprawling suburbs depends on where they are in the life cycle. "A wise old man once told me, if you're looking for someone to have sex with, you live in the city; if you've got someone to have sex with, you live in the suburbs. Sometimes I think it may be as simple as that."
Others spoke about the stigma associated with density. "Density used to be associated with poverty," said BSA President David Dixon. "We are part of that baby boom generation whose parents moved away from poverty by moving away from the city. The core reason for the stigma is a historical artifact." Hubert Murray, a Boston-based architect and urban planner, spoke about the visual images that the word "density" brings to many people's minds. "It's the turn-of-the-century photographs that Jacob Riis took of the slums on the Lower East Side, it's the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis that had to be torn down in the 1970s. It's the image of the huddled masses, of disease, crime, congestion. But the statistics show that density is not a leading factor for these conditions. For example, the TB statistics show that the key elements are new immigrants and poverty. Similarly, it's poverty and the lack of job opportunities that drive crime and not density, per se." Alfred Wojciechowski, a principal in a Boston design firm, said that for density to work, people have to feel comfortable moving out into the public realm. "It's very much about walkability. Goods and services have to be immediately available. You have to be able to walk to them.
Wojciechowski quoted design theorist Christopher Alexander, who called the ineffable combination of factors that make a neighborhood pleasant the "quality without a name," sometimes abbreviated by designers as "QWAN." Developer Roger Cassin agreed. "A five-minute walk in a neighborhood where you feel uncomfortable is too far." In many cases, achieving greater density means building taller buildings, something that often proves unpopular, especially in the Boston area. "We're an awfully conservative city when it comes to high buildings," said David Lee, a partner in a Boston architectural firm and an adjunct professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. "Anything over three stories and people come out and rebel against it. We're still stuck in the 19th century. We haven't even made it into the 20th." "The dominant religion has always been the religion of short buildings," said Dixon. "I challenge anyone to claim that their lives have been harmed by a tall building." The second panel concentrated on how public policy could be used to achieve greater density. Stephanie Pollock of the Conservation Law Foundation said that the debate over density needed to be reframed. "Public policy is the art of solving problems, but density is not a problem that anyone wants to solve. In order to inject density into the public policy debate, we must propose it as a solution to other problems." Edward Moscovich, an independent economist and consultant, identified one such problem. "In the commonwealth as a whole, most public officials know that development should take place someplace else. If residential development is proposed, their job is to stop it. Why? Because it costs about $6,000 per year to educate a child, and they know the real estate taxes on a $300,000 home won't cover it." The result of this reluctance to build housing results in housing shortages, which results in higher housing costs, which tends to reduce density.
Some members of the panel spoke about using incentives to counter this tendency. Barry Bluestone, an economist who directs the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, suggested that the state government offer cities a $2,000-$3,000 density bonus for each unit of housing built to help cover the cost of schools and other services. What chance is there that Boston and other communities will begin to see density as the solution to the problems they face? Euchner believes that conferences like this one may help to move decision makers in the right direction. "Communities are constantly debating the level of development they should allow. I think forums like this one create greater literacy and awareness about this subject, and when people can talk intelligently, it can have an enormous impact on the debate. I think people are more open to density than they were a couple of years ago."

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/02.05/01-density.html

Dansk Center for Byøkologi - database

2008-04-09T10:39:00.008+02:00

Dansk Center for Byøkologi har udviklet en database for miljørigtigt byggeri - med henblik på at videreformidle erfaringerne fra dansk byggeri – både nybyggerier og renoveringer, som indeholder et eller flere byøkologiske tiltag.
Databasen er for alle, der er interesserede i miljørigtige løsninger i byggeriet. Databasen henvender sig både til den offentlige og den private sektor og det er muligt selv at tilmelde byggerier til databasen.
Databasen opdateres løbende og indeholder over 200 projekter om miljørigtigt byggeri samt beskrivelse af i alt ca. 600 økologiske elementer. Beskrivelserne er oftest suppleret med fotos eller andre illustrationer (databasen kunne dog være kønnere..)

Du kan tjekke det ud her:
http://www.danskbyokologi.dk/

Debat: Forbud mod plasticposer er skidt for miljøet

2008-04-09T09:18:00.003+02:00

Supermarkedernes plasticposer bliver fremstillet og afbrændt så miljørigtigt, at gevinsterne ved et forbud i bedste fald vil være yderst minimalt og i værste fald skabe større miljøproblemer, fastslår plast-forsker.

Plasticposer har et så godt miljøregnskab, at det er svært at finde alternativer til supermarkedets indkøbsposer, hvis politikerne indfører et forbud mod plasticposer. Det mener lektor og akademiingeniør ved Aalborg Universitet Birgit Kjærside Storm, der har forsket og undervist i plastfremstilling i 20 år.

et totalt forbud mod plasticposer, som bør erstattes af stofposer eller poser i materialer, der kan nedbrydes i naturen. Miljøpolitisk medarbejder i Forbrugerrådet Claus Jørgensen har ellers meldt sig positivt overfor forslaget og nævner blandt andet papirposer.

Men ifølge Birgit Kjærside Storm medfører en lang række alternative poser blot nye miljøproblemer – og papirposen er et skidt alternativ. Ved fremstilling af papirposer skal der nemlig udskilles lignin og hemicellulose fra træet. Det kræver både store mængder vand og et kemikalieforbrug.

Følg debatten her: http://ing.dk/artikel/86995

Alger er vores næste brint-fabrik

2008-04-09T09:13:00.002+02:00

Alger skal genmanipuleres til at producere billig brint i store mængder. Forskerne mener, biologisk brintfremstilling kan give grundlag for en helt ny energiindustri.

