Here is a great idea on how to improve our issues of water shortages. Not only could this concept be applied to the U.S. but it could really help out third-world countries that have clean water problems. I hope that this is produced someday because it has a lot of potential and it is quite innovative.
We’ve been anxiously awaiting the results of Metropolis Magazine’s Next Generation 2006 Competition, and we are excited to say that this year’s winning project raises the bar for ecological sustainability and future-forward innovation.
Virginia San Fratello’s winning project, the Hydro Wall is a concrete and thermoplastic wall system that combines a rainwater catchment, storage, filtering and recycling to supply a building with an efficient and renewal water supply.
San Fratello imagines fire stations utilizing the recycled water from the Hydro Wall to fill trucks, while schools and municipal buildings could use collected water for heating and cooling, watering the landscape and as a gray water supply for the building. What a fabulous idea!
San Fratello will receive a $10,000 seed from sponsors Herman Miller and Maharam to create a prototype of the Hydro Wall. The concept clearly has potential to be beneficial in a number of geographic areas and to a great many populations whose water supplies are unstable or severely limited.
[Inhabitat]
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