By John Ballard
This feature on Living on Earth is about the coolest thing I have heard about lately.
The biggest building in Copenhagen is underway and expected to be complete in four years.
It is a waste incenerator made into a multi-purpose building with ski slopes and smoke stacks that blow smoke rings!
Go to the link for a transcript of the radio interview, then "back to top" and click the icon to hear the feature.
New Moguls of Clean EnergyYou know what to do when life hands you lemons - but what if it gives you a power plant that burns garbage? Well, if you're architect Bjarke Ingels of Copenhagen - you turn it into a ski slope. His company, the Bjarke Ingels Group, just won first prize in an international competition that challenged architects to design a new incinerator to turn waste into energy in the Danish capital.
This building transforms all the trash of the Copenhageners into electricity and heating - it's going to be not only the tallest, but also the biggest building in Copenhagen. We thought that since Copenhagen actually has the climate but not the topography for skiing - we could actually provide the Copenhageners with a man-made mountain that transforms the flat but cold, but snowy Copenhagen into a real alpine sort of man-made skiing resort.
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