Alger kan gro overalt, hvor der er vand. Hvis det lykkes at pille den brintproducerende del ud af algers stofskifte, kan en ny energiindustri vokse frem.
Forskere ved det amerikanske energiministerium forsøger nu at fremstille brint ad biologisk vej - gennem fotosyntese.

På Argonne National Laboratory i Chicago, som er ministeriets største forskningsenhed med over 1.000 forskere og ingeniører, er søgelyset rettet mod encellede alger.

Læs mere her: http://ing.dk/artikel/86936?bund

Californien i verdens største satsning på solceller

2008-04-09T09:01:00.002+02:00

Over 100 større bygninger i Californien med et tagareal på i alt seks million kvadratmeter skal udstyres med solceller, der tilsammen vil generere 250 MW. En halvering af omkostningerne ved installation har gjort projektet muligt.

Det californiske energiselskab Edison går i gang med at beklæde seks millioner kvadratmeter af tagene i den sydlige del af staten med solceller. Samlet vil hustagene generere 250 MW, når solen skinner. Det kan give strøm til 162.000 hjem og tegner sig for det største solcelleprojekt nogensinde – ti gange større end det hidtil største projekt i Spanien.

Læs mere her: http://ing.dk/artikel/87001

Cradle to Cradle

2008-04-08T14:51:00.002+02:00

Remaking the Way We Make Things

In addition to its provocative content, Cradle to Cradle, is printed on a polymer film instead of paper. While current materials and systems are incomplete, this book's materials suggest ways 'technical nutrients' might be used in the future, cycling safely and prosperously in the 'technical metabolism' of plastics recycling.
Read more about the book's materials in the MBDC.com monthly feature story from May 2002, "This Book is Not a Tree."

"[A] clear, accessible manifesto... the authors´ original concepts are an inspiring reminder that humans are capable to much more elegant environmental solutions than the ones we´ve settled for in the last half-century"

Publisher´s Weekly

http://www.mbdc.com/book/index.htm

Rem Koolhaas/OMAs Bryghusprojekt i København offentliggjort

2008-04-08T11:28:00.001+02:00

Et udstillingssted. Et bosted. Et mødested. Et arbejdssted. Et legested. Et opholdssted. Et spisested. En forbindelseslinie, hvor byen møder havnen. Hvor trafikken møder og krydser bygningen. Hvor arbejdet møder fritiden. Hvor mennesker i alle aldre møder hinanden. Det er intentionerne med Bryghusprojektet, der nu er offentliggjort som dispositionsforslag.

Projektet består af et multifunktionelt hus med en række udadvendte aktiviteter – primært initieret af Dansk Arkitektur Center/DAC - café og restaurant, boliger, kontorer til Realdania og til udlejning. Hertil kommer et underjordisk P-anlæg.

Udgangspunktet har været at samle en række aktiviteter omkring ét hus, og at dette hus bliver af exceptionel bymæssig og bygningsmæssig kvalitet. Samtidig skal huset samt opholds- og legearealerne bidrage til at skabe mere liv i kvarteret omkring Bryghusgrunden og til at styrke forbindelsen mellem indre by og Københavns havn.

Læs mere her: http://www.realdania.dk/Presse/Pressemeddelelser/Pressemeddelelser+2008/Bryghusprojekt07-04-08.aspx

Stærk satsning på Lollands landdistrikter

2008-04-08T11:21:00.001+02:00

Lolland Kommune har udsendt følgende pressemeddelelse:
Lolland Kommune og Realdania har nu fundet de fire overskrifter, som demonstrationsprojekterne i MULIGHEDERNES LAND skal falde inden for. Gennem satsninger på sanering af dårlig boliger, herregårdsarven, bosætning og energi vil Lolland Kommune og Realdania gøre det mere attraktivt at bo og bosætte sig i Lollands landdistrikter.

På et møde i Erhvervs- og Kulturudvalget den 1. april blev det besluttet at arbejde videre med fire overskrifter på mulige demonstrationsprojekter.

Projektet MULIGHEDERNES LAND er et samarbejde mellem Lolland Kommune og Realdania. Formålet med projektet er at finde nye veje til udvikling af landdistrikterne i Danmarks yderområder. Det skal ske gennem demonstrationsprojekter, der kan gøre det mere attraktivt at bo eller bosætte sig i Lolland Kommunes landdistrikter.

Læs mere her: http://www.realdania.dk/Presse/Pressemeddelelser/Pressemeddelelser+2008/Lolland+02-04-08.aspx

Elastisk planlægning kan være vejen frem i Øresundsregionen

2008-04-08T11:14:00.002+02:00

Se udstillingen på Dansk Arkitektur Center

De to vinderforslag lægger op til en mere elastisk planlægning i fremtiden, hvor der lægges vægt på at fremme forskelligheden. Alle de præmierede konkurrenceforslag blev i dag præsenteret på Dansk Arkitektur

Lige som filmen for ti år siden skabte verdenssucceser med dogme-konceptet, skal den fysiske planlægning underlægges en række dogmer. Det er hovedtanken i en af vinderbesvarelserne i Realdanias idekonkurrence Öresundsvisioner 2040.

Besvarelsen Öresundsdogmer deler førstepladsen med besvarelsen Mosaic Region. I begge forslag er den mere traditionelle planlægning erstattet af en mere elastisk planlægning, hvor der er lagt vægt på at fremme forskelligheden. ”Et gennemgående træk for besvarelserne er, at man forkaster den mere håndfaste form for planlægning, men hvis vi skal adressere en række aktuelle udfordringer omkring miljø, klima og energi, så er der behov for effektiv planlægning. Førstepriserne til Öresundsdogmer og Mosaic Region, er blandt andet begrundet i, at de fint håndterer denne balance,” siger dommerkomiteens formand, professor Jens Kvorning, Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole.

