CURV will be a global flagship tower that creates a new era in sustainable building, official says
“The passive-house part of the project is the important part, not how looks,” Wright said on Tuesday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony to kick off presales that begin on May 27.
“Then if it’s successful as a building — and we have every right to believe it will be successful — it becomes like a prototype of future buildings.” Energy is harvested from body heat, appliances and other passive sources, and the building’s solar windows automatically change transparency depending on the sun, becoming more opaque on hot summer afternoons and more transparent when a bit of the sun’s energy would be welcome inside.Photo by CURV by Brivia GroupThe ventilation system, meanwhile, will capture heat before inside air is replaced with fresh air from outside.
Or as Kheng Ly, the company’s president and CEO put it, always be one step ahead of other developers when it comes to sustainability.