[QUOTE](Phys.org) —A 15-unit apartment building has been constructed in the German city of Hamburg that has 129 algae filled louvered tanks hanging over the exterior of the south-east and south-west sides of the building—making it the first in the world to be powered exclusively by algae. Designed by Arup, SSC Strategic Science Consultants and Splitterwerk Architects, and named the Bio Intelligent Quotient (BIQ) House, the building demonstrates the ability to use algae as a way to heat and cool large buildings.
Read more at: [url]http://phys.org/news/2013-04-algae-powered-hamburg.html#jCp[/url][/QUOTE]
I'd be quite worried living in a house based on algae but interesting none the less!
That looks pretty cool.
It's not running on just algae power. It's air conditioned by algae. Power is still external.
[QUOTE=Riller;40258196]It's not running on just algae power. It's air conditioned by algae. Power is still external.[/QUOTE]
its still eliminating a crapton of costs needed to heat the place.
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40258237]its still eliminating a crapton of costs needed to heat the place.[/QUOTE]
Well. Yes. But it doesn't run on 'just' algae power.
Now imagine those tanks bursting and pedestrians being pelted with algae bits.
[QUOTE=Riller;40258266]Well. Yes. But it doesn't run on 'just' algae power.[/QUOTE]
I changed the title as when the article said geothermal energy as well it was a bit vague.
Where do the nutrients of the algae come from?
Also as in: €/kW for nutrients.
How long is the amortizing time for the machinery?
Here I was expecting an article about automatic processing of algae to yield sustainable fuels for energy production. And instead it's just the heat.
Then again, there are quite a few problems with using algae for production of fuels.
My university has a building dedicated just to the magics of algae. Right now they're trying to make a fuel just as efficient as gas (and getting there).
Does anyone know why Germans always seem to be in the news for green energy? I'd expect Asia or Japan of all places to be making leaps.
wow this is disgusting exploiting nature again
thanks human race i'm calling peta
one day i hope i will live in a world where atrocities such as algae abuse are illegal
Here at Arizona State University we've been doing loads of research on biofuels and using the products/biproducts of algae as fuel. It's absolutely brilliant is what it is.
Wait, so this is the same algae as mentioned awhile back?
[QUOTE=credesniper;40261357]My university has a building dedicated just to the magics of algae. Right now they're trying to make a fuel just as efficient as gas (and getting there).
Does anyone know why Germans always seem to be in the news for green energy? I'd expect Asia or Japan of all places to be making leaps.[/QUOTE]
Some countries here in central/northern europe are really environment friendly. We take recycling really seriously and people dont litter or anything
Now can we get some of these buildings around Lake Winnipeg please?
[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;40262049]Wait, so this is the same algae as mentioned awhile back?[/QUOTE]
Dude, you should probably give some context, Algae gets mentioned a lot now since you can heat shit with it and turn it into biofuel.
Algal cooling may be a thing, but when will they be able to heat with algae?
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[QUOTE=Killuah;40258438]Where do the nutrients of the algae come from?
Also as in: €/kW for nutrients.
How long is the amortizing time for the machinery?[/QUOTE]
Sun is free afaik
[QUOTE=credesniper;40261357]My university has a building dedicated just to the magics of algae. Right now they're trying to make a fuel just as efficient as gas (and getting there).
Does anyone know why Germans always seem to be in the news for green energy? I'd expect Asia or Japan of all places to be making leaps.[/QUOTE]
When I first moved to Germany from the US, I was completely blown away by the differences in terms of recycling and environmental protection. Someone here told me that for your car to be allowed downtown, you had to have a sticker on your car confirming that it was environmentally friendly enough, although I may have heard wrong. The recycling took some getting used to. In the states, generally everything went into the trash, but here, you have different bins for different materials, and you can take most of your plastic soda/water and glass beer bottles to a grocery store like Rewe, and deposit them into a machine to get some money back.
doesnt algae produce oxygen?
will we die from the lack of algae producing oxygen?!?!
[QUOTE=tr00per7;40267649]doesnt algae produce oxygen?
will we die from the lack of algae producing oxygen?!?![/QUOTE]
There's enough O2 in the atmosphere that 7 billion people could survive for the next 1000 years if all oxygen production just vanished...
what a waste of time and money
[QUOTE=credesniper;40261357]My university has a building dedicated just to the magics of algae. Right now they're trying to make a fuel just as efficient as gas (and getting there).
Does anyone know why Germans always seem to be in the news for green energy? I'd expect Asia or Japan of all places to be making leaps.[/QUOTE]
Because we have no ressources so we invested/invest in technology.
Our government is doing its best to sabotage it but as of now it still works.
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