AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Life On Land
KEYWORDS
decomposable material, seawater temperature, coral bleaching
COUNTRY
Taiwan
DESIGNED BY
We are sophomore majored in industrial design, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. Two of us love to observe the lifestyle and what happened around our life. Nowadays, the issue of global environment becomes more important. As designers, we are going to do something good for the earth. By this time with the design of ALGA KAISOU, we hope there are more people can pay attention to coral reef protection.
WEBSITE
http://ilikecat999.wix.com/algakaisou
ALGA KAISOU
Lower the temperature of seawater to solve the problem of coral bleaching.
When we see factories near the seashore releasing the high temperature wastewater, coral reef and fish living around the environment are facing life-threatening problem. In this case, the death of coral reef and the migration of fish will happen. Therefore, we aim to design an industrial product combined with science and chemistry to help lower the temperature and bring coral reef ecosystem back to life. ALGA KAISOU is made of two parts. One is the body structure, using the biodegradable material, PLM, could be decomposed by microorganism with time passing by. Another part is the coating, Spinel-type transition metal oxide. The state of coating is unstable because of having energy level. By absorbing the heat from water, the state of coating becomes stable. In the process of decreasing the temperature of sea water, a part of energy can be transferred into working on decomposing PLM. In the ideal condition, the coating will not reach the stable state until the PLM is decomposed.