Paris Hilton’s dancing could do something good for the environment? Who woulda thought? Well, if it’s at a Sustainable Dance Club it could.
Dutch sustainability company Enviu and Rotterdam-based architecture firm Döll developed the concept for an all-sustainable dance club that would house an energy-generating dance floor, powered by the fancy footwork of club goers (known as piezoelectricity). This month, it was named one of Fast Company’s FAST 50, which honors “the people, ideas, and companies changing the face of business--and, with luck, our future.”
Besides the high-tech dance floor, the sustainable clubs would feature rain-water flushing toilets, color-changing walls that react to heat, and biological (organic?) beers. Organizers are working with the Delft University of Technology to develop other types of energy-saving meaasures as well, like smart accoustics and LED lighting systems.
Last October, Enviu + Döll unveiled its concept at Critical Mass, a sustainable club event that drew in 1,400 visitors. Now they’re working on building a dance floor prototype, which they’re hoping to unveil later this year.
