For example: The central high-rise pod tower can
house 500-1000 beds for homeless individuals, 500-1000 hospital and hotel rooms
each, along with a pharmaceutical, battery manufacturing plants, and
Agriculture, Grocery, and commercial offices. Local Government, A
local community hall, integrated building complex is needed, built using
moveable disaster protection pods, housing and delivering (social, educational,
religious, security, etc.) services and approvals to the local community, in
the same pod tower. Housing Renovation encircling the main tower mixing
one, two, and three-bedroom pod structures leased to residents, with land
lessors and homeowners constructing or locating their own homes further away
from the main tower.
Water Collection from Rain, Ice or Snow, utilizes
gravity to move all run-off to low point Tanks. The land is graded to allow
water to flow into retention ponds with overflow channels and pumps to prevent
flooding. While, water, purified from the sea, is another solution best for
seaside or island communities. Both calculated to capture a measured volume of
water to serve the respected community’s needs and powered by renewable Energy
sources.
Water Treatment, Purification, Desalination,
Distribution and recycling systems and equipment need to be scale for efficiency
to a single home, building, and the entire community. Water Treatment
is any process that improves the quality of water to make it
appropriate for a specific end-use. Water
Purification is the
process of removing undesirable contaminants; chemicals, biological impurities,
suspended solids, and gases from water, to produce fit for specific purpose water.
Desalination of seawater is the process of
distilling water from the oceans into vaporized steam, using energy to raise temperatures above water’s boiling point,
and condensing the steam into, and collecting, pure liquid water. Reverse osmosis is another effective means to
desalinate saline water. Water Distribution Networks
(WDNs) are complex systems made up of various
interconnected joints and pipes, which take water of suitable quality, fit for
Human consumption and use, to convenient access delivery points in the supply
area. Water Monitoring Equipment measures supply levels, pressures,
and quality throughout the WDN and has evolved to
produce higher accuracy data.
Water
Recycling Systems: recapture wastewater, purify
and cycle back into equipment to reproduce
fit for specific purpose water. While, Waste, Gas,
Liquid, and Solid, is broken down, incinerated, composed, and treated to replenish
the planet. And Renewable energy sources, Wind, Solar, Hydro, Tidal, Geothermal, are
used to power and to move all water and waste systems.
Energy & Electricity, powering Water & Waste, Communication,
Transportation, and Shelter management,
and other essential services #Education, #Healthcare, #Security facilities and, of course, #EconomicDrivers as needed. Power has become as vital as water. Consumables,
such as Lubricants and Fuels, are used to Fire power plants, run manufacturing processes, raise
temperatures, operate machinery and vehicles, and by the Electrification of wide Grid networks, light and energize public and private
structures. Electricity
powers many consumption devices, appliances, and equipment. The Future of Electricity is to be generated from a mix of renewable sources (Wind,
Solar, Hydro, Tidal, and Geothermal) stored in the latest State-of-the-Art Batteries
and managed by inverters, with interconnection to any existing Grids are vital.
Water
& Waste management is affected and
made inefficient due to the cost of power. Water Collection, Treatment,
Purification, Desalination, Distribution, Recycling and Monitoring systems are
all power sensitive. Waste, Gas, Liquid, and Solid, is also hypersensitive to
the cost associated with power. Power to operate its machinery, equipment, and
its control monitors.
Communication systems are power sensitive. Most of
the communication devices must store electricity in batteries or capacitors to
remain operational on demand. Other communication backbone equipment and operational
monitors are directly connected to an Electricity Grid.
Transportation
of people and cargo is presently mostly power by petroleum engines. But in small communities the intention is
to power and monitor tram carriages Horizontally and Vertically using electric
motors. Hence also making the transportation network electrically sensitive,
requiring backup strategies.
Building Structures, Facilities and Houses are lighted
and powered by an Electricity Grid. Mobile structures would need to have the
ability to work off-grid. Powering other community economic industries’ Plant
and Equipment and Public Street Lighting equipment, operational and maintenance
cost are essential, on or off Grid. In all cases, fueling the generation is of major
concern.
Fossil Fuels are currently necessary to produce
numerous plastics and rubbers used in daily lives, and Lubricants and Fuels, still
needed to operate machinery and vehicles.
It is the cost of using such petroleum products in the generation of Electricity,
which is challenging. As more renewable sources are adopted globally, the cost
per megawatts (MW) decreases to light and energize public
and private structures and devices,
appliances, and equipment.
Wind powered generation equipment, located at high
elevations on top of towers, and offshore, is ideal in high wind velocity areas.
