Comments on: 4.16.08 - DEAN CORREN, Verdant Power - 12-2pm http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/news/blogs/designheroix/41608-dean-corren-verdant-power-12-2/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:31:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jesse Seegers http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/news/blogs/designheroix/41608-dean-corren-verdant-power-12-2/#comment-564 Jesse Seegers Wed, 14 May 2008 03:02:22 +0000 http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/designheroix/41608-dean-corren-verdant-power-12-2/#comment-564 What struck me most, as a designer who works with 3d modeling, prototyping, and fabrication, was the superior level on which all the work was operating, as well as the presentation style, in terms of communicating design ideas. As someone who is not well versed in the intricacies of kinetic hydropower, i was initially drawn to the design aspects, specifically the images of the engineering involved in designing, monitoring, analyzing and refining the entire system. As an architect, it would be immensely valuable to have a kinetic hydro power engineer on board any building project to reduce the tremendous energy load that buildings consume, seeing as 76% of all electricity generated by US power plants supplies the building sector. That being said, i don't foresee that kind of collaboration being fostered in the US given the dominant model of developer-driven design, therefore i think it is the responsibility of institutions such as NYU, as a global research university to be at the forefront of the implementation of this technology. What struck me most, as a designer who works with 3d modeling, prototyping, and fabrication, was the superior level on which all the work was operating, as well as the presentation style, in terms of communicating design ideas. As someone who is not well versed in the intricacies of kinetic hydropower, i was initially drawn to the design aspects, specifically the images of the engineering involved in designing, monitoring, analyzing and refining the entire system.

As an architect, it would be immensely valuable to have a kinetic hydro power engineer on board any building project to reduce the tremendous energy load that buildings consume, seeing as 76% of all electricity generated by US power plants supplies the building sector.

That being said, i don’t foresee that kind of collaboration being fostered in the US given the dominant model of developer-driven design, therefore i think it is the responsibility of institutions such as NYU, as a global research university to be at the forefront of the implementation of this technology.

]]> By: maxliboiron http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/news/blogs/designheroix/41608-dean-corren-verdant-power-12-2/#comment-398 maxliboiron Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:08:21 +0000 http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/designheroix/41608-dean-corren-verdant-power-12-2/#comment-398 This presentation highlighted the role that NYU played in providing the initial resources for this technology. As an intellectual and critical institution, it is important that NYU is intellectually and critically engaged in where and how we get our power. How can NYU become involved in this kind of project again? What would it take to get NYU at least partially powered by this kind of energy? This presentation highlighted the role that NYU played in providing the initial resources for this technology. As an intellectual and critical institution, it is important that NYU is intellectually and critically engaged in where and how we get our power. How can NYU become involved in this kind of project again? What would it take to get NYU at least partially powered by this kind of energy?

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