It is very important to follow the IMCC criteria which stand for the Isolated Measurement Comparison Criteria. This criterion has another subpart which is known as the ALW (air land and water).
Now you may be wondering what this criterion will do. This criteria which provide us with real-time information about the different types of pollutants around us by ensuring that the number of sensors installed in the areas of application of the ALW criteria is large this will ensure that the green city will have a clean and green environment as we will know exactly how much pollution is released by our green city and how much is coming into it from other parts of the world. This will also tell us which part of our green city has the most need for climate cleansing activities.
All three factors of the ALW criteria will have a large number of sensors under them to ensure that pollutants can be calculated exactly. These sensors will have a common interface for easy data access.
Moreover, some of these sensors like those in the air category of the ALW category will be very cost-efficient as only portable sensors will be used whose position can be adjusted according to the wind patterns to calculate the extent of pollutants.
American green-tech focussed bank, Bank of the West, in partnership with sustainable energy company Pavegen, has recently completed a series of interactive installations demonstrating “footfall harvesting” whereby kinetic energy, generated by the footfall of passing pedestrian foot-traffic on a specially designed “smart tile”. The exhibitions saw a grid of tiles deployed in high foot-traffic areas in San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland and Los Angeles. Large screen monitors monitored steps, each contributing to the achievement of the city’s goal, which ranged from 50,000 to 150,000 steps.
Each footstep contributes 2 to 4 joules of off-grid electrical energy or around 5 watts of power for the duration of the footstep. Such a technology can be extensively used in heavily crowded places such as all the Public transportation ports and Stadiums that would produce at least enough energy to power the light at these place through the night. Also, they can be installed in night clubs or discos, where the energy can be transferred to batteries. These, in turn, can be used to power certain parts of the club such as the sound and lighting. An estimate suggests that a full dance floor could provide, 60% of the club's needs. An average dancer can produce around 20 watts of power depending o his weight and activity on the dancefloor.
In the cradle-to-cradle model, developed by Michael Braungart, materials in industrial and commercial processes are considered as raw materials for technological and biological reuse. Design is literally from cradle to cradle – in the design process the entire life cycle of the product and the raw materials used are considered. Technical raw materials do not contain any components that are harmful to the environment; biological raw materials are completely biodegradable.
The Blue Economy is ZERI´s philosophy in action. Is where the best for health and the environment is cheapest and the necessities for life are free thanks to a local system of production and consumption that works with what you have. The Blue Economy respond to basic needs of all with what you have, introducing innovations inspired by nature, generating multiple benefits, including jobs and social capital, offering more with less.
33 per cent of the land area will at least be covered by forests. Not ignoring the fact that the presence of nature has always benefited man, the forests will be spread out throughout the entire city. To solve the problem of housing, construction work will be planned and properly executed. Every single man would be given a place to live and hence the problem of slums and undeveloped areas would be solved. Thus, it will not only solve the problem of forest cover regulation but also housing and man-nature association.
There will be community parks in every locality and people will enjoy much higher and better standards of living than they do now.
In the city of Tierra Feliz, there will be a special government, for the people and of the people, whose only task will be to look after all the issues related to the sustainability of the city. This government will especially work keeping in mind that the base of the city is not shaken in any way and no decision is taken such that it hampers the sustainability of the city in any way. We plan that this government will have the residents of the city as well (who won't be permanent members but will be called time to time so that any problem that they are facing gets addressed) so that the functioning is smooth.
The equipment works by turning human energy into utility-grade electricity through micro-inverter technology. When plugged into an outlet, the equipment converts the energy produced through the workout into kilowatts that are capable of producing more than 160 watt-hours of electricity in a single workout.
Such a huge potential if we use carefully can be a huge benefit to the society of Tierra Feliz. This would not only help those who are deprived of this resource but also help in somehow reducing the loads on the power-grids.