On the theme of sustainability, the passive building project was oriented towards providing a limited community with electricity harvested from solar panels and wind turbines. We know by now that electricity suppliers work with time-of-day metering tariffs, where companies across the US and other parts of the world charge almost double the rate of energy from off-peak hours. This energy generating building would be used for producing and storing energy in order to serve the surrounding community with electricity in these peak hours. The design included 5 consecutive wind turbines, located on the 7th – 10th floors. The 420 PV panels introduced in the design wrap the building from E to W and from the 3rd to 6th floor. A misting system located on the 2nd floor, would reduce the surrounding temperature by 2 – 4 degrees C and provide a pleasant common space to interact.
The project would be located in a residual space of the community and it would include seasonal learning spaces and urban farming.