SUN SHNES ON SUSTAINABLE 'CORE'

摘要

A leading architect was prompted to say, "the world would be a better place" if all buildings were designed like the latest addition to the Eden Project. What could he mean? The new education and research facility at the Eden Project in Cornwall is laying claim to being one of the most sustainable buildings in the world. The project team says The Core was based on "nature's architecture" and generates its own energy from an impressive array of building integrated photovoitaics (PV). the facility took two years to build at a cost of ￡15 million backed by sponsors including the Millennium Commission Lottery, the South West Regional. Development Agency, and the European Regional Development Fund. Tim Smit, Eden's CEO believes it is "the finest modern building in the world", and it proved to be a special challenge to PV specialist solarcentury as it is the most geometrically complex roof structure into which its designers have incorporated solar panels.