Alle vinderforslagene kan ses på Dansk Arkitektur Center frem til 4. maj 2008. Der indbydes til debatmøde den 16. april 2008 kl. 16.00. Vinderprojekter og dommerkomitéens betænkning kan ses på www.oresundsvisioner2040.dk

http://www.realdania.dk/Presse/Pressemeddelelser/Pressemeddelelser+2008/Vinder+%C3%96resundsvisioner2040+02-04-08.aspx

Neighborliness, Innovation and Sustainability

2008-04-08T11:08:00.002+02:00

Two approaches have tended to define the debate about sustainable prosperity in recent years. The first is conscious consumption, which manifests at the shallow end as green shopping (even greenwashing) but can prove out at a deeper level as strategic consumption. The second is green technology, which is a topic that we tend to cover here in great depth, and which covers everything from energy to transportation, housing to product design. Sometimes that technology is trivial, sometimes it is profound.

These approaches are complimentary, and both have a lot to offer as we try to negotiate our way to a bright green future. But there is a danger in thinking that all we have to do is design better substitutes for the products we already consume, and then convince people to buy them.

Læs mere her: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007941.html

Arkitektur & Energi

2008-04-08T10:29:00.005+02:00

De nye energibestemmelser har medført skærpede krav til bygningers energimæssige ydeevne. Det er dog muligt at skabe god arkitektur med øget komfort og samtidig tilgodese de energimæssige sparehensyn i fremtidens lavenergibygninger. Det forudsætter, at arkitekter tidligt i designprocessen tager højde for de formrelaterede dispositioner, der har konsekvenser for energiforbruget i nybyggeriet.
Overordnet kan der tages udgangspunkt i fire forskellige temaer i byggeriet, hvor arkitektur og og energi spiller sammen. Det drejer sig om dagslys, solvarme, råhus og tekniske installationer.

Publikationen “Arkitektur & Energi” (PDF) som blev udgivet for et par år siden kan downloades her i PDF format.

http://www.sbi.dk/arkitektur/beredygtighed/arkitektur-og-energi/arkitektur-og-energi

WIMBY! - Hoogvliet Future, Past and Persent

2008-04-08T10:17:00.006+02:00

The publication WiMBY! Hoogvliet Future, Past and Present of a New Town contains the full story, the conclusions and the lessons drawn from the project, told both for professionals and the general reader. The book includes documentation of all the events, buildings and designs and reads like a fairytale (a sometimes rather gruesome one) that openly describes WiMBY!Õs many ups and downs, which we hope is both lively and instructive. Such deprived areas as Hoogvliet are currently the focus of political attention. Many dozens of districts suffer the problems that Hoogvliet has been able to solve over the last few years. This book is of importance to everyone interested in the present-day problem of deprived areas in the Netherlands.

Læs mere her: http://www.wimby.nl/index.php

Højhus på den grønne måde

2008-04-08T10:07:00.002+02:00

Fremtidens skyskrabere udnytter de grønne ressourcer i omgivelserne

Chicago-baseret arkitektstue Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (AS+GG) er særligt aggressive på dette område og har tidligere i år fået opgaven at tegne hovedkvarteret til den CO2-neutrale by Masdar. De har dog også haft tid til at tegne “Clean Technology Tower” - en skyskraper designet til at udnytte især vind til at generere energi.

Clean Technology Tower er designet til opførelse i Chicago, som meget passende har tilnavnet “The Windy City”, men hvornår/om/hvis det første spadestik tages er uvist.
Se flere billeder

Læs resten af historien » http://www.labconfidential.dk/

Passivhus: Nu også i flere etager

2008-04-08T10:00:00.003+02:00

De første 40 passiv-lejligheder med et varmeforbrug på 12 kWh per kvadratmeter per år skyder op i Kolding. Prisen ligger 10 procent over traditionelt byggeri, men varmeregningen er i bund.

For første gang i Danmark starter byggeriet af et passivhus i flere etager. I Kolding skal 40 lejligheder bygges som super-lavenergihuse, hvor varmeforbruget ligger på 12 kWh per kvadratmeter per år og dermed under de 15 kWh, som giver byggeriet status af et passivhus efter tyske standarder. Boligbyggeriet går under navnet Golfen og er et samarbejde mellem Rockwool, arkitekt Lars R. Hansen og developer Evan Nicolaisen. De første lejligheder skal stå klar allerede i slutningen af dette år.

Læs mere her: http://ing.dk/artikel/86911

Opvarm huset med varm asfalt

2008-04-07T20:38:00.004+02:00

Har du nogensinde gået med bare tæer på en asfaltvej en varm sommerdag, ved du også, at den sorte asfalt er en ren varmemagnet. Så hvorfor ikke udnytte al den ophobede varme til noget nyttigt? Vej er der jo nok af, så den potentielle varmeudnyttelse er jo enorm. Samme tanke har et hollandsk entreprenørfirma også fået, og de bruger nu varmen fra vejene til bl.a. at opvarme nærliggende huse.

http://www.labconfidential.dk/index.php/opvarm-huset-med-varm-asfalt/

COPENHAGEN AGENDA

2008-04-07T20:37:00.004+02:00

I forbindelse med IFHP konferencen Futures Of Cities i september 2007 udarbejdede Mandag Morgen dokumentet Copenhagen Agenda For Sustainable Cities. Download dokumentet med de 10 punkter på IFHPs hjemmeside, hvor du også kan finde en række andre publikationer om bæredygtig byudvikling

http://www.ifhp2007copenhagen.dk/World%20Congress/Publications/Special%20Issues.aspx

INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS KALUNDBORG

2008-04-07T20:25:00.004+02:00

Symbiosis means co-existence between diverse organisms in which each may benefit from the other. In this context, the term is applied about the industrial co-operation taking place in Kalundborg between a number of companies and Kalundborg Municipality, all of which exploit each otherís residual or by-products mutually.
The Symbiosis co-operation has developed spontaneously over a number of decades and today comprises some 20 projects. The exchange of residual products between the companies is laid out in the diagram.

http://www.symbiosis.dk/

The Thinking City

2008-04-07T19:11:00.003+02:00

- International konference om fremtidens København

The Thinking City inviterer to markante internationale tænkere til at komme med deres bud på en ledestjerne for de kommende 20 års udvikling i København. Konferencen samler Borgerrepræsentationen og repræsentanter for erhvervslivet og kulturlivet i København til en dag med visionære input, hvor ingen tanke om fremtidens København er for stor eller vild. Lykke Friis, formand for tænketanken for internationalisering og erhvervsudvikling i København, præsenterer desuden tænketankens anbefalinger.

