Designing for Change: Air, Energy, Materials, Water

SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS: RENEWABLE ENERGY
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Draft of the System
The draft below shows how the system will work with the conjunction of other intervention and the national grid system. The national grid system is the expected line of transmission for use, though the power provided should be that from the windmill intervention together with that from other intervention as solar. The community shall be divided into segments in which each system has a specific area of power provision depending on its capability.
Other Interventions e.g. solar The windmill system
The Community divided into two segment, power provided by the Different systemsThe national grid system
Introduction
Sustainability is the aspect of remaining productive definitely without depletion. In the domain of energy, the aspect of sustainability is realized by the reference of the sustainable development goals. Goal number seven under energy states that to realize access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable modern energy for all. Therefore, the domain of energy falls under the sustainability concept through the availability of energy that is cheap as well available for all. The idea of renewables, which is quite cheap for a particular society is the whole issue of sustainable energy.[Tiwari, G. N., and R. K. Mishra. 2012. Advanced renewable energy sources. Cambridge: RSC Publishing.] [Ibid 45]
Renewable energy is the kind of energy that can be reused after production. Apart from being reused, renewable energy is always acquired from environment-friendly aspects. For instance, the use of windmill energy as well as the dam is a form of renewables. For dam, the running water will still be available even after it has provided power for a particular time. The windmill is also kind of the same in a manner that after then production of the wind energy, there is nothing that is depleted or rather needed for the provision of the next energy. The Wind is still available from a natural source and therefore, the use of the wind for the supply of electricity is a form of renewable energy.[Tortora, Marco. 2012. Sustainable systems and energy management at the regional level: comparative approaches. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.]
Proposal Background
The community needs a kind of steady supply of energy which is also environment-friendly and on top of all, sustainable. Sustainable energy is required in the community as the reliance on the national grid causes problems in a manner that most of the power supply is limited and the aspect of rationing is at a high level. Therefore, it is important to find a form of friendly production of sufficient energy for the community so as not to make the economic environment of the community at stake. During the power rationing times, most of the economic activities in the market always are stopped, and this may lead to a slow economic growth. Therefore, on the basis of how the community has problems with energy, as well as with consideration of those who have no electricity at their homes and burn fuel for light and cooking, it is important to come up with a way of creating an energy supply that is sustainable and reliable apart from being cheap for the community members.
From the identification of the community need, it was essential to come up with various proposals on how the problem can be dealt with. Various things were identified which could be done, the introduction of the different methods that can be used to address the problem. The various suggestions were like the provision of various types of renewable energy and non-energy. For instance, bringing of various fuel energy in the community to supplement the electricity was one of the suggestions. Creating of a dam, a solar power provider or a windmill energy was also among the suggestions.[Wengenmayr, Roland, and Thomas Bührke. 2013. Renewable energy: sustainable concepts for the energy change. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10662571.]
The Proposed Solution
The identified problem lied in the lack of enough power supply that is also sustainable. Therefore, the proposed solution for the problem is to create a windmill power station to provide energy to the community. Windmill energy is a sustainable form of energy as well as a cost effective energy that can help the community with the problem of the energy they are encountering. The windmill station proposed should be positioned at the point in the community which is not highly occupied in a manner that there is still space in which the turbines can be erected, and a power station be put in place.[Boyle, Godfrey. 2004. Renewable energy: [power for a sustainable future]. Oxford: Oxford University Press.]
The reason behind the suggestion of coming up with a windmill power plant was because windmill energy is a cheap source of energy while it is already running. However, putting up a windmill station may be quite expensive with the consideration of purchasing the turbines as well as the generators for storing the produced energy by the running turbines. The transmission cables are also quite costly to put up and connect all through the village. However, with the consideration of the benefits to the cost, it is better to spend more on putting the windmill power station up and avoid the problems that the community faces. Therefore, resenting on windmill station to deal with the energy problems in the community was the best of all the proposed solutions.[Ibid 75]
Other Examples Focusing the Identified Problem
Focusing on the aspect of energy problem with relation to the power rationing and the non-reliable national grid system, various interventions have been brought forth to deal with the situation. Most of the people use the non-renewable energy, fue...