Algae Powered Building
Oct-24-12
Scheduled for completion next year, the BIQ building uses a new source of green energy to become the first building powered by algae.The building, designed by Splitterwerk Architects, is covered with a façade of microalgae enclosed in bio-reactive louvers. The louvers protect the algae and allow them to grow at a rapid rate while providing shade for the building. Heat energy created by the algae is tapped by the bio-reactors and harvested to generate power for the building, and the completion of the building will give scientists and engineers a way to research and adapt the algae technique in future projects.
The BIQ was designed for the International Building Exposition in Hamburg.
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Sounds fair as it is somehow integrated, however, algal bio-reactors are expensive. If inventors are using sunlight, then it is limited to daytime; artificial light adds to expenses unless supplied from the algal "generator". I suggest to utilize domestic wastewater in your cycle. Harvesting algal biomass from louvers to obtain bio-energy as well, needs a special suction technique.
Posted by Ali Fadlelmula on November 1, 2012
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Sounds fair as it is somehow integrated, however, algal bio-reactors are expensive. If inventors are using sunlight, then it is limited to daytime; artificial light adds to expenses unless supplied from the algal "generator". I suggest to utilize domestic wastewater in your cycle. Harvesting algal biomass from louvers to obtain bio-energy as well, needs a special suction technique.
Posted by Ali Fadlelmula on November 1, 2012
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