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High-tech greywater reuse for exclusive residences

Envirotec Magazine

A next-generation smart greywater-recycling system has been installed at a residential development in one of London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. By specifying the SDS Greywater on Demand System, the collection and storage tanks, which would be separate in an MBR system, could be combined to create a relatively small footprint.

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Sponsored content: Caravan park gets a sewage treatment overhaul

Envirotec Magazine

Lincs Loos (part of the same group) provides portable toilet hire to both construction and event industries as well as luxury toilet block, shower block and welfare unit hire. Blockfree also installed pump chambers to bring all greywater from the serviced pitches to the treatment plant area. The challenge.

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Switch to green wastewater infrastructure could reduce emissions and provide huge savings

Envirotec Magazine

A group of researchers says they have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the US, away from greywater treatment, could save $15.6 College of Engineering explores the potential economic tradeoffs of switching to green infrastructure and technology solutions that go beyond existing greywater treatment practices.

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GRDF showcases modular ‘environmental’ homes

Smart Energy International

The two standout features are the modular wooden construction, with the modules delivered and assembled on site in a matter of days, compared with the months for building of traditional homes, and the installation of low energy gas boilers for hot water and heating. “We Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Eco-friendly housing redefines Tanzanian urban architecture

AGreenLiving

Lush vegetation, including the flourishing fig and tamarind trees, were fully preserved during construction and shade the spaces surrounding the project. Catchment systems harvest stormwater during the rainy season, while greywater is treated using a biogas digester plant to make it potable.

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Off-grid home threads through a South African riverine forest

AGreenLiving

To “bridge the landscape between the riverine forest and sandstone cliff,” the architects constructed the building with rough stock brick matching the color of the site’s weathered sandstone. Greywater , stored separately, also gets processed for reuse. Water collected from the roof gets filtered and stored for reuse.

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Belgium’s new timber community center centers modular design

AGreenLiving

The Edegem community center features timber construction with gardens , solar and heat pump systems, and a greywater system. ” Timber was the building material of choice because the Belgian government wanted to explore alternative building technologies, flexible architecture and prefab construction.