THE ECO BLOCK

UC Berkeley Professor Presents Radical Green Urban Planning Idea at US China Green Energy Forum in Beijing
Recorded on: November 17, 2008
Runtime: 00:11:55

Traditional urban development has depended on a centralized infrastructure system - power plants, water treatment plants, sewage, waste removal, and highways. Prof. Harrison Fraker, Dean of Environmental Design Engineering at UC Berkeley, demonstrates a revolutionary new idea of "EcoBlocks", a circular, micro utility ecosystem that generates energy, processes waste and recycles water onsite. More...

Tags: EcoBlock, biomimicry, Harrison Fraker, green building, urban planning