sustainable technology: The Green Slime on the Skyscraper: Why Algae Are the Sustainable Tech Our Cities Are Desperate For
The Green Slime on the Skyscraper: Why Algae Are the Sustainable Tech Our Cities Are Desperate For Let me tell you about a project that almost broke me. A few years back, I was consulting for a developer on a massive mixed-use tower in a city so dense you couldn't wedge a bicycle rack between buildings, let alone a tree. Their board had just handed down a corporate mandate: every new build had to be a showcase of sustainability. The problem? Our entire "green" plan hinged on a rooftop garden that accounted for less than 1% of the building's carbon footprint. It was a green sticker on a battleship. We were stuck. Frustrated. We had no space for traditional solutions. That’s when I stumbled, almost by accident, into the world of photobioreactors. I used to think of algae as nothing more than pond scum. But what I discovered was a powerhouse of sustainable technology , a potential solution so efficient it felt like science fiction. That project changed my entire persp...