The Circular Economy Show Podcast
Making the case for Biomimicry with Janine Benyus
Oct 3, 2023
Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, discusses the potential of biomimicry in design and construction, including benchmarking biological systems, creating habitats, and promoting sustainability through building and material innovation.
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- Buildings and infrastructure should mimic nature to store water, carbon, cool the air, and mitigate floods and erosion.
- Biomimetic materials and benchmarking biological systems can help create habitats and purify water in architectural and landscape design.
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The Ambition of Biomimicry in Design
Janine Benyas, the original author of Biomimicry, discusses the ambition of biomimicry in design. She emphasizes the need for buildings, infrastructure, and roadways to pull their ecological weight by storing water, carbon, cooling the air, mitigating floods, and stopping erosion. Benyas advocates for designing with biomimetic materials and benchmarking biological systems to understand the ecosystem services they provide. She suggests that landscape architects and architects should incorporate elements that attract nesting and pollinating species, create habitats, and purify water. Examples include using biomimetic cement to sequester CO2 in buildings and HVAC systems that clean the air.
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