This innovative decorative architectural module offers yet another strategy for reducing GHG emissions: it helps to neutralize air pollutants when installed near traffic or on building facades! Prosolve 370e has developed a superfine titanium dioxide coating that fights pollution when activated by ambient daylight.
Buildings are a leading contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, due largely to their massive energy consumption, according to the EPA. Ways we can help reduce this footprint include modifying construction norms and changing our lifestyles and energy consumption habits. This innovative decorative architectural module offers yet another strategy for reducing GHG emissions: it helps to neutralize air pollutants when installed near traffic or on building facades! Prosolve 370e has developed a superfine titanium dioxide coating that fights pollution when activated by ambient daylight. The geometric module of these elegant embellishments is designed to maximize pollution-fighting surface area, while also creating a visually random pattern that resembles organic growth and can be easily adapted to small or large installations. The prosolve 370e module can also create a very elegant interior installation, enhanced by artistic lighting. These examples are courtesy of enex100 at St. George's Terrace in downtown Perth, Australia. All images and information courtesy of prosolve370e.com
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How often do you see nature’s progress on the manmade world? What most likely comes to mind is an abandoned city or theme park or house overrun by trees, vines, and grass shooting up through the sidewalk’s cracks. But what about the critters, who often affect their surroundings even faster than the plant kingdom?
In this unique series, artist Aganetha Dyck collaborates with bees to showcase their amazing (and sometimes humerous) progress on simple figurines. The sculptures "remind us that we and our constructions are temporary in relation to the lifespan of earth and the processes of nature.” This is certainly a valuable reminder when designing our built environment: Nature always acts last, and likely not how we might imagine! Photos credit: William Eakin via Colossal Art and Visual Culture.
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