SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar by Space10

SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar by Space10 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Produtos, Projetos e Dispositivos de Energia Competition Category.

BronzeEnergia· 2020

SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar

by Space10

Client: Space10

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Energia Category

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The Design

About SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar

SolarVille é um protótipo funcional de uma comunidade energética alimentada por energia solar, construído na escala 1:50. Algumas casas de SolarVille possuem painéis solares no telhado, inversores e armazenamento em baterias, de modo que essas residências produzem e comercializam energia limpa. Outras casas compram a eletricidade gerada nas proximidades. Um sistema de cabeamento conecta as casas a uma micro-rede autônoma, e a tecnologia blockchain registra e gerencia cada transação de energia. SolarVille demonstra como uma comunidade local pode tornar-se autossuficiente e manter os gastos com energia dentro da própria comunidade.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. SolarVille Protótipo de Comunidade de Energia Solar satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

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