Video walls are now part of many major cities - used for advertising, information and, sometimes, art. Beijing is about to officially switch on what is thought to be the world’s largest.
Located on the entire side of the Xicui Entertainment Complex building in Beijing, China, ready for the Olympics, the GreenPix-Zero Energy Media Wall is made up of energy efficient LEDs, can show 2,292 individual colours and is equivalent to a monitor screen covering 24,000 square feet.
The entire screen is solar powered using photovoltaic panels built directly into the structure. During the day they collect energy, which is stored ready for powering the screen at night. The wall was designed by architects Simone Giostra & Partners, New York, with the lighting design and facade engineered by Arup in London and Beijing.
The building will open to the public this month, with a specially commissioned program of video installations and live performances by artists from China, Europe and the US.
More details at images at www.greenpix.org
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Recycled Reality TV
If you are visiting this site you are probably one of those positive people who think they can actually make a difference – committed to recycling, and eco issues – or at least willing to keep an eye on developments.
How dedicated would you have to be to go and live on a landfill site and survive only on what you can find there? That is the basis of Channel 4’s new eco- reality/documentary TV show ‘Dumped’ which started this week in the UK.
Eleven ‘volunteers’ will spend 3 weeks ‘surviving’ on the British dumpsite close to a real-life landfill near Croydon. If you missed it the program is available on the Internet via Channel 4’s “watch again’ service 4oD. There is also a very informative website connected to the programme with links to a wide variety of green and eco information.
Almost worth watching just to see the reaction of the builder who wears his underwear once and then throws it in the bin!!! He likes the feel of new, crisp, cloathing!
Switch off your appliances
Appliances, such as TVs and computers, continue to use electricity when they’re on standby, so it’s best to turn off all your electrical devices when you’re not using them. And make sure you unplug your mobile phone charger when it’s not in use as it continues to convert energy whilst still plugged in. If we all made sure we turned our appliances off when we’re not using them we’d save a massive amount of electricity each year – the equivalent of around two power stations’ worth per annum
More from the "Top Ten List to create a greener home" on the Maplin's Solar Week website
Blue Peter goes Green
The popular BBC children’s’ program ‘Blue Peter’ is about to be renamed ‘Green Peter’ on 29th May. The entire program will be devoted to eco and ‘green’ issues and much of it has been filmed at the Hockerton Housing Project, Nottinghamshire.
The program will look at ways its young audience can help limit the effects of climate change.
"Green Peter won't be a list of scare stories, the purpose will be to focus on what is being done, what can be done, what needs to be done to protect the world the Blue Peter audience will inherit." (Richard Mason, Blue Peter Editor).
This year the program will celebrate its 50th year on TV and this is the first time they have dedicated an entire program to environmental issues. You can watch it on BBC 1 at 5.00pm, Tuesday 29th May.
