But not without taking some criticism.
By Colin Lecher Posted 03.05.2013 at 2:00 pm 5 Comments

Waste-to-Energy Plant
Waste-to-Energy Plant Bjarke Ingels Group

Denmark starchitect Bjarke Ingels has always designed eye-popping structures, but his plan for a combination ski slope/garbage burner/energy plant sounded especially zany when it was announced in early 2011. Pitched as a sustainable building, it faced some early push-back from the city of Copenhagen because it might damage the environment (ironic!) and for a while it looked like the project might get scrapped entirely.

But, nope. The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) just announced that they've broken ground on the building.

Waste-to-Energy Plant
Waste-to-Energy Plant:  Bjarke Ingels Group

The slope/burner/plant, a replacement for the aging Amagerforbraending plant nearby, sounds pretty straight-forward: it incinerates garbage for heat and energy. Bonus, the roof's built at an angle to bring downhill skiing to the flat land of Copenhagen. The city pointed out that the project could raise emissions by as much as 200,000 tons of CO2 yearly, but Ingels said the plant would be an environmentally friendly solution in the long term.

That figure sounded especially bad when the design was pitched under Ingels's mantra of "hedonistic" sustainability, but it looks like BIG won the battle and the plant is getting built. It was originally slated to have Danes (and tourists, likely) hitting the slopes by 2016, but it's not clear if that's still the expected completion date. Still, fresh powder ahoy.

Waste-to-Energy Plant
Waste-to-Energy Plant:  Bjarke Ingels Group

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Imatardbot2
03/05/13 at 3:08 pm

love the connection between hedonism and the smoke stack, but how do you get a smoke ring from CO2, last time I checked it was a colorless odorless gas?

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bgdavison
03/05/13 at 5:15 pm

Steam rings?

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Imatardbot2
03/05/13 at 5:57 pm

I kinda thought about steam, but in Bjarke's ted talk presentation he only makes reference to CO2, one thing for sure Bjarke is a funny guy loved his presentation

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madisona37
03/06/13 at 9:52 am

my roomate's step-sister makes $70/hour on the laptop. She has been fired from work for 10 months but last month her income was $21677 just working on the laptop for a few hours. Here's the site to read more

JUMP30.COM

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Greenmatrix
03/06/13 at 6:11 pm

So the ski-slope actually is outdoors instead of indoors! I guess that requires a lot extra cooling. Though the power generated would likely be more then enough for the cooling systems and snow making systems. But that is so cool especially with those trees on top it looks like a real ski slope.


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