High wind speeds normally exist at high elevations in the atmosphere. While heat
can be harvested from Solar and Geothermal operations to drive steam turbines,
incorporated within the same equipment. Offshore Wind facilities, combined with
natural gas firring and Tidal generation, presents a sustainable solution to supply
coastal communities. Electricity supply managed via the latest State-of-the-Art
Batteries and inverters will add to Energy sustainability. Any excess Electricity
supply can contribute to #EconomicDrivers, to earn revenue from neighboring communities.
Communication Systems, using State-of-the-Art
devices and technology, hardware, and software, built with numerous storage and
routing options, to provide all people in the community with essential internal
and external connections with their contacts and data. Such systems are
designed to use strategically located sensors and electronic receivers
connected to control room monitors, which form communication systems that track
water and waste, energy and electricity, transportation, and shelter. All of
which are seamlessly interconnected by modern communication tools and equipment
to provide community-wide basic needs, to the best standards of efficiency.
Communication systems monitor Water Distribution
Networks (WDNs) and Waste Disposal systems. Water Collection, Treatment,
Purification, Desalination, Distribution and recycling systems and equipment
are powered by Electricity and Transported via a pipeline network. Waste, Gas,
Liquid, and Solid, is collected, transported to specialized equipment or
storage areas, to undergo transformation via incineration, composition, or biodegradable
processing into reusable molecules, elements, and compounds. Both are
technically monitored for leaks, overload, and malfunctions.
Communication systems monitor Energy and Electricity
Distribution Networks. Energy supply of Lubricants and Fuels must be tracked
from market providers, to local storage, along pipelines and consumption usage,
to avoid running empty and leaks. Electricity Generation, Transmission and Metering
is monitored to prevent black or brownouts. Perfectly, Monitored and Maintained
to achieve the highest levels of operational efficiency.
Communication systems monitor Transportation Networks.
Transportation in and around the community is envisioned to be powered and monitored by motion sensors
attached to tram carriages, moving people and cargo, Horizontally and
Vertically, using electric motors while, measuring speeds and loads. External
Transport would be tied into national hubs, roads and rails, and international sea
and airport networks. On-Time service is key to the system efficient
operations.
Communication systems monitor Building Structures,
Facilities and Houses. Such Secure Structures are tracked and controlled managing
internal temperature, schedule usage, cleaning and maintenance, fire and security
alerts, from centralized operations or personal communication devices. Again,
constantly improving usage efficiency.
Transportation Networks and Hubs built using State-of-the-Art Tram
Carriages and technology, to move passengers and cargo around the community and
to externally linked air, sea, and land hubs. Moving and distributing water and
waste, energy and electricity, communication, and shelter, in and out and
throughout the community.
Water is generally moved or transported via
pipelines. and waste, gas and liquid, are also transported via pipelines. It is
solid waste which would be moved via Tram Carriages. But all transportation
methods are imagined to be powered by Electric Motors and
monitored by motion sensors.
Energy would be transported from storage tanks via
gas pipelines, and electricity would be distributed from various renewable
sources via cables. Both would require a complex network management powered by Electric Motors and monitored by
motion sensors with a heighten emphasis on safety.
Communication is a key management component in transportation.
Tracking all vehicles and indicators of speed, pressure, volume, wattage, etc.,
to maintain on-time and as needed services which is the key contributor in
community operations.
Secure shelter is the most crucial aspect of
transportation, for it is the movement of people between venues that is so necessary
to community life. The timely motion of people keeps water and waste, energy
and electricity, communication, and the shelters themselves operating
efficiently.
2019 Modular Construction Update
by Jim
Kollaer | July 30, 2019
Secure Shelter
Management: Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Open Spaces is the crucial
center of any community. The distribution
of water and waste, energy and electricity, the networking of communication and
transportation in and out and throughout the community is to support each type
of necessary Pod structure.
Residential
Pod structure will provide accommodations
for the homeless, tourist, hospital patients, and recuperating persons at the
very center of the community. While circulating outward branches caters for Single Pod Units housing one bed, one
bathroom designed for an individual or couple. Single Pod Units housing 2
bedrooms, one bathroom designed for a couple with young children. And Single
Pod Units housing 3 bedrooms, one bathroom designed for a couple with teenage
children.
Commercial
Pod structure for retail shops,
and offices are designed to meet prescribed needs. For example, grocery
markets, drugs, and clothing stores, consultants’ offices, etc. Meanwhile,
special attention is currently being pay to Religious centers, Schools, Restaurants
and Bars design Pods.
Industrial
Vertical Farming, Factories, Processing Plants and Warehousing, are all to
fulfil the community’s food consumption needs and as part of #EconomicDrivers for each
community’s revenue earnings. Secure Pod Structures, with water and waste, energy and electricity, communication,
and transportation connections, to supply and satisfy the community needs
while, exporting all excess capacity to earn additional revenue.
