SUSTAINABLE CITIES
City transport systems and industry can be vastly improved, as
described on the Sustainable Industry and Transport pages, by
automation and door to door services. This can be extended to
civil infrastructure where there is now little construction and
maintenance automation.
While road and rail networks delivering materials for their own
further development and maintenance there is little
automation of these processes. EnGen Institute is designing
fully-automated, transportation system construction which
includes repair systems and integrated utilities. This system
can extended to construct building foundations with utilities
and services including Intenet communications. This ‘EcoHab’
system can provide automated closed-cycle recycling of all
water and waste. It mates with Home Automation that allows
remote control & communication of all household appliances -
lighting, sound, heating HVAC, security etc and can monitor
occupants weight & health.
Sustainable Cities measure all their inputs and outputs to the
externl world including to natural systems in their hinterland
and are fully aware of their impact on nature. By increased
recycling and urban farming the impact of cities on nature is
reduced and cities can give land and water back to nature.
EnGen Institute 1992-2018
Biosphere City Modelling
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TOTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GENERATIVE ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE SUPPORT
Cities measure water, electricity
and gas consumption for each
premises. Why not measure all
flows in and out - storm water, grey
water, waste and flow rates? Then
biosphere (nested cellular
open/closed systems) modelling
could be applied at city, suburb,
street, building and apartment
levels. This can be extended to
include traffic and material flow
data from Sustainable Transport &
Sustainable Industry systems and
public community services data on
schools, hospitals, child care, etc.