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Genomic architecture is based on the manipulation of the architectural genome. Like its biological counterpart, this genome is universal and encompasses all architecture — past, present and future. ...Sustainable House of the Future Runs on Spinach
The winning entry to the Cradle to Cradle C2C Home Competition is an incredible single family dwelling by Matthew Coates and Tim Meldrum that goes right to the core fundamentals of the Cradle to Cradle principles. Not only does the building run a photosynthetic and phototropic skin made with spinach protein, but it also produces more energy than a single family’s needs, allowing the excess to be distributed to neighbors. This radical shift, from centralized energy systems today, fosters community interdependence as neighbors benefit from the resources of others.
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I’m not to keen on distributed energy generation is the cost/watt is less than that of centralized generation stations. This needn’t be the case. You could, for example, put a Sterling Energy dish on your roof and be as efficient as a solar generation plant that simply uses many of them.
There is something to be said for the added redundancy of distributed systems, but that should be incorporated in a long-term cost/benefit analysis.
A Spinach-Powered House
Is your house getting enough iron? Via Future Feeder, here’s a design for a house that, well, runs on spinach: The core extends vertically, clad with a super-conductive photosynthetic plasma cell skin that is able to generate 200% more electrical…
check out the official competition site http://www.c2c-home.org
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I teach environmental science in a high school setting. In the next few weeks we will be talking about energy, past present and future.
I would like to share any information about your project with my students.
hii i am qiraat i like the winning desgin very good i would like to knw more about the legend G. Holmes Perkins .I am his biggest ever ever fannnnnn its sad that he passed away .I like this planning about the Spinach-Powered House i think it a great idea.i would like to know more about this project you are doing .Thank you please email me back rememeber im am very keen on this project.please email me soon as possiable as it very urgernt email me today will be nice .Thank u
I love your website!!! you are the best G. Holmes Perkins!! i really want a spinach powered house. can someone please contact me on information on how i can build one? i agree with you Qiraat , the winning design is very good. i am upset that G. Holmes Perkins has passed away. he was my best friend…
Please contact me if you have information on the spinach powered house.
Thank you very pery much.
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The fellow students in my school called QIRAAT, Veenoth and Pooja are very sorry for the inconveniece. I assure you that these immature children will not do this sort of behaviour again. Please do not take any action towards this incident. Again i am deeply sorry.
Yours sincerely,
Hannah ( professor of bioscience )
Hannah i am glad you are responsible but there is one flaw in you message. you state- ‘The fellow students in my school called QIRAAT, Veenoth and Pooja’ yet you end with ‘Hannah ( professor of bioscience )’ may i ask how are you the professor if you are a student? i found this rather alarming as this shows that you are not who you say you are. this matter will be dealt with.
Good evening,My fathers invention,The spianch factory,was an amazing invention.I thoguht it was rather facsinating.Howeve I am certainly not pleased with the Mockary the following students QiIRAT,VEENTOHand POOJA had made. My father was a respectable man with a fantastic overview on creating, and they have used this webite for their own excitement. Thankyou Hannah and Kj.Smenta fot passing on their email adresses, i will make it a point to adress it further and find their identitys. I will not allow anyone to miss use my fathers creations.If i am not successful with this inquary i ill take it further by contacting the police.I will,however, give the students a chance to reedem themselves, if they send me an apologie within the next two dayys, i will drop my inqiary to track down QUIRAT,VEENOTHand POOJA.Thankyou, take note to repect this website.Thankyou x
hello i am very sorry 2 hear bout dats persons death!..my fellow students HANNAH ..VENOTH..POOJA & QIRAT…we are very sorry!!…we did not meen 2 !!,….we dearly loved j.h perkins!,…hehehehe…
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Ummm, I am a student of architcture and am very intrigued by the idea of a biofilm instead of a solar panel.
I have read somewhere that the energy consumed by a solar panel is more than what it will produce in its lifetime, thus making me beleive that your project is better suited for the job.
I still can’t help feeling a little vague about the entire theory, and feel that if such is possible, then why don’t the major corporations bag the opportunity?
I would request you to please enlighten me with as vividity as possible. Maybe some details would help.
Thank You
Spinach! Now thats a win win situation. Just think how happy your mother will be!
“.. Did you eat your Spinach dear?!….”
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I am extremely curious as to how photosynthesis and phototropism can produce power of a sort and in quantity enough to suit the needs of a family actually LIVING in the house. And what is the transmission media used to “share with nieghbors”? An intriguing idea but this little blurb on it is VERY short on facts and practical information. I do hope it works.
That would be amazing! I keep on seeing more and more of these high tech future homes popping up on the internet with all these great new technologies incorporated into them. The only problem is that I don’t see anyone actually building them.
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this competition is great , futuristic design with nature in mind
great project….and it will be nice if it gets a great welcome..but there may be a good than this..
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