Open
Spaces Parks, Stadiums, Street and Pathway lighting and cameras powered by
solar and inverter batteries. Such space may also contain water pumping
stations, waste disposal units, energy storage tanks, electricity grid
substations, communication tower terminals and transportation hubs, all architecturally
and engineeringly designed with green surfaces to minimize outside temperatures.
“Couple
additional points to consider alongside the ideas shown:
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Fire and safety hazards of tall buildings including escape routes
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increased need for Data centres to store and manage this new information. Data
security and the increased energy
required to power and cool these data centre.
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increase demand for Communication networks - 5g towers and other means of
transferring data.
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the challenge of managing the complaints of the Eye sore from this new tech and
infrastructure on the natural landscape - e.g. wind farms.”
States Ted Jennings, CFA
#SYNERGIES: A New Infrastructure Model:
High Integrity Secure Structures
with multiple usage, Learning, Wellness, Housing, and other fabricates, ecologically
architecturally designed, engineered, and built with interlocking Pod units features.
Able to cycle, store, treat, and recycle Water & Waste, to store, generate,
Energy & Electricity, and to access electronic based Communications, and to
be mobile by air, sea and land to be transported to safe sites, when necessary
to escape damage from natural or man-made events. Along with the structured Employment
and On-the-Job-Training of Construction Workers: Plumbers, Electricians, Construction
and Maintenance Workers, Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Technicians, Engineers
and Architects.
Confidential tracking of Individuals’
education, skills and talents, records, inclusive of Birth-5, 5-12, 12-18, 18-Death
would be replaced by whenever the individual is assessed to be ready, without
class or caste judgement or ridicule.
Confidential tracking of Individuals’ wellness,
diet and exercise, records, inclusive of vaccinations, infections and
treatments, injuries and recuperations, chronic mental and physical conditions must
all be linked to personal records.
Confidential Birth Certificate Names, Personal
and Electronic Identification, Physical Home address must all be linked to
learning, wellness, and productivity records.
Confidential Productivity records would list
professional experiences and skill training, tied to benefits, earnings, and
taxations.
#Healthcare: Construction of Building Pods for local community usage and sales. Single
Pod Units for Administration, Emergency Room, Intensive care Unit, Surgical Theater,
Therapy Pods, Rest Rooms, Medical Laboratories, Pharmacy, Kitchen and Eating
areas.
#Security: Construction of Building Pods for local community usage and sales. Single
Pod Units for Administration, Interview Rooms, Detention Cells, Virtual Court Hearing
Rooms, Armory, and Rest Rooms.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has
heightened awareness of the significant flaws in our urban infrastructure. It
has highlighted our lack of attention to how human health, natural systems, and
the built environment interact to determine planetary health. These flaws are
global, intensified in regions that are rapidly urbanising with increased risk
of ecological disruption and where a growing number of people are living in
unsafe human settlements that increase risk of infectious and non-communicable
diseases. The pace of growth in these cities presents an opportunity to
re-think creation of health as a central strategy for sustainable urban
development. To that end, this webinar will largely focus on experiences and
lessons from Africa, the fastest urbanising region globally.
A positive societal reset is required
with the purpose of cities re-centred towards sustainable human and planetary
health. The WHO recently published a manifesto for healthy recovery from
COVID-19 with 5 steps: 2 of which included building healthy cities and
promoting healthy sustainable food systems. But how will this work in practice?
The greatest threat to positive societal
reset is not the challenges of the present but a stagnant mindset of
impossibility. The world has witnessed unprecedented collaboration as part of
the pandemic response, between different government ministries, between
community groups and the public sector, and between public and private sectors
responses. These previously considered improbable or unlikely intersectoral
action for health challenge our perceived limits of what is possible. Our
challenge is thus to harness this momentum to accelerate societal
re-imagination of a different future, and to catalyse action to address health,
social and planetary inequalities.
We will be in conversation with global partners whose work impact the built environment, population health and sustainability. We will touch on global, regional and local approaches to integrating health into urban planning and development, share experiences from different cities of intersectoral action before and during the pandemic, and hear examples of ongoing and planned urban built environment interventions. We will also be asking how healthy sustainable urban development can be financed and exploring the role of transdisciplinary research in generating evidence to inform and support effective interventions to create healthy sustainable equitable cities. Discussions will feed into ongoing efforts to integrate health foresight into Africa’s cities for human and planetary health.”, from https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk
“Similar invitations have been circulating of recent, this being the only one I have come across that attempts to blend, (#Infrastructure and #Healthcare) but does not go far enough. Our Communities will also need #Education, #Security and #EconomicDrivers.”, responded The Author.
The Invitation is open to all ideas that are suited to execute this vision.
