The Harvest Green Project for 2030 Eco-Friendly Living
May 18, 2009 by simonturner
Filed under Eco Projects
The “Harvest Green Project’ by Romses Architects has been announced as the winner of “The 2030 Challenge” organized by the City of Vancouver “to address climate change plans and to guide greener and denser development, reducing carbon emissions for the future.”
The concept of ‘harvest’ is explored in the project through the vertical farming of vegetables, herbs, fruits, fish, egg laying chickens, and a boutique goat and sheep dairy facility.
The structure of the winning green design will harvest renewable energy using photovoltaic glazing and small and large-scale wind turbines to support the solar and wind-farm infrastructure.
Other features include:
- renewable energy will be harvested via green building design elements harnessing geothermal, wind and solar power;
- the buildings have photovoltaic glazing and incorporate small and large-scale wind turbines to turn the structure into solar and wind-farm infrastructure;
- using the concept of vertical farming potentially adds energy back to the grid via methane generation from composting non-edible parts of plants and animals;
- a large rainwater cistern terminates the top of the ‘harvest tower’ providing on-site irrigation for the numerous indoor and outdoor crops and roof gardens;
- the proposal purposefully incorporates program uses for residential, transit, a large farmers market and supermarket, office and agricultural research and educational facilities, and food related retail/hospitality.
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