Programmet offentliggøres april 2007.

International konference mandag den 11. juni på Københavns Rådhus.

Flere boliger, mere erhverv, flere byrum og en bedre infrastruktur. Spørgsmålet er, hvordan vi bedst håndterer denne vækst og skaber en by, der samtidig er mangfoldig, bæredygtig, dynamisk og kreativ.

Dét vi kalder en tænkende by.

Til konferencen The Thinking City har vi inviteret de to bytænkere, Bruce Mau og Joan Busquets og bedt dem om at give deres personlige bud på fremtidens København, og på hvordan fremtidens udfordringer håndteres bedst.

Vi håber, at du vil deltage i debatten om Københavns fremtid og dele dine tanker og idéer med os.
Link: http://www.thinkingcity.kk.dk/

Vertical farming

2008-04-07T19:00:00.004+02:00

Rice on the seventh floor. Wheat on the twelfth. And enough food within an 18-story tower to feed a small city of 50,000.
Vertical farms, where staple crops could be grown in environmentally friendly skyscrapers, exist today only in futuristic designs and on optimistic Web sites. Despite concerns over sky-high costs, however, an environmental health expert in New York is convinced the world has the know-how to make the concept a reality — and the imperative to do so quickly.
With a raft of studies suggesting farmers will be hard-pressed to feed the extra 3 billion people swelling the world’s ranks by the year 2050, Columbia University professor Dickson Despommier believes a new model of agriculture is vital to avoid an impending catastrophe.

Læs mere her: http://www.verticalfarm.com/

Next no. 5

2008-04-02T13:36:00.004+02:00

Blow Your Mind
The NEXT exhibition is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see, feel and try out some of the most exceptional and mind boggling new tech demos, early products and prototypes while you get the inside from the makers themselves. Dreams are the stuff that this is made of.

Der er en spændende udstilling i denne weekend nede i filmbyen i forbindelse med koonferencen Next no. 5. Next no. 5 handler om innovation og udstillingen fremviser en række nye teknologier som prototyper.

Tjek linket: http://www.innovationlab.net/da/node/670

Kinetica

2008-03-28T13:57:00.010+01:00

Sewn invisibly into the lining of normal clothes, Kinetica generates energy as you walk and move around, and uses it to charge up your personal electronic devices - mobile, music player or laptop. Very thin zinc oxide wires are sewn into normal clothing, down the seams of trousers or in coat and jacket sleeves. Every time the wearer moves, the wires move too, and the flexing and relaxing of the wires produces an electric current. If the electricity that Kinetica collects isn't used by personal systems, it can be discharged to the power storage systems of a home or car, or can be directed to the devices of friends or family instead.

http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/lowcarbonliving2022/products/kinetica

Energy Producing Roads

2008-03-28T12:58:00.004+01:00

Energy Producing Roads made from solar cells and glass may be the solution to carbon emissions and climate change.

Background
Although Scott Brusaw's company, Solar Roadways, is based out of his house in Idaho and in the home electronics workshop he built next to it with the income from his consulting, it may hold the key to solving climate change and global warming.

Solar Roadways
Solar Roadways is still in the concept phase, built on Brusaw’s childhood fascination with an electric race car game called slot cars. The idea of cars running on electric roads stayed with him as he went on to earn his Master's degree in electrical engineering. As global warming became established science, his wife Julie suggested he turn his obsession with electric roads into a way to conserve fuel and reduce pollution. Brusaw came up with the idea of a road that produced its own electricity, a solar highway for energy independence.
One of the nation's leading authorities on solar energy, Nate Lewis of Caltech, has calculated that covering 1.7% of the land surface of the United States with 10 percent efficient solar energy converters could supply all our current national energy demand. As it happens, this is roughly the same amount of land that is devoted to the nation's interstate highway system. Lewis believes that covering a large, barren section of some of the western states with solar panels is the best solution to our energy needs, but we would need a photovoltaic material almost as cheap as paint to make it cost competitive with fossil fuels, and we would still need to transport the energy around the country.
In Brusaw's Solar Roadways concept, instead of covering a large area of the Southwest with solar arrays, all of our roads would be paved with glass panels that could collect and distribute solar energy. Sunlight would shine through the surface onto a middle layer of solar cells. The solar cells would produce electric energy to light the road at night and heat it in winter, with enough leftover electricity to power homes and businesses. Brusaw estimates that each mile of solar panels could power 500 homes.

Solar Roadway Rationale
Brusaw's Rationale for Solar Roadways includes:
· 4.84 billion (12' by 12') Solar Road Panels would be required to replace the current asphalt road system, parking lots, and driveways in the 48 contiguous states. This is enough to provide three times more electricity than the United States used in 2003 and almost enough to supply the entire world.
· To produce a Solar Roadway Panel (not including assembly and installation) would cost approximately $5,000 for materials. Solar cell cost and efficiency is predicted to improve dramatically with thin film technologies in the next few years.
· Cost to build enough coal-fired power plants to provide a similar amount of electricity - approx. $14 trillion.
· The cost of Global Warming is unknown, but could reach 5% to 20% of global gross domestic product annually, according to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.

