| 摘要 |
A linear building has a rooftop greenhouse and a roadway forming the storey beneath the top most storey. The building may incorporate apartments, factories and parking floor, and may support wind turbines above the building. Warm exhaust air and other sources of carbon dioxide from the building, plus purified waste water from the building containing plant nutrients are delivered to the greenhouse. This is controlled automatically to near optimum conditions for photosynthesis, absorbing and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Heat is recovered from greenhouse air by heat pumps, consuming little electricity mainly provided by the wind turbines, to provide the small amount of heat required by the occupancies to supplement passive solar heating, and producing a surplus of heat and electricity for export to settlements near the roof road buildings. Carbon dioxide emissions can thus be almost eliminated from roof road apartments, and reduced from other housing, industry, transport and food production. The integrated building resolves many environmental problems of land take, flooding by conventional development, traffic noise, congestion, creating a sustainable infrastructure while saving money. |
