The overall design of the East Crescent Complex includes a heat-duct tunnel that will be connected to the anticipated green-house energy apron. "Typifying the concept of integration and frugality, the crescent and theater complex will be heated by warm air collected within and rising from a sloping greenhouse which will also be used for food production and organic waste recycling".
[image: Cosanti Foundation & text: East Crescent, sa]
This section explains the concept of air collected in the sloping greenhouse, rising via a tunnel to a distribution system under the lowest floors of the individual units. Once the whole system is in place, the airflow will be controlled at the top of a chimney at the end of the heat duct tunnel.
[image: Cosanti Foundation & text: sa]
Most of the tunnel is in place, constructed at the back of each of the ten units in the East Crescent. Utility lines, from the lowest part of each of the individual units, come together in the tunnel.
Report continues on 7/15/09.
[Photo: Yuki Yanagimoto & text: sa]
Posted by sue on July 13, 2009 6:26:27 PM MST