Constructing Power Generating Roads
To answer the energy transport needs, the roadway's base layer would contain the nation's electric grid, safe from weather and secure from interruption, replacing the current crumbling power grid with a distributed network of independent power sources providing energy from coast to coast. Along with electricity, the base layer could also carry fiber optic cables for television, communication, and high speed Internet so that cities and rural areas would be equally connected and the ugly poles and wires that clutter our landscape could be removed. Smart roadways could reconfigure travel lanes to reduce gridlock, warn drivers of construction or obstacles ahead, sense whiteouts or other weather conditions, and even keep wildlife off the roads. In Brusaw's scheme, heated and lighted roadways would make travelling safer and save lives.

New Technology Requirements
Most of the technologies required for the base and middle layers are already available, Brusaw told the glass scientists and industry reps at a Washington workshop. With only a minute of his allotted time remaining, he summarized his challenges to the scientists and manufacturers: Build a transparent glass panel that absorbs sunlight without any glare, lit by low energy LEDs from within, with heating elements to melt ice and snow and a surface both fireproof and shatterproof with traction equal to asphalt, even when wet, with the ability to withstand road salt, magnesium chloride, sun exposure, vehicle emissions such as antifreeze and oil, and the strength and flexibility to handle heavy trucks. And finally, in order to make the project economically feasible, the glass should last about three times as long as most asphalt roads, he concluded.

Materials Developments
Creating solar roadways may be possible with some new enabling technologies. These new technologies include new types of self-cleaning windows with microstructures based on the lotus flower's ability to shed water, and recent breakthroughs in superconducting transmission cables cooled by liquid nitrogen that carried five times the current of standard cables.

Source: Pennsylvania State University Materials Research Institute

A sustainable city-region for Bristol

2008-03-28T09:00:00.005+01:00

Jonathon Porritt will talk about the challenges we face in making cities more sustainable before outlining the programme’s short and longer term plans for the Bristol city region.Having immersed myself in Bristol life for the past six months, and met with a huge variety of organisations concerned about the city’s future sustainability, it’s clear that our task in Bristol is considerable. But with so much energy, enthusiasm and commitment from all parts of the community, if we can create a sustainable city anywhere, it surely has to be Bristol. The City was ranked third in Forum’s Sustainable Cities Index. Yet there are still big issues to sort out, not least with transport and new housing numbers – 90,000 new homes are planned for the area. Tackling these issues, in partnership with others, will be a big focus of our work. Managing the need and demand for travel through the use of IT, and the promotion of active travel and public transport will be early areas of work in supporting sustainable transport. In relation to new homes, we’ll be using our Sustainability Framework for Urban Extensions to ensure that new communities are planned, designed and built to the highest sustainability standards – if they can do it in China, it’s about time we started doing it here too.These are exciting times for anyone living, working or shopping in the Bristol area, and I look forward to hearing from you over the coming months.

Jonathon Porritt speaks at the launch of our Bristol project - video.
Se videoen her: http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/

Find out more about our work in the Bristol region here.

http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/blog/a-sustainable-city-region-for-Bristol

A report on emerging good practice

TCPA (Town and Country Planning Association, London UK. Published March 2007)

Best Practice in Urban Extensions and New Settlements

New town of Northstowe

2008-03-26T14:01:00.002+01:00

Review date: 05 March 2008
Lead designer: Arup Associates
Local authority: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Region: East of England
Description: A new town comprising up to 10,000 new dwellings and associated community and highway infrastructure.

Summary
We welcome the rigour of the approach the design team have taken; the masterplan is of high quality and has potential to be a successful new town. The introduction of 9,500 new homes in the south of Cambridgeshire is a challenge that requires a clear vision as well as careful analysis and understanding of the surrounding landscape and places. We feel that there are still aspects of the masterplan that should be addressed.
At the moment we are concerned that design development of the masterplan has not fully resolved issues of identity, morphology and connectivity. We think there is further work needed by all the parties involved in this project and encourage the design team with the local authority, English Partnerships and the developer to continue working together to resolve these issues. The local planning authority has concerns regarding identity, phasing and sustainability; we agree with their views and these are discussed in more detail below.

Læs hele artiklen her: http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2374

Understanding Ordinary Landscapes

2008-03-26T13:49:00.002+01:00

(1 anmeldelse):

Understanding Ordinary Landscapes by Paul Groth is a collection of contemporary cultural landscape essays and is a theoretical basis for comprehending the mysteries of perception of the landscape, the environment, and furthering the culture versus nature discourse. It brings critical analysis, and an annotated bibliography to the relatively new area of landscape architectural theory. A must for professionals and anyone interested in the landscape.

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0300072031/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature

2008-03-26T13:37:00.002+01:00

(1 anmeldelse):

Chicago City Planning Consultant Doug Farr has written a great book, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature. Farr combines new urbanism with green development in a clear and logical manner. He believes that "sustainable urbanism" is more than designing new Leed certified green buildings. It also includes the creation of green sustainable neighborhoods, and includes plans for sustainable urban development. He combines the strategies and principles of new urbanism with environmental improvements very well. Farr explains the evolution of the design reform movement. He outlines strategies on how to lead and promote sustainable urbanism. Doug Farr did an outstanding on form based codes for our neighboring communities of Bloomington and Normal, Illinois, and in developing plans that enhanced the environment while creating new urban space. I strongly recommend this book.

Craig Hullinger AICP City of Peoria, Director, Economic Development

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/047177751X/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/104-7788888-6723110?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Building for life

2008-03-26T13:30:00.003+01:00

Delivering great places to live: 20 questions you need to answer.

