{"id":76505,"date":"2019-08-17T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/?p=76505"},"modified":"2019-08-19T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:25:27","slug":"anthropocene-warns-of-the-climate-crisis-while-offering-a-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/archives\/76505","title":{"rendered":"Anthropocene<\/em> Warns of the Climate Crisis While Offering a Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Holocene has ended. The Garden of Eden is no more. We have changed the world so much that scientists say we are in a new geological age: the Anthropocene, the age of humans.\u201d
\n—Sir David Attenborough at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/h2>\n
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Anthropocene<\/em> by Simon Nummy
Technology: red-tinted polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic, anaerobic digester, waste-to-energy (WtE) combined heat and power (CHP), absorption chiller
Annual Capacity: 5,600 MWh
A submission to the 2019 Land Art Generator design competition for Abu Dhabi
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Anthropocene<\/em> functions on multiple levels and at different scales. On a grand scale, the artwork announces the name of our new geological age to all those flying over the park with a colorful array of solar panels set atop a grand topiary suspended on delicate stalks. At a closer vantage point, visitors discover a 20-meter-high canary\u2014a bold yellow enlargement of a Charles Perdew wooden decoy (made famous by Charles and Ray Eames) that functions as a 180-cubic-meter energy storage device.<\/p>\n

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Anthropocene<\/em> by Simon Nummy
Technology: red-tinted polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic, anaerobic digester, waste-to-energy (WtE) combined heat and power (CHP), absorption chiller
Annual Capacity: 5,600 MWh
A submission to the 2019 Land Art Generator design competition for Abu Dhabi
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This large canary-in-the-coal-mine is part of a wastewater treatment plant for Masdar City that provides the raw material for biogas production while recycling the city\u2019s precious water. Within the mound upon which the sentinel canary is located, various tanks for the stages of water treatment and the processing of food waste are housed. An anaerobic digester and a biogas energy plant generates electricity and chilled water. <\/p>\n

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Anthropocene<\/em> by Simon Nummy
Technology: red-tinted polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic, anaerobic digester, waste-to-energy (WtE) combined heat and power (CHP), absorption chiller
Annual Capacity: 5,600 MWh
A submission to the 2019 Land Art Generator design competition for Abu Dhabi
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A constructed wetland that meanders beneath the photovoltaic array is part of the water treatment process, followed by filter and UV disinfection. A diverse array of aquatic and wetland plants and organisms that can also be found in the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve provide specific cleansing functions. <\/p>\n

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Anthropocene<\/em> by Simon Nummy
Technology: red-tinted polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic, anaerobic digester, waste-to-energy (WtE) combined heat and power (CHP), absorption chiller
Annual Capacity: 5,600 MWh
A submission to the 2019 Land Art Generator design competition for Abu Dhabi
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Continuing human pressure on the earth’s biophysical systems is precipitating irreversible and destabilizing changes. Anthropocene<\/em> stands above this depiction of the current state of man\u2019s impact on the planet as a clarion call for action.<\/p>\n

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Anthropocene<\/em> by Simon Nummy
Technology: red-tinted polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic, anaerobic digester, waste-to-energy (WtE) combined heat and power (CHP), absorption chiller
Annual Capacity: 5,600 MWh
A submission to the 2019 Land Art Generator design competition for Abu Dhabi
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Anthropocene<\/em> by Simon Nummy
Technology: red-tinted polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic, anaerobic digester, waste-to-energy (WtE) combined heat and power (CHP), absorption chiller
Annual Capacity: 5,600 MWh
A submission to the 2019 Land Art Generator design competition for Abu Dhabi
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LAGI 2019 is sponsored by Masdar<\/a> and is held in partnership with the 24th World Energy Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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