Title
Document Type
Thesis, Senior
Degree
B. ARCH
Date
Spring 2011
Keywords
power plants, energy, geothermal energy, Poland
Language
English
Disciplines
Architecture
Description/Abstract
"Today as the factors determining nation’s independence are changing, Poland has a chance to decide on its political future and avoid the
involvement in the foreseen energy wars. It can happen through an appropriate utilization of its renewable energy resources on a larger scale,
which can ensure its nation‘s energy demand stability and therefore political concord.
The types of renewable resource that can best support the energy economy vary in different countries and climates. The choice of renewable
technology to be applied in a location should be supported by existing site conditions in order to determine which has the best energy generation
potential.
For Poland it is geothermal energy. Architecture that capitalizes on geothermal energy can function both as a local resource in itself, liberating
it from the contemporary, energy dependency on Russia; and a roadmap framework for future growth.
A new design model of an infrastructure, independent of the power grid, will be a test of manifestation of the energy’s new
political idea of power and independence."
Recommended Citation
Michon, Brygida, "Geothermal Emancipator" (2011). Architecture Senior Theses. 14.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/14
Additional Information
Brygida Michon advised by Vasilena Vassilev and Sinead Mac Namara