This guide explains the 20 Building for Life standard criteria. Developers can use the 20 questions as a basis for writing development briefs, with a view to speeding up planning approvals and winning local community support. Local authorities can use them to demand high standards of design. Delivering great places to live provides a valuable tool to assess design quality in new housing schemes and should be referred to when applying for a Building for Life standard.

Download publikationen her:

http://www.buildingforlife.org/apply/buildingforlife.aspx?type=publication&refid=-2&aspectid=15&contentitemid=324

Evaluating housing principles step by step
This guide was commissioned and funded by the Housing Corporation’s innovation and good practice programme to support housing designers and developers in producing well designed developments and achieving Building for Life awards.

Download publikationen her:
http://www.buildingforlife.org/apply/buildingforlife.aspx?type=publication&refid=-2&aspectid=15&contentitemid=2395

The Endless City

2008-03-26T13:18:00.007+01:00

The Endless City

An authoritative and visually rich survey of the contemporary city.

More and more people are moving into towns and cities to live and work, altering the urban/rural balance of countries worldwide
The Endless City is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the World’s international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin), exploring key structural, economic and social factors
Overseen by the influential educational institution, the London School of Economics (LSE)
Features extensive research and coherent texts by world-renowned professionals in the field
The information is presented in a comprehensive and visually compelling sequence, enabling quick and efficient reference as well as offering material that is exciting to study
Each city is studied individually in its own chapter and examined comparatively in an observational chapter
Authoritatively edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic in collaboration with LSE and The Urban Age Project, an expanding international organisation seeking a new urban agenda for global cities
Visit the feature website at http://www.phaidon.com/endlesscity/

Yahoo Green

2008-03-26T11:39:00.001+01:00

Yahoo recently launched Yahoo Green and is now sponsoring a contest for designers to create an icon that will be used to represent green products throughout its family of sites and networks.

Læs hele artiklen her: http://eco-centric.blogspot.com/

Galleri: Masdar City

2008-03-26T11:31:00.001+01:00

Masdar4 Masdar City kommer til at koste 73 milliarder kroner og skal bebo 50.000 mennesker og huse 1.500 forretninger. Her ses en model over byen, som er tegnet af det prisvindene arktektfirma Forster and Partners.

Se Galleri billeder her: http://ing.dk/gallerier/96561

Verdens første CO2-fri by

2008-03-26T11:28:00.001+01:00

I oliestaten Abu Dhabi er sultanen ved at bygge verdens første CO2-frie by. Den skal være en ledestjerne, som skal vise verden vej for mere miljøvenlighed. Men byen bliver også en stor forretning, som skal profitere på det voksende CO2-kvotemarked.

Læs hele artiklen her: http://ing.dk/artikel/86495

Norman Foster: Building on the green agenda

2008-03-25T11:36:00.006+01:00

Recorded at the DLD Conference, Munich
Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and "basically pollution-free." He shares projects from throughout his career, from the pioneering roof-gardened Willis Building (1975) to the London Gherkin (2004). He also comments on two upcoming megaprojects: a pipe to bring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, and the new Beijing airport.

Se film: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/174

IBM Launches PowerUp - Online Climate Change Game

2008-03-25T10:32:00.008+01:00

A new IBM promotion comes in the form of a free multiplayer online game, PowerUp, that challenges players to help save the planet “Helios” from ecological disaster.

The game is part of IBM’s TryScience initiative and was launched at Engineer’s Week 2008. The game features a planet in near ecological ruin where three exciting missions for solar, wind and water power must be solved before sandstorms, floods or SmogGobs thwart the rescue. IBM says that it devised the 3D virtual game to engage kids and educators in engineering, energy, and diversity awareness.

www.environmentalleader.com/2008/02/18/ibm-launches-powerup-online-climate-change-game/

Vehicle-to-Grid Plug-In Hybrids, for Free

2008-03-25T00:03:00.003+01:00

Electricity requirements for hybrids used a projection of 25 percent market penetration of hybrid vehicles by 2020 including a mixture of sedans and sport utility vehicles. Several scenarios were run for each region for the years 2020 and 2030 and the times of 5 p.m. or 10:00 p.m., in addition to other variables.

Læs artiklen her:

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007902.html

Smart grid community

2008-03-24T23:12:00.004+01:00

Xcel Energy announces intended site of Smart Grid City: Boulder, Colo. U.S.A to become first fully integrated "smart" city in the nation, Smart Grid City will be the industry’s first community to comprehensively research and develop intelligent grid technologies as we shape the future of the energy marketplace.
The current electric grid has served us well for the last half century. But the future requires a technology revolution.

Se Smart Grid City filmen her:

http://www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0%2c3080%2c1-1-1_15531_43141_46932-39884-0_0_0-0%2c00.html

Living machines

2008-02-29T12:34:00.002+01:00

Living Machines are a form of biological wastewater treatment designed to mimic the cleansing functions of wetlands. They are intensive bioremediation systems that can also produce beneficial by-products such as methane gas, edible and ornamental plants, and fish. Aquatic and wetland plants, bacteria, algae, protozoa, plankton, snails, clams, fish and other organisms are used in the system to provide specific cleansing or trophic functions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_machines

http://www.livingdesignsgroup.com/green-engineering-and-living-m/

By the year 2025, 35% of the world’s projected population will live in countries facing water shortages.

