SBIR: Plug and play building system

The Dutch Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a tender system where you can send in a proposal for research. One of the subjects was "Climate adaptation and water".

Plug & play hot water radiator in
central heating system

The aim was to find technical solutions for problems with rising water tables and rivers overflowing due to climate change.

My proposal was to change the building system form rigid to dynamic.

This can be done by making building element that connect with "plug & play" connectors. On the left you see an example of a central heating system with plug & play radiators.

When you make a complete building with this technology, you can take it apart with ease when land has to be given back to the water.

Connector of heater

In this case I was thinking a bit too much out of the box, because my proposal did not make it.

You can download the proposal (pdf) here (in Dutch).

Or visit my dynamic home homepage