Biomimicry

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Biomimicry by Mind Map: Biomimicry

1. Adapt

1.1. The architects incorporated several mechanisms that allow the building’s fabric to monitor climatic changes and reconfigure itself to accommodate them on a continuous basis.

1.2. The library's design meets several of Life's Principles. The passive ventilation is locally attuned and responsive, adjusting according to temperatures and sunlight. It also is resource efficient by incorporating low-energy processes like low-flow toilets, low energy lighting, double glazing, higher-than-code insulation levels, and strategically placed thermal mass.

1.3. The result: a new principle for generating flow that has applications ranging from pump to impellers, fans to boats. All arenas offer improved energy efficiency, smaller devices, and decreased energy loss to noise and vibration.

2. Energy

2.1. The result is known as peak demand shaving. Many utilities calculate billing rate based on a combination of maximum consumption and peak demand usage. By reducing peak demand usage and smoothing out demand, substantial energy savings can be realized

2.2. Similar to the roots of a tree, capillary tubes carry water up a few centimeters. They then create droplets by recombining those tubes so the meniscus' touch. This is derived from reverse-engineering how water gets into a coconut.

3. Created

3.1. The resulting design is more aerodynamic, saving energy to run the fan. The new blade design helped the company achieve significant reductions in noise levels.

3.2. The pneumocell architecture is created by a series of shapes, all with the same edge length, that can be joined together to form an unlimited number of shapes and sizes. These cells enable a resilient design that is capable of rapid alteration.

3.3. Inspired by feathers, Yale University physicists "created two lasers that use short-range order to control light. One model is based on feathers with tiny spherical air cavities packed in a protein called beta-keratin.

4. Nature

4.1. When exposed to the outer membrane of fungal cells, these peptides self-assemble into structures that interrupt the normal protective functioning of the membrane leading to fungal death.

4.2. These features vary by site but include green roofs, rain gardens, roadside plantings, rain barrels, bioswales, tree trenches, and porous hard surfaces.