2008-02-29T11:38:00.003+01:00

ACTION ON SOLUTIONS
An ecosystem approach: Natural ecosystems have intricate and resilient mechanisms that filter and replenish freshwater resources and sustain marine environments. Although human technologies may enhance or replicate these mechanisms in some settings, protection of the natural watershed also is critical. An ‘ecosystem approach’ recognizes and ascribes value, including economic value, to the ‘services’ natural ecosystems provide in terms of water filtration and purification, and ensures their sustainability, through modern management regimes.

http://www.worrellwater.com/water_facts.html

Concentrating solar

2008-02-28T14:18:00.003+01:00

Getting a Hot Shower
Most home solar power is generated through standard photovoltaic technology, which uses large panels to convert sunlight at varying efficiency into electricity. But a new way to harness the sun has emerged. "Concentrating solar" focuses light onto a liquid-filled pipe, which produces steam that powers a turbine as it heats -- the same way you burned ants with a magnifying glass when you were a kid. Companies like Ausra and Abengoa are trying to commercialize the technology at the megawatt scale, but Heliotron, a small Greek company, is offering a type of concentrating solar for home use that it claims can generate 420 watts of power and 210 liters of hot water, too.

www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_eco_gadgets?slide=5&slideView=7

Eco - materials

2008-02-28T14:12:00.002+01:00

Like a Live-In Lego House
The old model for making a home is to dump a bunch of wood and drywall at a job site and assemble the house in situ. But a growing number of builders, like Parco Homes and Michelle Kaufman, want to revamp that process and create Lego-like homes that can be snapped together. The modular designs are more efficient and consistent. Parco features a broad range of eco-materials, like the superinsulating window sample shown here, which features a transparent jelly between the two panes of glass to reduce heat loss.

www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_eco_gadgets?slide=4&slideView=6

Efficient lighting

2008-02-28T13:54:00.002+01:00

LED Lighting the Way Home
Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are remarkably long-lasting and efficient lighting, but most of them are small and located in everyday products like remote controls. GlobalGreen wants to change that with its street-light replacement LEDs. Using a mere 50 watts of power (about a 60 percent reduction), this light is very bright (3500 lumens) and will last for 60,000 hours before needing replacement, the company claims.

www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_eco_gadgets?slide=3&slideView=5

ER BRINT FREMTIDENS ENERGIBÆRER / IS HYDROGEN THE FUTURE OF FUEL

2008-02-28T11:18:00.008+01:00

Hos BMW mener man at brint er det bedste bud på en CO2 neutral fremtid. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, generaldirektøren i FN’s Miljøprogram forklarer hvorfor han mener at brint er fremtidens energibærer.

Se klippet her:

http://ted.streamguys.net/site/klaustopfer.html

BYGGEMATERIALER/BUILDING MATERIALS

2008-02-01T12:56:00.014+01:00

Det rigtige valg af materialer er en essentiel del af processen mod den bæredygtig by. Bæredygtige byggematerialer har før i tiden været forbundet med større omkostninger end traditionelle byggematerialer, men dette billede er under forandring.

Man ligger mere og mere vægt på materialernes levetid og omkostningerne ved at producere og skaffe sig af med materialet efter endt brug. I udviklingen af de bæredygtige materialer er det æstiske begyndt at blive en designfaktor, efter en periode med test af mere grove byggematerialer. Så det er muligt at designe bæredygtig arkitektur og byer og som samtidigt tilfredsstille et æstetisk ønske.

Hvordan kan arkitekturen signalere bæredygtighed?

Hvordan kan man gøre bæredygtige materialer mere attraktive i en byggeproces?

COMMUNITYMARKET

2008-02-01T12:49:00.004+01:00

Indkøb er en del af vores daglige gøremål og kan derfor danne ramme om den uformelle meningsudveksling i det lokale supermarked. Ved kommunernes sammenlægning blev der nedlagt og flyttet flere rådhuse, der indtil da fungerede som lokalsamfundendes fora. Man kan forestille sig det multikulturelle og lokale marked i en udvidet rolle kunne understøtte freecycling, fælleskørsel, grønttorv og evt. indgå i hybride sammenstillinger med boliger, erhverv, daginstitutioner og lign.

TRANSPORT

2008-02-01T12:47:00.004+01:00

Selvom personbilen på mange måder ønskes erstattet med kollektiv trafik vil den stadig være en del af fremtidens bybillede. Derfor vil der være behov for veje og parkeringsmuligheder i forskelligt omfang.

Hvordan begrænses omfanget af den synlige tilstedeværelse af disse elementer?
- Eller omvendt hvordan kan tilstedeværelsen betragtes som en kvalitet og lade veje og parkering indgå i sammenhænge, som understøtter bæredygtighed og byens identitet?

BYØKOLOGI/URBAN ECOLOGY

2008-02-01T12:34:00.004+01:00

Selvom byen som socialt, økonomisk og økologisk fænomen er den mest bæredygtige livsform, er den samtidig CO2 forureningens største synder. Verdens storbyer står for størstedelen af den samlede udledning. Byøkologi fokuserer på helhedsorienterede løsninger på problemstillinger, som vedrører et givet områdes ressourceforbrug, miljøbelastning og naturindhold. Denne indsats inkluderer den måde vi bygger og bor på, vores adfærd i håndteringen af ressourcer og vores daglige forbrug.

Kan vi løse alle problemer ét sted i stedet for at prøve at løse ét problem alle steder?

Kan ideer som urban farming, freecycling o.l. udvikles til holdbare og bredt accepterede løsninger?

Hvordan kan økologiske tiltag fremmes uden at det opfattes som pligt og afsavn?

Hvordan kan vi optimere udnyttelsesgraden af ressourcerne i byer og bygninger?

