Visit London conducted this campaign to promote open green spaces- by creating their own in an unlikely occasion. I think this is a fantastic idea. Not only does it turn the experience of the city on its head - which I'm a fan of anyway - but it's clear what happens to the urban community when they have something green around.
In your stupid parking lot face, Dundas Square.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Green the Ungreen Byways
Some may think that designing around our naturally destructive inclinations is submissive. I prefer to think of it as optimistic pragmatism: where stop drop and reverse tactics may fail, we could use a buffer zone into better environmental practices.The very least we can do is ease, baby - ease.Herewith the idea:Design highways as green energy generators.
The proposal would involve mounting horizontal wind turbines above the roadway that would be driven by the moving air generated by the passing traffic. The electricity generated by spinning these turbines could be fed back into the grid. Joe's analysis indicates that based on vehicle speeds of 70 mph each turbine could produce 9,600 kWh per year.
