Figure 11 : Building heat exhaustion ( 3DS Max render )
8.3 Anti-flood Floating Shelters ( AFFS ) and Hydro Power Renewable Energy ( HPRE ) As mentioned earlier , the huge amounts of water that the City of Manila is collecting daily / monthly , must not be neglected , but instead must be used wisely , as an important source of energy . This resource will work toward helping occupants instead of causing them negative impact on their living and health . Generating energy from water is a common technique used by many sectors and in different fields , usually in large scale projects where harnessing hydro energy is effective by reducing poverty in different countries , such as China , Japan , Pakistan and India . In addition to many other resources like coal , gas , and oil , among these energy powers , hydro power is the only renewable resource .
“ Energy access is only emphasized in a tiny minority of projects ” ( Kim and Urpelainen 2012:411 ), indicating that although government is working with different associations to adopt better sustainable guidance and implementation , nevertheless , the poor society is still receiving unsustainable solutions at high costs , which cannot be affordable or beneficial . In the case of Philippines , hydro power is generated by large private and governmental sectors , using big electrical generators to extract energy power from moving water . Nevertheless , these projects are not reaching the users directly ( i . e . the city people ) and have no straight benefit for people in need , instead , the private sector is selling these energy sources to the government at high prices , because they are still considered as new systems . This process is helping the country to grow slowly , but not effective enough to give guidance to most of the residences , and to help with reducing the big bills residents are paying currently .
AFFS will propose two types of new hydraulic design systems , used as a small scale implementation , generating energy to single buildings only . System A “ Turbine Wheel ”, will generate energy in the presence of a high water flow during floods , and stores energy in battery generator during the absence of water . System B , named as “ VIVAC ” ( University of Michigan 2009 ) will generate energy from slow water currents , which can be used as a permanent energy source .
AFFS HPRE - Type A Considering the proposed design , two residential stories in addition to the ground buoyant system story will be built , and on the first story base , two turbines will be installed on each side of building blocks . Turbines will accelerate and generate energy in the presence of floodwater , directly connected to building battery storage , which will allow building residents to use their self-energy generation . Figure below ( Fig . 12 ) will illustrate basic elevation of one of the building blocks .
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