Bio Energy
Design approaches that integrate biological and renewable energy systems into architecture and urban environments.
Bio energy explores how buildings and cities can generate, harvest, or integrate natural and renewable energy sources into their design. This includes strategies ranging from passive solar design and timber construction to kinetic systems and net-positive energy performance.
The community examines projects that combine ecological principles with energy generation, from kinetic bridges that convert human movement into power to timber housing prototypes and renovations achieving net-positive energy, alongside larger urban visions for sustainable energy-producing cities.
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Paz Arquitectura Wraps a Guatemala City Mixed-Use Tower in Rotating Timber Fins
A five-story building in Guatemala City uses alternating wooden louvers and art collaborations to open up to its urban context.
Team MIMO Builds a Glue-Free Timber Housing Prototype for the Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal
A compact two-storey research building made of solid wood modules tests how minimal material impact can yield maximum communal output.
Positive Energy House: A Net-Positive Residential Renovation in Shenzhen
Net-positive renovated home in Shenzhen uses layered insulation, passive ventilation, and solar roofs to generate surplus energy sustainably.
Society as a Renewable Energy: Turning Footsteps into Power on a Kinetic Bridge
A pedestrian bridge converts the collective motion of thousands of daily crossings into electricity through embedded pumps and turbines.
