Rain Beer - A Tiny Drip in an Urban Metabolism

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Design Strategy (MBA) | Design Division

Course
Spring 2017Sustainability StudioMichael SammetDSMBA-604-01
Final project
Student(s)
Christine Kim, Guan Wang, Bryan Sattler, Alexandra Barnes, Alexandra Barnes
Description
Our Urban Metabolism Compatible Product : A Unique Rainwater Collection & Filtration Process to Produce Beer

After studying the sustainable Urban Metabolism model and methodology, we decided to create a product that provides one example of how business can make shifts towards being self-reliant within urban cities and avoid traditional practices of using viable resources such as fresh water.  We developed a rainwater collection and filtration process that harvests enough useable water for the hydroponic hops we grow, harvest and produce into beer within our facility along with allocating enough collected rainwater for the beer production process itself with the goal of zero fresh water use.

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