Industriel Symbiose

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Passivhus: Nu også i flere etager

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

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

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

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

- 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

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

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