Kicking off in Rotterdam's Off_Corso on October 14th is the Sustainable Dance Club. The kick-off party will feature biological beer on tap and fair-trade clothing brand Kuyichi helping clubbers customize their clothes. The end concept will go much further. Enviu, an environmental NGO for young people, is working together with architectural firm Döll to create a truly sustainable nightclub. The club they envision will feature energy-generating dance floors (excellent way to extract kilowatts from energetic clubbers), toilets that flush with rain water, walls that change colour as a reaction to temperature changes, a rooftop garden and other elements that combine to create a sustainable clubbing environment.
Working with the Technical University of Delft and the Development Board of Rotterdam, Enviu and Döll aim to build a club that will be fun and profitable, yet will have a low impact on the environment, while raising awareness for social and environmental issues. Some 80 Enviu volunteers (young professionals and students) have developed the concept over the last 8 months. We'll give you an update as soon as those energy-generating dance floors are ready for copying to urban hotspots across the world ;-)
Website: www.sustainabledanceclub.com
Video presentation: www.sustainabledanceclub.com/index.php?t=projectd&p=4
Contact: info@sustainabledanceclub.com
Imagine a giant meter on the wall of the club that displayed how much energy was being generatored by the party goers. That's the kind of statistical feedback and transparency that can really grip clubbers and get them excited about knowing just how "energetic" they are. Maybe a new kind of dancing will come about that's energy intensive.
...electsperience? Danctricity?
one of the greates idea I saw here. It has a potential, hope other people recongnize this.
I only wish I was in Rotterdam tonight!!
Amazing idea. Now that someone's thought of it, I can't believe no one thought of it before! I hope they open one in Dublin.
Apparently they were going to put some kind of similar technology in Paddignton Station in England that would store energy created by the footfall of the thousands of train users in the station. I think they were going to use it to power the lights in the station. But I don't think it was ever implemented.
I heard this from someone else, so I don't know any specifics. But it's such a great idea. Energy is being created and wasted all around us. It's about time we tapped into it.
this idea of getting energy is not new. i read in a "mad" magazin (alfred e.neumann)about such crazy ideas 20 years ago. but this was only comic!
This is a brilliant idea. By the same token, could you hook gym's up to the national grid?
I am very glad to know and like to visit.
I am very glad to know and like to visit.
I think that all countries should manufacture huge vacuums
that suck out sand from the ocean depths and pump the sand
out onto central land areas.
The sand can then be used to make cement for construction.
By doing this, more space also gets created for additional
water from melting ice at the poles.
This does not solve the problem of Global Warming
but it should alleviate a problem that will probably
not be reversed over night.
The best way to extract energy from a rave club would be some sort of large oven. ha. off to hell I go! la la la...
I live in New York and I'm looking for information in becoming a spotter. what ever you can help me with I'll appreciate.
thank you
Yadis -- it couldn't be simpler! Just go to www.springspotters.com and sign up. We look forward to seeing what you spot in NYC.
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hey im doing a project on green energy and want to know how much energy each one of these pads can generate. my idea is to put them in a road so cars power a small electric bridge. if anyone knows anything about this or any good sites could they please contact me troymcnamara@hotmail.com
cheers cant wait to hit one of these clubs!