TÆTTERE OG GRØNNERE/DENSER AND GREENER

2008-01-30T14:48:00.009+01:00

Byer over hele jorden vokser hastigere end nogensinde. Netop i år regner man med at bybefolkningen vil overstige landbefolkningen i antal, og tendensen fortsætter. Denne urbanisering foregår ved forskellige hastigheder, men billedet er generelt, og også i Danmark flytter befolkningen fra landet til byen. Den kraftigste tilvækst sker i de større byer og prognoser viser at Århus inden for de næste 25 år vil vokse med op mod 75.000 indbyggere.
Bosætningstendenserne viser at mange gerne vil bo i og omkring de større byer. I Århus har boligpriserne inden for ringgaderne nået et niveau som ligger over mange menneskers økonomiske formåen. Mange af dem som gerne vil bo i byen har ikke råd til det. Studerende, nyuddannede akademikere, iværksættere osv., er grupper der traditionelt har bidraget til "det gode byliv", som forbrugere af de mange tilbud der findes i de større byer. Mange bevæger sig derfor langt for at benytte sig af kulturtilbud, indkøbsmuligheder og tage del i bylivet. Resultatet er bl.a. en enorm trafikbelastning med store konsekvenser for miljøet og et konstant behov for udbygning af infrastrukturen.
Århus Kommunes byvækststrategi opererer med to hovedprincipper: Byudvikling som dækker fortætning og by-omdannelse i eksisterende byområder og Byvækst som dækker inddragelse af nye arealer. Langt den største udvikling kommer til at foregå på nye arealer i byens periferi, som udbygning af de eksisterende forstæder, og der vil blive behov for op mod 50.000 boliger i løbet af de næste 25 år.
Selvom mange gerne vil bo i byen opfylder det traditionelle parcelhuskvarter stadig boligdrømmen for mange mennesker. Men efterspørgslen og et stadigt stigende arealbehov truer med at underminere de kvaliteter parcelhuskvarteret kan tilbyde. Fællesskab med ligesindede, tryghed, den friske luft og nærheden til det grønne må tilbydes i nye rammer.
Byliv, bosætning og natur er de grundlæggende elementer, som må bringes sammen i Fremtidens Forstad. Vi må gentænke forstaden og planlægge med bæredygtighed, som en grundlæggende forudsætning! I Fremtidens Forstad skal vi derfor bo både tættere og grønnere.

BÆREDYGTIGHED/SUSTAINABILITY

2008-01-30T14:47:00.005+01:00

Bæredygtig udvikling handler om at skabe betingelser for det gode liv. For at opnå bæredygtighed skal der skabes balance i samfundet; en balance der skal ses som summen af både miljømæssige, sociale, økonomiske og kulturelle forhold. Fremtidens byer må planlægges så de fordrer denne balance og indeholder den dynamik, der er nødvendig for at sikre kvalitet i udbygningen.

Men hvilke konkrete udfordringer står vi overfor når vi skal planlægge Fremtidens Forstad?

Og hvordan kan vi gøre disse udfordringer til operative redskaber i arbejdet med at skabe den bæredygtige by?

COMMUNITY BUILDING

2008-01-30T14:45:00.001+01:00

Hvis vi skal trives i en by, er det vigtigt, at vores lokalsamfund har en overskuelig størrelse. Det er i nærmiljøerne at hverdagslivet udspiller sig, både hvor vi bor, hvor vi arbejder og hvor det kulturelle liv udspiller sig. Hvis vi skal føle tilknytning til et sted, må det kunne imødekomme forskellige gruppers livsstile og behov. Men det er ikke nok at skabe funktionelle boliger og gode indkøbsmuligheder. Summen af lokalsamfundets elementer skal være en meningsfuld og identitetsbærende ramme om hverdagslivet. En ramme som virker befordrende for sociale netværk og understøtter en kvartersdannelse.

Hvordan skaber vi både balance og diversitet i et byområde, og hvordan sikrer vi kontinuitet i den givne beboersammensætning?

Hvordan skabes de bedste betingelser for udviklingen af et lokalsamfunds selvforståelse?

MOBILITET/MOBILITY

2008-01-30T14:44:00.003+01:00

Privatbilismen er en forudsætning for de forstæder vi kender i dag, men den stadig stigende bilisme er også en af de største syndere i miljøbelastningen, og den motoriserede livsstil påvirker folkesundheden. Fremtidens Forstad må udvikles så den tilgodeser den kollektive transport og virker befordrende for den lette trafik. POD (Pedestrian Oriented Development) er en værdibaseret tilgang til byplanlægning, som fokuserer på livsstil og miljø. Målet er at motivere fodgængertrafik og tilgodese de lette trafikanter. Dels som et redsskab til at skabe levende og sunde byer, dels for at motivere legemlig bevægelse frem for bilisme. Fremtidens Forstad må have en størrelse og en struktur som gør bilen overflødig.

Hvordan skaber vi øget fokus på de lette trafikanter i udviklingen af vores byer – ikke blot i den konkrete byplanlægning, men også i befolkningens bevidsthed?

Hvordan skaber vi en by, der motiverer brugen af kollektiv trafik, prioriterer de lette trafikanter og ideelt set gør bilen overflødig?

Hvordan kan privatbilismen reduceres uden at vores mobilitet hæmmes?

DE ÆNDREDE FAMILIEMØNSTRE/CHANGE OF FAMILY PATTERNS

2008-01-30T14:42:00.003+01:00

Den traditionelle kernefamilie har fået konkurrence af helt nye kategorier, som har deres egne krav og ønsker, til hvilke rammer livet skal leves i. Singles, DINKs (Double Income No Kids) og pendlere bruger alle hjemmet og byen på vidt forskellige måder og de ændrede familiemønstre stiller nye krav til vores byer og boliger. Hvis man vil imødekomme den stigende diversitet i befolkningens livsførelse må man planlægge efter den. En mangfoldig beboersammensætning kan ligeledes være med til at sikre den sociale og kulturelle bæredygtighed.

Vi ændrer behov flere gange i livet og den ene livsstilssituation afløser den anden. Hvordan kan vi skabe boliger der løbende tilpasser sig vores behov?

Hvordan kan ung og gammel få udbytte af at bo dør om dør, og hvilke faciliteter kræver det?