1. Green bus "coach"
1.1. design
1.1.1. solar panel on roof
1.1.2. windmill (helical & traditional) on roof
1.1.3. Solar ink (laminated) on wheels
1.2. natural gas powered
1.3. Financing
1.3.1. sponsors (soda manufacturers)
1.4. function
1.4.1. booth for selling icecream & drinks (recycle cans)
1.4.2. stage with live presentations
1.4.2.1. f.i. recycling (crushing plastic bottles to pellets)
1.4.3. awareness tool (advertizing)
1.5. is bus really ecological?
2. Interior green design
2.1. solar energy - heating water
2.2. flushing toilet - rain water
2.3. motion sensor - turn light on / off
2.4. optimized aircondition system
2.5. inner walling
2.5.1. totally green home / no cancenogenic insulation (asbestos / formaldehyde)
2.5.2. use carbon Ebrick for interior heat insulation
3. produce energy from see-tide
3.1. hydra for tide + waterwheel
3.2. concrete building at sight with much waves -> wave power plants
3.2.1. water wave-movements transformed to mechanical energy & electricity through system with L-shaped pipe
4. energy from noise
4.1. especially Cairo abundant resource
4.2. soundwaves
4.3. radiation
4.4. energy from play (football/lamp)
5. decentralization
5.1. providing as much personalized & localized solutions for each location
5.1.1. individual traffic-solutions
5.2. construction materials produced localy
5.2.1. teaching people on location how to build
5.3. decentralization of service
5.3.1. waste management
5.3.2. renewable energy
5.3.3. pollution reduction
6. scaling up
6.1. preservation of historical buildings through developing of whole neighborhood instead of demolishijng or restauring just the actual building
6.2. planning for later cultural preservation when designing new buildings
6.3. refers to all green solutions: strategies for scaling up beyond first implementation
7. no waste
7.1. avoiding waste
7.2. recycling waste-products
7.3. Product cycle with minimal waste
7.4. eatable waste?
7.5. smokable waste?
7.6. let plants eat waste (fertilizer)
8. sustainable energy
8.1. using energy in sustainable way
8.2. preventing exploiting it
8.3. better ways of generating energy
9. efficient implementation
9.1. make resource use more efficient: global network for communication between countries on availablility of resources (f.i. icehubs network)
9.2. recycling the undamaged
9.2.1. trade / share abundant resources
10. in-field gazifier
10.1. avoid "black cloud"
10.2. ecological burning of rize straw on location & use the ashes for terrapretta
11. hordy-block
11.1. lightweight slabs: roof / wall insulation
12. toilet flush
12.1. semi flush / full flush
12.2. compressed air to minimize water-usage
12.3. use grohe (ventury) system for taps also for flushing
13. new land-management
13.1. africa is the future: rich in resources
13.2. national mechanization of farming systems
13.2.1. give owners of land shares in corporations of industrial farming
13.3. improve laws
13.3.1. legalize green policies
14. Green home shop
14.1. furniture with 3 booths
14.1.1. paper (shred -> compress)
14.1.2. plastic (compress)
14.1.3. metals (hydraulic press: compress cans)
14.2. home-compost
14.3. selling trash is incentive to separate
15. Automatic recycling machine
15.1. solid waste separation based on weight (implemented in brasil)
15.1.1. conveyor system with steps: 1. fan, 2. magnet (metals), 3. centrifuge (non-magnetic solid waste), 4. adjustable fan according to weights
15.2. bio-degradable waste recycling
16. de-salination using sun energy
16.1. heating water with mirrors to evaporate water
16.2. product: purified drinking water & salt
17. multiple / multipurpose
17.1. learning from nature (plants have many functions for nature)
17.2. universal principle
17.3. example: biomimicry / how tree adapts to high temperature and create product out of it
17.3.1. "learning from trees": solar panel acting like mitocondria / photosyntesis
17.4. creating nature
18. integration of problems & needs
18.1. example: addis street-children collect organic garbage from river to use as fertilizer to grow vegetables
19. leave earth alone
19.1. generate energy high up in the air, to save space on earth
20. motion
20.1. involve humans in energy-creation
20.1.1. collect motion-energy for electricity generation
20.1.2. use energy for decentral purposes (laundry-machine, etc)
20.1.3. revolving doors at government offices, jails, etc
20.1.4. exercise machines
21. green education campaign
21.1. raise ecological awareness
21.1.1. waste / public trashcans
21.1.2. campaign in specific location
21.1.2.1. posters
21.1.2.2. buttons: awarding people with buttons (medals) for good actions / cleaning -> neighbours are made aware of it
21.1.2.3. bracelets
21.1.2.4. sign / button for houses (select few houses in one street)
21.1.2.5. membership of icecairo community (better bracelet depending on green actions)
22. water quality through lowtech filter
22.1. improve water quality through filter
22.2. lowtech
22.3. kit for bying when bying new flat
22.4. problem: too high demand of bottled water in egypt
22.4.1. recently tap water not quite safe (contamination from sewers)
22.4.2. too much chlorine
22.5. inspiration: welofil waterfilter
22.6. activated carbon
22.7. sand
22.8. filter by bacteria? expensive
22.9. works contiuously
22.10. addis tap water = fine to drink /south contains sulfur
22.11. using grey water for watering plants
22.12. inspiration: Grohe System / ventury theory
22.12.1. central filter unit for whole building
22.13. should be adapted to the quality of water in each region
22.14. circulate water when storing
22.15. inspiration: american military membrane filter
23. roof-top urban garden
23.1. use grey water on roof
23.1.1. filter water through mechanical filter or plants
23.2. plants on roof (urban agriculture)
23.3. water insulation on roof expensive?
23.3.1. foil / plastic
23.3.2. cactus juice
23.4. positive effects (cairo)
23.4.1. less airconditioning
23.4.2. more food
23.4.3. less grey water