SolarVille 太陽エネルギー・コミュニティのプロトタイプ by Space10 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in エネルギー製品・プロジェクト・機器デザイン Competition Category.
銅エネルギー· 2020
SolarVille 太陽エネルギー・コミュニティのプロトタイプ
by Space10
Client: Space10
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in エネルギー Category
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About SolarVille 太陽エネルギー・コミュニティのプロトタイプ
SolarVilleは、1:50スケールで制作された太陽光発電エネルギー・コミュニティの実働プロトタイプです。SolarVilleの一部の住宅には屋根上の太陽光パネル、インバーター、蓄電池が備えられており、これらの住宅はクリーンエネルギーを生産・取引します。他の住宅は近隣で発電された電力を購入します。配線システムが各住宅をつなぎ、独立したマイクログリッドを形成し、ブロックチェーン技術がエネルギー取引の記録と管理を行います。SolarVilleは、地域コミュニティがいかにして自給自足を実現し、エネルギーに関わる支出をコミュニティ内に留めることができるかを示しています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
SolarVille 太陽エネルギー・コミュニティのプロトタイプは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。SolarVille 太陽エネルギー・コミュニティのプロトタイプは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。SolarVille 太陽エネルギー・コミュニティのプロトタイプは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Solarville showcases how combining solar panels with blockchain technology could make clean energy more affordable and accessible for the many. SolarVille is a fully functioning prototype, built to a 1:50 scale: some households have installed solar panels to become makers and traders of clean energy, while others automatically purchase the electricity generated in their local community. As a result, SolarVille is a cooperative micro-grid that makes a community self-sufficient.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Pallet #1 W80cm x L130cm x H200cm
Pallet #2 W80cm x L130cm x H170cm
Otherwise table on its own has a footprint of 300cm x 150cm - Production Technology
- Solarville is made thorugh outfitting houses within a community with rooftop solar panels and inverters that harness the energy of the sun and store it within batteries systems found under the home. This energy can then be redistributed through a wiring system connected to other households, creating a standalone micro-grid. Blockchain distributed ledger technology is then used to log and manage the energy flow—verifying and recording transactions, and self-executing when certain conditions are met.
- Design Challenge
- An important design decision was to develop an inclusive architectural language that combined building details and city structures from different cultures and countries—so SolarVille didn’t speak to one part of the world while alienating others. We compiled a comparative study with well known and celebrated city structures from around the world, building a small archive of unique building details that spoke to cultural contexts on a global scale.
- Research
- Alongside the project, we’ve also released a report called ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’, which lends more insights into the research behind SolarVille. More importantly, it makes the case for solar power becoming the viable, sustainable source of energy we need to turn to if we want to mitigate the effects of climate change.
- Inspiration
- Today, around 1.1 billion people around the world still have little or no access to electricity. The challenge is that the centralised energy systems we have in place are often too slow and economically inadequate to reach the billion people who remain locked in energy poverty.Solarville presents a solution to this global problem. Alongside empowering people with electricity, the community buys its electricity from within, which means the money stays in the community.
- Project Duration
- Project began in September 2018 and launched February 2019. Solarville is now going on tour and will be shown first in Nairobi at the UN Habitat, and then will move on to locations such as Delhi and Shenzhen.
- Operation Flow
- Solarville reimagines energy systems in the pursuit of democratising access to clean energy and empowering hyper-localized economies in order to meet this steep demand. To do this, Solarville utilises two key developments: combining solar power with blockchain technology to create cooperative micro-grids in local communities, which is both tamper free, secure against hacking and protected against central governance.
- Team Members
- SPACE10
Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration (BLOC)
WeMoveIdeas India
Blocktech
Temporal
SachsNottveit
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